Top 5 T20I matches between India and Australia

#1. 3rd T20I, India tour of Australia at Sydney, Jan 31 2016

India needed 17 off the last over to beat Australia

Australia - 197/5

India - 200/3 (20)

India won by 7 wickets with 0 balls remaining

This match is the most recent T20 match between the two teams in Australia, India’s third highest successful run chase and the second highest run chase against the Aussies.

Australia won the toss and chose to bat, and scored 197 in their allotted 20 overs thanks to a century from Shane Watson. He scored 124 runs off 71 balls while dispatching ten fours and six sixes.

While Watson scored the bulk of the runs for Australia, the Indian batsman shared the responsibility. Rohit Sharma scored 52 off 38 balls, Shikar Dhawan scored 26 off nine balls and Virat Kohli scored 50 off 36 balls. When the latter was dismissed, India was in a strong position needing 51 runs off 31 balls with seven wickets left. The dangerous Yuvraj Singh came to the crease to join Suresh Raina who had 13 runs from 6 balls at this point.

The equation came down to 22 runs off 12 balls with Yuvraj facing Shane Watson in the penultimate over. Yuvraj could only muster four runs in the five balls he faced and the over reminded many fans of his innings in the World T20 final in 2014.

To make matters worse, Yuvraj, who only scored 5 runs in 9 balls, had the strike for the final over while Raina, who scored 41 runs off 22 balls, was stranded at the non-striker’s end.

However, Yuvraj made some amends in the final over bowled by Andrew Tye by scoring a four and a six off the first two balls before giving the strike to Raina in the third ball. Raina scored two runs each in the fourth and fifth ball to take the game to the final ball with India needing two runs to win and one run to tie the game. In the final ball, he secured a win as cool as a cucumber with a four past point. A relieved Yuvraj celebrated by picking up Raina over his shoulders.

Interestingly, Cameron Bancroft missed a chance to stump Raina when he was yet to get off the mark.

Although Shane Watson ended up on the losing side, he was named the man of the match. His score of 124 is the highest by any player in a T20I between the two teams and also the only century.