Scoring a century in T20I cricket isn’t a cakewalk. The limited number of balls, coupled with a risk-taking approach, means batters often don’t get closer to the triple-digit figures.
But a few batters smashed hundreds by taking calculated risks, that too against India. The Indian team has had a quality bowling attack. So, it’s not easy to score runs for the opponent batters.
But with helpful conditions at their disposal, some batters managed to get a hundred against the Indian unit. This article will list those batters with centuries against India in the T20I format.
Most Centuries vs India in T20Is
| Player | Innings | 100s | High Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evin Lewis (WI) | 8 | 2 | 125* |
| Glenn Maxwell (AUS) | 21 | 2 | 113* |
| Josh Inglis (AUS) | 5 | 1 | 110 |
| David Miller (SA) | 22 | 1 | 106* |
| Colin Munro (NZ) | 12 | 1 | 109* |
| Rilee Rossouw (SA) | 4 | 1 | 100* |
| Shane Watson (AUS) | 8 | 1 | 124* |
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Key Insights
2: Evin Lewis and Glenn Maxwell have smashed the joint-most centuries against India in T20I cricket. Both batters have two tons each. Maxwell has also scored the joint-most hundreds in the format.
1: Shane Watson was the first batter to score a T20I century against India. The former Australian all-rounder brought up an unbeaten 124 in the 2016 Sydney game. But the knock went in vain as India crushed Australia’s 198-run target.
125: Runs scored by Lewis are the most by a batter against India in a T20I innings. This was his second hundred against the Men in Blue in a 2017 match.
3: The number of Australians with a T20I century versus India, the most batters from a team. South Africa follows with two batters.
2: There is one instance of India conceding hundreds in consecutive T20Is. David Miller scored 106 not out in the second match, while Rilee Rossouw followed with an unbeaten 100 in the third game of the 2022 series.
Apart from this, India also conceded two centuries in a bilateral series in 2023, though not in back-to-back matches. Josh Inglis hammered 110 in the first T20I, and Maxwell scored 104 not out in the third game.
5: Jos Buttler and Nicholas Pooran have accumulated 5 fifty-plus scores against India in T20Is, the joint-most by any batter.
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