Most T20I Runs For India Against Australia: Virat Kohli Leads (Full List)

Published: September 21, 2022, 11:28 AM IST | Updated: October 25, 2026, 10:27 PM IST
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India v Australia · T20Is

Virat Kohli: 794 runs

Virat Kohli has scored the most T20I runs for India against Australia, 794 in 23 matches at an average of 49.62, with a best of 90* at Adelaide in 2016. It is also the most by any batter in India–Australia T20Is, ahead of Glenn Maxwell. Rohit Sharma is second for India.

794

Virat Kohli

23 matches · retired from T20Is

90*

Kohli’s best

Adelaide, January 2016

484

Rohit Sharma

2nd for India

Most T20I Runs for India vs Australia

#	Player	Runs	Best	Status
1	Virat Kohli	794	90*	Retired from T20Is (2024)
2	Rohit Sharma	484	92	Retired from T20Is (2024)
3	Shikhar Dhawan	347	76	Retired
4	MS Dhoni	313	48*	Retired
5	Yuvraj Singh	283	77*	Retired

Totals for retired players are final. Active batters such as Suryakumar Yadav have added runs in the 2023–2025 series and may move into the top five.

Most Runs in India vs Australia T20Is (Both Teams)

Kohli (794) also leads the overall head-to-head list, followed by Australia’s Glenn Maxwell (574, with two hundreds against India), Aaron Finch (500), Matthew Wade (488) and Rohit Sharma (484).

Virat Kohli Against Australia

Kohli’s best against Australia is 90* off 55 balls at Adelaide in January 2016. He followed it with an 82* in the 2016 T20 World Cup in Mohali that knocked Australia out. He also hit 7 fifties against them, the most by an Indian.

Rohit Sharma’s 92 in St Lucia

Rohit’s best against Australia came at the 2024 T20 World Cup, a 41-ball 92 in St Lucia in the Super Eight that helped knock Australia out on India’s way to the title.