Indian Cricket 2017: A year of brilliance

Courtesy: IANS

New Delhi: The Men in Blue finished off their 2017 calendar year with a T20I clean sweep over Sri Lanka, 3-0. The series displayed the brilliance of some of India's youngbloods like Kuldeep Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Washington Sundar etc. Even stand-in-skipper Rohit Sharma sent records tumbling with the likes of former skipper MS Dhoni.

Here are the statistics of India's perfect performance in 2017:

Most wins for India against an opposition in T20Is:

• 10 - Australia, Sri Lanka
• 6 - Pakistan, South Africa 
• 5 - Bangladesh, England 

India's win in the final Sri Lanka game is their:

• First T20I win at the Wankhede (3 matches)
• First, win in limited-overs at Wankhede since October 2011 (5 matches).

India in a bi-lateral T20I series of three matches:

• v Australia, 2016 - Won 
• v Sri Lanka, 2016 - Won 
• v Zimbabwe, 2016 - Won 
• v England, 2017 - Won 
• v New Zealand, 2017 - Won 
• v Sri Lanka, 2017 - Won

India in 2017:

• Played 53
• Won 37
• Lost 12
• Drawn 3
• NR 1
• Second-most wins by a team across all formats in a year.

Most wins across all International formats in a year:

• 38 Australia in 2003
• 37 India in 2017
• 35 Australia in 1999

Most wins for India against an opposition in T20Is:

• 10 - Australia, Sri Lanka
• 6 - Pakistan, South Africa 
• 5 - Bangladesh, England 

India's win in this game is their:

• First T20I win at the Wankhede (3 matches)
• First win in limited-overs at Wankhede since October 2011 (5 matches).

India will be starting 2018 with a tour of South Africa from January 5th to February 24th – and both the teams will play a Test series, ODI series and T20I series against each other.