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India With Most Consecutive T20I Matches Without Defeat

In this article, we are going through India’s records for the most consecutive T20I matches without defeat or the most T20I matches unbeaten streak

Sandipan Ghosh
Last updated: 14.11.2024
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India is known as one of the strongest teams in the international cricket world. Whether it is the Test format, ODI format, or T20I format, India is now one of the toughest teams.


India have great records in the T20I format. They have won the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in inaugural (2007) and 2024 editions. In the T20I format, India are among the teams to manage straight win records for a long time. 


Here we are going through India’s records for the most consecutive T20I matches without defeat or the most T20I matches unbeaten streak (different from most consecutive T20I winning records).


12 T20Is  

Between November 2021 and February 2022, India recorded 12 successive wins in the T20I format. It started during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021. Although India were surprisingly eliminated from the group stage due to earlier defeats against Pakistan and New Zealand, they continued their winning streaks in the next home T20I series. The streak was broken in June 2022 after South Africa beat the hosts India by seven wickets at Delhi.  


Result

Winning margin

Opposition

Venue

Date

Won

66 runs

Afghanistan

Abu Dhabi

3 November 2021

Won

8 wickets

Scotland

Dubai (DICS)

5 November 2021

Won

9 wickets

Namibia

Dubai (DICS)

8 November 2021

Won

5 wickets

New Zealand

Jaipur

17 November 2021

Won

7 wickets

New Zealand

Ranchi

19 November 2021

Won

73 runs

New Zealand

Kolkata

21 November 2021

Won

6 wickets

West Indies

Kolkata

16 February 2022

Won

8 runs

West Indies

Kolkata

18 February 2022

Won

17 runs

West Indies

Kolkata

20 February 2022

Won

62 runs

Sri Lanka

Lucknow

24 February 2022

Won

7 wickets

Sri Lanka

Dharamsala

26 February 2022

Won

6 wickets

Sri Lanka

Dharamsala

27 February 2022



12 T20Is  

This record is linked with India’s successful campaign in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, where India won the title for the second time. The unbeaten streak started during the last T20I of the South Africa tour in December 2023. After winning the home T20I series against Afghanistan, including the tied result in the series finale (ended with India’s second Super Over win in the match), India won all the matches at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024. The unbeaten streak was broken in the first game after winning the T20 World Cup trophy as the hosts Zimbabwe beat India by 13 runs in the five-match T20I series opener. 


Result

Winning margin

Opposition

Venue

Date

Won

106 runs

South Africa

Johannesburg

14 December 2023

Won

6 wickets

Afghanistan

Mohali

11 January 2024

Won

6 wickets

Afghanistan

Indore

14 January 2024

Tied

Afghanistan

Bengaluru

17 January 2024

Won

8 wickets

Ireland

New York

5 June 2024

Won

6 runs

Pakistan

New York

9 June 2024

Won

7 wickets

USA

New York

12 June 2024

Won

47 runs

Afghanistan

Bridgetown

20 June 2024

Won

50 runs

Bangladesh

North Sound

22 June 2024

Won

24 runs

Australia

Gros Islet

24 June 2024

Won

68 runs

England

Providence

27 June 2024

Won

7 runs

South Africa

Bridgetown

29 June 2024



11 T20Is  

Just ending 12 T20Is unbeaten streak in relation to their ICC Men’s T20 World Cup win, India started a new T20I unbeaten streak with a 100-run win against the hosts Zimbabwe in the second game of the five-match T20I series. After winning that away series by 4-1, India won the three-match T20I series against the hosts Sri Lanka by 3-0, including winning the last game of the series in Super Over after officially recording that as a tie result. India secured another 3-0 series victory against Bangladesh at home. India recorded 11 successive T20Is without defeat by winning the first game of the four-match T20I series against South Africa. The streak ended after India lost the Gqeberha T20I, where South Africa leveled the series (1-1) by winning three wickets and two matches yet to be played in the four-match T20I century.


Result

Winning margin

Opposition

Venue

Date

Won

100 runs

Zimbabwe

Harare

7 July 2024

Won

23 runs

Zimbabwe

Harare

10 July 2024

Won

10 wickets

Zimbabwe

Harare

13 July 2024

Won

42 runs

Zimbabwe

Harare

14 July 2024

Won

43 runs

Sri Lanka

Pallekele

27 July 2024

Won

7 wickets

Sri Lanka

Pallekele

28 July 2024

Tied

Sri Lanka

Pallekele

30 July 2024

Won

7 wickets

Bangladesh

Gwalior

6 October 2024

Won

86 runs

Bangladesh

Delhi

9 October 2024 

Won

133 runs

Bangladesh

Hyderabad

12 October 2024

Won

61 runs

South Africa

Durban

8 November 2024


11 T20Is  

It was India’s first T20I unbeaten streak over 10 matches. It all started with their home series finale win against West Indies at Wankhede in December 2019, where India won the T20I series by 2-1, and later beat the visitors Sri Lanka by 2-0 after the first T20I had no result. Next, in the New Zealand tour, India won the five-match T20I series by 5-0, including two officially tied results with India’s successes in the Super Overs. In December 2020, during an India tour of Australia, India won the first two games of the three-match T20I series. Their unbeaten streak was broken in the last T20I match in the Australia tour, where India lost by 12 runs at Sydney. 


Result

Winning margin

Opposition

Venue

Date

Won

67 runs

West Indies

Wankhede

11 December 2019

No Result

Sri Lanka

Guwahati

5 January 2020

Won

7 wickets

Sri Lanka

Indore

7 January 2020

Won

78 runs

Sri Lanka

Pune

10 January 2020

Won

6 wickets

New Zealand

Auckland

24 January 2020

Won

7 wickets

New Zealand

Auckland

26 January 2020

Tied

New Zealand

Hamilton

29 January 2020

Tied

New Zealand

Wellington

31 January 2020

Won

7 runs

New Zealand

Mount Maunganui



2 February 2020

Won

11 runs

Australia

Canberra

4 December 2020

Won

6 wickets

Australia

Sydney

6 December 2020


Team India with the most consecutive T20I matches without defeat  

Number of matches unbeaten

Time span

12

3 November 2021 - 27 February 2022

12

14 December 2023 - 29 June 2024

11

11 December 2019 - 6 December 2020

11

7 July 2024 - 8 November 2024



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