Australia capped U Khwaja and CT Bancroft for this game. They became the 78^th and 79^th    cricketers to represent Australia in T20Is. They also became the tenth and eleventh Australian cricketers to make their T20I debut against India.

Australia won the toss and elected to bat first in this game to provide the 25^th occasion of Australia doing so against various oppositions in T20Is. It also provides the third occasion of Australia doing so against India in T20Is

Australia won the toss and elected to bat first and lost this game to provide the eleventh occasion of Australia losing a T20I game against various oppositions after it had elected to bat after winning the toss.  It also provides the third occasion of Australia losing a game against India after winning the toss and elected to bat in T20Is

SR Watson became the ninth captain the lead Australia in T20Is. CT Bancroft became the seventh wicket keeper to don the gloves for Australia in T20Is

SR Watson became the 29^th captain to lead a team in T20Is while CT Bancroft became the 69^th wicket keeper to don the gloves for a team in T20Is

SR Watson scored 124 not out in this game to provide the third occasion of a captain scoring a century in the history of T20Is. The following table lists them.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	SR Watson	124*	1	Aus	v India	Sydney	31 Jan 2016
2	F du Plessis	119	1	RSA	v West Indies	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2015
3	TM Dilshan	104*	1	Srl	v Australia	Pallekele	06 Aug 2011

SR Watson’s 124 not out in this game represent the highest score by a captain the history of T20Is. The previous best was 119 by F du Plessis of South Africa against West Indies at Jo’burg on 11.01.15

SR Watson’s 124 not out in this game represent the highest score by an Australian captain in T20Is. The previous best was 98* by RT Ponting against New Zealand at Auckland on 17.01.05

SR Watson’s 124 not out in this game provide the 17^th occasion of a batsman scoring a century in T20Is. The following table list all the 17 centuries

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AJ Finch	156	1	Aus	Eng	Southampton	29 Aug 2013
2	SR Watson	124*	1	Aus	Ind	Sydney	31 Jan 2016
3	BB McCullum	123	1	NZl	Ban	Pallekele	21 Sep 2012
4	F du Plessis	119	1	RSA	Win	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2015
5	Mohd Shahzad	118*	1	Afg	Zim	Sharjah	10 Jan 2016
6	RE Levi	117*	2	RSA	NZl	Hamilton	19 Feb 2012
7	CH Gayle	117	1	Win	RSA	Johannesburg	11 Sep 2007
8	BB McCullum	116*	1	NZl	Aus	Christchurch	28 Feb 2010
9	AD Hales	116*	2	Eng	Srl	Chittagong	27 Mar 2014
10	MN van Wyk	114*	1	SAF	Win	Durban	14 Jan 2015
11	Ahmed Shehzad	111*	1	Pak	Ban	Dhaka	30 Mar 2014
12	RG Sharma	106	1	Ind	RSA	Dharamsala	02 Oct 2015
13	TM Dilshan	104*	1	Srl	Aus	Pallekele	06 Aug 2011
14	MJ Guptill	101*	2	NZl	RSA	East London	23 Dec 2012
15	SK Raina	101	1	Ind	RSA	Gros Islet	02 May 2010
16	M Jayawardene	100	1	Srl	Zim	Providence	03 May 2010
17	RD Berrington	100	1	Sco	Ban	The Hague	24 Jul 2012

SR Watson’s 124 not out in this game provide the second best score by a batsman in T20Is. The best is 156 by AJ Finch of Australia against England at Southampton on 29.08.13 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AJ Finch	156	1	Aus	Eng	Southampton	29 Aug 2013
2	SR Watson	124*	1	Aus	Ind	Sydney	31 Jan 2016

SR Watson’s 124 not out in this game provide the second occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a century in T20Is. The following table lists both centuries

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AJ Finch	156	1	Aus	Eng	Southampton	29 Aug 2013
2	SR Watson	124*	1	Aus	Ind	Sydney	31 Jan 2016

SR Watson’s 124 not out in this game provide the second best score by an Australian batsman in T20Is. The best is 156 by AJ Finch of Australia against England at Southampton on 29.08.13 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AJ Finch	156	1	Aus	Eng	Southampton	29 Aug 2013
2	SR Watson	124*	1	Aus	Ind	Sydney	31 Jan 2016

SR Watson’s 124 not out in this game provide the 14^h occasion of an opening batsman scoring a century in T20Is. The following table list all the 14 centuries

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AJ Finch	156	1	Aus	Eng	Southampton	29 Aug 2013
2	SR Watson	124*	1	Aus	Ind	Sydney	31 Jan 2016
3	Mohd Shahzad	118*	1	Afg	Zim	Sharjah	10 Jan 2016
4	RE Levi	117*	2	RSA	NZl	Hamilton	19 Feb 2012
5	CH Gayle	117	1	Win	RSA	Johannesburg	11 Sep 2007
6	BB McCullum	116*	1	NZl	Aus	Christchurch	28 Feb 2010
7	AD Hales	116*	2	Eng	Srl	Chittagong	27 Mar 2014
8	MN van Wyk	114*	1	SAF	Win	Durban	14 Jan 2015
9	Ahmed Shehzad	111*	1	Pak	Ban	Dhaka	30 Mar 2014
10	RG Sharma	106	1	Ind	RSA	Dharamsala	02 Oct 2015
11	TM Dilshan	104*	1	Srl	Aus	Pallekele	06 Aug 2011
12	MJ Guptill	101*	2	NZl	RSA	East London	23 Dec 2012
13	M Jayawardene	100	1	Srl	Zim	Providence	03 May 2010
14	RD Berrington	100	1	Sco	Ban	The Hague	24 Jul 2012

SR Watson’s 124 not out in this game provide the second best score by an opening batsman in T20Is. The best is 156 by AJ Finch of Australia against England at Southampton on 29.08.13 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AJ Finch	156	1	Aus	Eng	Southampton	29 Aug 2013
2	SR Watson	124*	1	Aus	Ind	Sydney	31 Jan 2016

SR Watson’s 124 not out in this game provide the second occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring a century in T20Is. The following table lists both centuries

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AJ Finch	156	1	Aus	Eng	Southampton	29 Aug 2013
2	SR Watson	124*	1	Aus	Ind	Sydney	31 Jan 2016

SR Watson’s 124 not out in this game provide the second best score by an Australian opening batsman in T20Is. The best is 156 by AJ Finch of Australia against England at Southampton on 29.08.13 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AJ Finch	156	1	Aus	Eng	Southampton	29 Aug 2013
2	SR Watson	124*	1	Aus	Ind	Sydney	31 Jan 2016

SR Watson’s 124 not out in this game was in a losing cause to provide the fourth occasion of a batsman’s century going in vain in T20Is. The following table list all the four occasions

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	SR Watson	124*	1	Aus	Ind	Sydney	31 Jan 2016
2	F du Plessis	119	1	RSA	Win	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2015
3	CH Gayle	117	1	Win	RSA	Johannesburg	11 Sep 2007
4	RG Sharma	106	1	Ind	RSA	Dharamsala	02 Oct 2015

SR Watson’s 124 not out in this game represent the highest score by a batsman in a losing cause. The previous best was 119 by F de Plessis of South Africa against West Indies at Jo’burg on 11.01.15

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	SR Watson	124*	1	Aus	Ind	Sydney	31 Jan 2016
2	F du Plessis	119	1	RSA	Win	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2015

SR Watson’s 124 not out represent the highest score by a captain in a losing cause. The previous best was 119 by F de Plessis of South Africa against West Indies at Jo’burg on 11.01.15

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	SR Watson	124*	1	Aus	Ind	Sydney	31 Jan 2016
2	F du Plessis	119	1	RSA	Win	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2015

SR Watson and TM Head added 93 runs for the fourth wicket in this game to provide the record partnership for the fourth wicket by Australian batsmen in T20Is. The previous best was the 84 runs unfinished partnership for the fourth wicket between DA Warner and AC Voges against Sri Lanka at Sydney on 26.01.13

Thus the 93 runs partnership for the fourth wicket between SR Watson and TM Head also provide the ground record partnership by Australian batsmen at Sydney.

SE Marsh-SR Watson added 53 runs for the second wicket and SR Watson-TM Head added 93 for the fourth wicket in this game to provide the ninth occasion of Australian batsmen posting two fifty plus runs partnerships in an innings in a T20I game

RG Sharma-V Kohli added 78 runs for the second wicket and SK Raina-Yuvraj Singh added 53 runs in an unfinished partnership for fourth wicket in this game to provide the ninth occasion of Australian batsmen posting two fifty plus runs partnerships in an innings in a T20I game

SE Marsh-SR Watson added 53 runs for the second wicket and SR Watson-TM Head added 93 for the fourth wicket in Australia’s innings. Indian innings also contained two fifty plus runs partnerships – RG Sharma-V Kohli added 78 runs for the second wicket and SK Raina-Yuvraj Singh added 53 runs in an unfinished partnership for fourth wicket in this game to provide the eleventh occasion of batsmen posting four or more fifty plus runs partnerships in a T20I game

SR Watson’s run aggregate in T20Is at the end of this game read 1315. He became the 13^th batsman in the history of T20Is to total 1300 runs. He became the second Australian batsman to total 1300 plus runs in T20Is after DA Warner. DA Warner has an aggregate of 1465 runs

SR Watson scored six boundary sixes in this game to take his aggregate of boundary sixes to 76 at the end of this game. He became the third batsman in the history of T20Is to score 75 or more sixes. Others are – BB McCullum {91} and CH Gayle {87}

SR Watson scored 10 boundary fours in this game and his aggregate of boundary fours read 102 at the end of this game. He became the 23^rd batsman to aggregate 100 plus boundary fours in the history of T20Is

SR Watson became the third batsman in the history of T20Is to score 100 plus boundary fours and 75 plus boundary sixes. Others are – BB McCullum {199 fours and 91 sixes} and CH Gayle {122 fours and 87 sixes.

V Kohli’s run aggregate in T20Is at the end of this game read 1215. He became the 16^th batsman in the history of T20Is to total 1200 runs. He became the first Indian batsman to earn this distinction.

V Kohli’s 50 in this game was his 12^th fifty in T20Is. He became the fourth batsman in the history of T20Is to score 12 or more fifties. Others are – BB McCullum {15}, CH Gayle {14} and TM Dilshan {12}

SR Watson’s 124 not out in this game was his 11^th score of fifty plus runs in T20Is. He now shares the Australian record of most fifties by a batsman with DA Warner. DA Warner has also scored eleven fifties.

RG Sharma’s scored 52 in this game to provide his 10^th score of fifty plus runs. He became the tenth batsman in the history of T20Is to score ten or more fifties. The following table lists them.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	50+
1	BB McCullum	NZl	71	70	10	2140	123	35.66	2	13	15
2	CH Gayle	Win	45	43	3	1406	117	35.15	1	13	14
3	TM Dilshan	Srl	68	67	10	1618	104*	28.38	1	11	12
4	V Kohli	Ind	33	31	7	1215	90*	50.62	0	12	12
5	DA Warner	Aus	54	54	3	1465	90*	28.72	0	11	11
6	SR Watson	Aus	52	50	4	1315	124*	28.58	1	10	11
7	MJ Guptill	NZl	57	55	7	1666	101*	34.70	1	9	10
8	DPMD Jayawardene	Srl	55	55	8	1493	100	31.76	1	9	10
9	H Masakadza	Zim	44	44	2	1320	93*	31.42	0	10	10
10	RG Sharma	Ind	47	40	11	1010	106	34.82	1	9	10

India became the fourth team in the history of T20Is to have two batsmen who have scored 10 or more fifties in T20Is. V Kohli {12} and RG Sharma {10} are the two batsmen. Australia, New Zealand and Sri Lanka are the other three teams. The following list tabulates them.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	50+
1	DA Warner	Aus	54	54	3	1465	90*	28.72	0	11	11
2	SR Watson	Aus	52	50	4	1315	124*	28.58	1	10	11
1	RG Sharma	Ind	47	40	11	1010	106	34.82	1	9	10
2	V Kohli	Ind	33	31	7	1215	90*	50.62	0	12	12
1	BB McCullum	NZl	71	70	10	2140	123	35.66	2	13	15
2	MJ Guptill	NZl	57	55	7	1666	101*	34.70	1	9	10
1	DPMD Jayawardene	Srl	55	55	8	1493	100	31.76	1	9	10
2	TM Dilshan	Srl	68	67	10	1618	104*	28.38	1	11	12

RG Sharma completed 1000 plus runs in T20Is. He reached the land mark when he was on 42 during the course of his knock of 52 in this game. At the end of this game, his run aggregate read 1010. He became the 23^rd batsman to total 1000 plus runs in the history of T20Is. He also became the third Indian batsman to achieve the landmark after V Kohli and SK Raina. V Kohli has an aggregate of 1215 and SK Raina’s tally read 1073.

SR Watson scored ten boundary fours in his knock of 124 not out in this game to provide the 51^st occasion of a batsman scoring ten or more boundary fours in an innings in the history of T20Is. His feat provides the fifth occasion of an Australian batsman scoring  ten or more fifties in a T20I innings.

SR Watson scored ten boundary fours in his knock of 124 not out in this game to provide the second occasion of an Australian batsman scoring ten or more boundary fours in an innings against India in T20Is after AJ Finch. AJ Finch had scored 14 boundary fours against India on 10.10.13. He also became the fifth Australian batsman to score ten or more fifties in a T20I innings.

SR Watson was playing 50^th T20I innings and made it memorable for him by scoring 124 not out. His 50^th innings had also one more accreditation. He was leading Australia for the first time in his career.

He became the 16th batsman to play 50 or more innings in the history of T20Is. He also became the second Australian batsman to play 50 or more T20I innings after DA Warner. DA Warner has played 54 T20I innings.

India won this game by seven wickets chasing a total of 197 runs to provide the eleventh occasion of a team chasing 190 plus runs in the history of T20Is. It also provides the third occasion of India winning a game after chasing 190 plus runs.

India now owns the record of winning a T20I game chasing 190 plus runs. It has won three games. The previous record was with South Africa which had won two games.

No	Team	Score	Target	Inns	Result	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Ind	211/4	207	2	won	Srl	Mohali	12 Dec 2009
2	Ind	202/4	201	2	won	Aus	Rajkot	10 Oct 2013
3	Ind	200/3	198	2	won	Aus	Sydney	31 Jan 2016
1	RSA	208/2	206	2	won	Win	Jo’burg	11 Sep 2007
2	RSA	200/3	200	2	won	Ind	Dharamsala	02 Oct 2015

India posted a total of 200 for 3 while batting second to provide the eleventh occasion of a team posting a 200 plus while batting second in the history of T20Is. It also provides the third occasion of India doing so in T20Is

No	Team	Score	Target	Inns	Result	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Ind	211/4	207	2	won	Srl	Mohali	12 Dec 2009
2	Ind	202/4	201	2	won	Aus	Rajkot	10 Oct 2013
3	Ind	200/3	198	2	won	Aus	Sydney	31 Jan 2016

India’s 200 for 3 in this game provide the 42^nd occasion of a team posting a total of 200 plus runs in a T20I. India has scored 200 plus runs in an innings on four occasions.

India won this game on the last ball of the match to provide the 15th occasion of a team winning a T20I on the last ball of the match. The following table lists all of them

No	Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	New Zealand	5 wkts	150	20.0	v India	Wellington	27 Feb 2009
2	Netherlands	4 wkts	163	20.0	v England	Lord’s	05 Jun 2009
3	Sri Lanka	5 wkts	164	20.0	v India	Gros Islet	11 May 2010
4	England	1 wkt	158	20.0	v Australia	Adelaide	12 Jan 2011
5	Scotland	4 wkts	136	20.0	v Canada	Dubai (DSC)	23 Mar 2012
6	Bangladesh	2 wkts	141	20.0	v Ireland	Belfast	21 Jul 2012
7	Netherlands	1 wkt	129	20.0	v Bangladesh	The Hague	26 Jul 2012
8	England	6 wkts	178	20.0	v India	Mumbai	22 Dec 2012
9	New Zealand	8 wkts	169	19.0	v South Africa	East London	23 Dec 2012
10	Pakistan	2 wkts	153	20.0	v West Indies	Kingstown	27 Jul 2013
11	Sri Lanka	3 wkts	121	20.0	v Bangladesh	Chittagong	14 Feb 2014
12	Ireland	3 wkts	164	20.0	v Zimbabwe	Sylhet	17 Mar 2014
13	Zimbabwe	5 wkts	141	20.0	v Netherlands	Sylhet	19 Mar 2014
14	Hong Kong	5 wkts	162	20.0	v Afghanistan	Dublin (Malahide)	21 Jul 2015
15	India	7 wkts	198	20.0	v Australia	Sydney	31 Jan 2016

India won this game on the last ball of the match to provide the first occasion of India winning a T20I on the last ball of the match.