Rohit Sharma’s Indian cricket team became only the second nation in the history of Twenty20 Internationals to win 100 matches in the format after beating the West Indies by eight runs.
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Rohit Sharma’s India cricket team has once again shown who is the boss in the ongoing series against the West Indies. After winning the ODI series 3-0, Rohit’s team managed to beat the West Indies in two out of the three Twenty20 International games to take an unassailable 2-0 lead. While the first match was comprehensively won, the Indian cricket team had to fight hard in the second. Rishabh Pant and Virat Kohli hit fifties, with Pant sharing a 76-run stand off just 35 balls with Venkatesh Iyer. Nicholas Pooran and Rovman Powell then hit blazing fifties but West Indies still fell short.
The eight-run win at the Eden Gardens saw the hosts register their 100th win in Twenty20 Internationals. Thus, they joined Pakistan as the only other nation to have won 100 T20Is. Pakistan has won 117 while India is the latest entrant into the Centurion club. But, this has made India and Pakistan the only nations on the planet to win 100 games or more in all three formats. Here is the breakup of wins by nations in T20 Cricket.
| Teams | Matches | Won | Lost | NR | Tie (No Super Over) | Percentage |
| Pakistan | 189 | 118 | 66 | 5 | 0 | 64.4 |
| India | 155 | 100 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 65.23 |
| South Africa | 147 | 85 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 58.56 |
| Australia | 157 | 83 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 54.22 |
| New Zealand | 160 | 80 | 76 | 4 | 0 | 52.56 |
| England | 148 | 79 | 64 | 5 | 0 | 54.54 |
| Sri Lanka | 152 | 68 | 82 | 2 | 0 | 45.66 |
| West Indies | 159 | 68 | 82 | 9 | 0 | 45 |
| Bangladesh | 123 | 43 | 78 | 2 | 0 | 35.53 |
| Zimbabwe | 96 | 26 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 26.04 |
| Ireland | 118 | 50 | 60 | 7 | 1 | 45.04 |
| Afghanistan | 89 | 60 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 67.97 |
It is perhaps the influence of the IPL that has made India such a dominant power in T20 cricket. India’s win against the West Indies was their 10th in the last 11 games. In 2017, West Indies had a 5-2 head-to-head record against India. Now, India holds a 12-6 advantage.
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India is the only nation in the cricketing world to have a positive head-to-head ratio against all nations in T20 cricket. The only nation where they have struggled most of the time is New Zealand. In 20 matches, India holds an 11-9 advantage. Recently, New Zealand had gotten the upper hand after knocking India out of the ICC World T20 2021 in Dubai. But, India whitewashed New Zealand 3-0 to gain the upper hand.
| Teams | Matches | Won | Lost | No Result | Percentage |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Australia | 23 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 59.09 |
| Bangladesh | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9 |
| England | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 52.63 |
| Ireland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| New Zealand | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 55 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.8 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 100 |
| South Africa | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 60 |
| Sri Lanka | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 66.6 |
| UAE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| West Indies | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 66.6 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71.42 |
Apart from New Zealand, India has a pretty even head-to-head record against England. In 19 matches, India has won 10 while England has won 9. In the 2021 series which was played in Ahmedabad, India and England were tied at 7-7. But, they won the five-match series 3-2. With this 100th win, India has cemented their reputation as one of the greatest teams in the cricketing world.
