Most T20I Runs Against Australia

PlayerInningsRunsStrike Rate100/50
Virat Kohli (IND)22794142.540/8
Jos Buttler (ENG)16584150.90/5
Rohit Sharma (IND)20484150.310/4
Martin Guptill (NZ)13463144.231/2
Babar Azam (PAK)11430128.350/5
Chris Gayle (WI)14420155.550/5
JP Duminy (SA)14378115.950/3
Suryakumar Yadav (IND)13374172.350/2
Kamran Akmal (PAK)11366138.110/3
Quinton de Kock (SA)13358138.750/1

Key Insights on Leading Run-Scorers Against Australia in T20I Cricket

Record-Breaking Aggregates in T20 Internationals Against the Kangaroos

Virat Kohli has scored the most runs against Australia in T20Is, having aggregated 794 runs in 22 innings.

Kohli has also collected the most runs as a captain against the Kangaroos, scoring 317 runs while leading India in 10 T20Is (nine innings).

Jos Buttler is the only wicketkeeper-batter to aggregate 500-plus runs against Australia in T20Is.

Buttler, Babar Azam, and Martin Guptill have scored 400-plus runs as openers versus Australia in the shortest format.


Highest Impact Batting Performances vs. Australia in T20Is

South Africa’s Dewald Brevis has racked up the highest T20I score against Australia, accumulating an unbeaten 125 off 56 balls in the 2025 Darwin T20I.

Brevis reached the 100-run mark in 41 balls, making it the fastest T20I century against Australia.

New Zealand’s Brendon McCullum was the first batter to score a century against Australia in T20Is. He aggregated an unbeaten 116 runs in 56 balls in the 2010 Christchurch T20I.

Chris Gayle has the highest strike rate against Australia in T20Is (minimum 200 balls faced). He struck at 155.55 while smashing 420 runs off 270 deliveries in 14 outings.

Kohli has also smashed the most fifty-plus scores, having brought eight such knocks against the Aussies.

Kohli’s average of 49.62 is the highest by a batter against the Aussies in T20Is (minimum 10 innings batted).


Venue and Series Records in T20Is Against Australia

Gayle scored 289 of his 420 runs against Australia in the T20 World Cup, the most by a batter against them in this ICC event..

Kohli amassed 199 runs on the three-match Australian tour in 2016, the most by a batter in a bilateral T20I series against Australia.

Kohli scored 236 of his 794 runs at the Sydney Cricket Ground, the most by a batter at a single venue against the Australian team in T20Is.

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