Melbourne Cricket Ground T20 records: Melbourne will be hosting an international match after eight months tomorrow.
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A serious and substantial amount of build-up by all the stakeholders has now reached its final night as an intriguing India-Pakistan T20I beckons. Set to be the first such match in Australia, it will be the seventh India-Pakistan T20 World Cup encounter. Readers must note that India have won five and lost one out of their previous six World Cup T20Is against this opposition.
ICC T20 World Cup 2022 Match 16 will be among the rare cricket matches whose build-up was more about the weather and perhaps less about players, pitch or venue. In spite of a proper rain threat in the city in all these days, there is no hiding to the fact that the weather has improved significantly with no guarantees though.
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India, who had taken part in the inaugural Melbourne T20I over 14 and a half years ago, will be playing their fifth match at this venue tomorrow. It is noteworthy that they have won two and lost one out of their past four T20Is here. Pakistan, on the other hand, had lost their only Melbourne T20I 13 years ago.
Melbourne Cricket Ground T20 records (updated on November 12, 2022)
Highest T20I run-scorers at the Melbourne Cricket Ground are Aaron Finch (334), David Warner (217), Virat Kohli (198), Glenn Maxwell (146) and JP Duminy (127). Jos Buttler (68), Shan Masood (52), Iftikhar Ahmed (51) and Dawid Malan (45) are some other batters who have more than 30 T20I runs to their name and will be playing the final match tomorrow.
Highest T20I wicket-takers at this venue are Kane Richardson (9), Hardik Pandya (6), Shaun Tait (6), Nathan Bracken (5) and Lahiru Kumara (5). England all-rounder Liam Livingstone and fast bowler Mark Wood are the only two players among the current Pakistani and English squads with three T20I wickets here.
Highest innings total in Melbourne T20Is (updated on November 12, 2022)
| Score | Overs | Team | Opposition | Year |
| 186/5 | 20 | India | Zimbabwe | 2022 |
| 184/3 | 20 | India | Australia | 2016 |
| 182/9 | 20 | Australia | South Africa | 2009 |
| 172/5 | 20 | Sri Lanka | Australia | 2017 |
| 168/6 | 20 | Australia | Sri Lanka | 2017 |
The above mentioned fourth-highest T20I innings total at the MCG is also the highest successful run-chase here. In fact, two out of the three-highest T20I run-chase at this venue belong to Sri Lanka.
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It is worth mentioning that out of the 17 completed Melbourne T20Is, 10 have been won by the team batting second and seven by the team batting first.
