The second T20 that India played against New Zealand in Raipur was Team India’s 100th T20 match at home. India has become the third team to play 100 or more T20 matches at home. Team India defeated New Zealand by 7 wickets in Raipur T20. Batting first, the visiting team had set a target of 209 runs for India, Team India chased this score with 7 wickets in just 15.2 overs. Ishan Kishan and captain Suryakumar Yadav played quick innings and scored half-centuries. India is now ahead 2-0 in this 5-match series.
Maybe 300 against India… New Zealand captain trembled after seeing India’s batting.
Out of the 100 T20 matches played at home so far, India has won 68, lost 29, had one tie and two did not yield results. India is currently the team that has won the most T20 matches at home. New Zealand and West Indies are the two teams that have played more than 100 matches at home. New Zealand holds the record for playing the maximum number of 113 matches at home. Whereas West Indies has played 108 T20 matches at home. However, despite playing more matches at home than India, their winning record is not better. New Zealand has won 58 at home and West Indies 53.
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South Africa, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh are also present in the list of top-5 teams playing most number of matches at home. South Africa and Zimbabwe have played 84-84 matches at home, while Bangladesh is in the top-5 with 82 matches. Australia has so far played only 74 T20s at home in which it won 44 and lost 24. Talking about Pakistan, their number comes after teams like Indonesia and Rwanda. Pakistan has played only 53 T20 matches at home so far, although their winning percentage has been quite good. Pakistan’s winning percentage at home has been 66.03. However, India’s winning percentage at home is 68.
