India made the world record of winning the most T20s

India will eye a major world record when they take on South Africa in the first T20 International of a five-match series in Delhi next week. If they win at the Feroz Shah Kotla on June 9, India will break the record for most successive T20I victories.

Currently, India hold the record jointly with Afghanistan and Romania. India's winning streak started during the T20 World Cup last year after they were already eliminated from the race to the semi-finals. After losing to Pakistan and New Zealand, India defeated Afghanistan before steamrolling Scotland and Namibia.

India's winning stretch in T20Is started from November 3, 2021 and currently extends till February 27, 2022. Three of those victories came with Virat Kohli as captain (in the T20 World Cup against Afghanistan, Scotland and Namibia).

Rohit Sharma was subsequently named India captain as Virat Kohli had decided to step down from the role. If India do break that record next week, it will be under another captain - KL Rahul has been named stand-in skipper because Rohit Sharma along with Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah were rested.

India's T20 approach has been under the scanner for a while because of repeated failures at T20 World Cups. They had won the first edition in 2007 and have since made it to the final only once. In 2016, they crashed out of the semifinals at home and then failed to go past the group stage in 2021.

India have rested some of their stars to manage the workload and this series against South Africa is a great opportunity for the likes of Shubman Gill, Dinesh Karthik, Umran Malik and Arshdeep Singh to make a mark.

This article tells how India made the world record of winning the most T20s.