Most T20I wins in a calendar year

Team India broke Pakistan's record for the most T20I wins in a calendar year when it beat Australia by six wickets to seal the three-match series 2-1 in Hyderabad on Sunday. The win marked India's 21st T20I win in 2022 from 29 matches. It put Rohit Sharma's side ahead of Pakistan's record of 20 wins in 2021.

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India has had four captains in T20s this year with Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, KL Rahul, and Rishabh Pant leading the side. The win marked Rohit's 33rd win as India's T20I captain, putting him ahead of Kohli. MS Dhoni leads the list among Indians with 41 wins.

On Friday, Rohit led India's 91-run chase against Australia with an unbeaten 46 to level the three-match series 1-1. Since assuming full-time captaincy after the T20 World Cup 2021, Rohit has led India to nine successive T20I series wins.

Now, the Men in Blue can extend the record by a huge margin with the amount of T20 matches they will be playing for the rest of the year.

Earlier this year, Rohit Sharma-led India had achieved another milestone, going level with Afghanistan and Romania for most consecutive T20 wins with 12 wins on the trot. That run started in last year's T20 World Cup, but their run was ended by South Africa in June.

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Most T20I wins in a calendar year:

The Pakistan cricket team registered 20 victories in 2021, the previous record for most T20I wins in a calendar year. Under the captaincy of Babar Azam, the Men in Green registered bilateral series wins against South Africa (home and away), West Indies (home and away), and Bangladesh (away).

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Australia's 2010 T20I team became the first to register 10 or more wins in a calendar year. Six of those victories came in the 2010 T20 World Cup, where they finished as runners-up to England.