V Kohli is all set to score “One thousand runs through boundary fours” In the history of Twenty20 games on a single ground.   He has scored 249 boundary fours prior to the start of T20I between India and South Africa at Bengaluru played today and one more boundary four would give him the coveted distinction of scoring one thousand runs through boundary fours at Bengaluru. He would then become the first batsman in the history of Twenty20 games {Note – Twenty20 games include T20I and also IPL games}

V  Kohli has scored 19 half-centuries at Bangalore and requires one more for his 20 half-centuries. If he scores it, he would then become the first batsman in the history of Twenty20 games to score 20 half-centuries on a single ground – Bengaluru

V Kohli and CH Gayle are the two batsmen to score three centuries on a single ground. Both have scored three centuries at Bangalore which are listed below. One more century for V Kohli would give him his fourth century at Bengaluru and with it the record for most centuries on a single ground.

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	CH Gayle	107	RCB	v Punjab	Bengaluru	06 May 2011
2	CH Gayle	175*	RCB	v Pune	Bengaluru	23 Apr 2013
3	CH Gayle	117	RCB	v Punjab	Bengaluru	06 May 2015
1	V Kohli	108*	RCB	v Supergiants	Bengaluru	07 May 2016
2	V Kohli	109	RCB	v Gujarat	Bengaluru	14 May 2016
3	V Kohli	113	RCB	v Punjab	Bengaluru	18 May 2016

This game would be the 98^th T20I for RG Sharma. He would become the fourth cricketer in the history of T20Is to play 98 plus T20Is. Others are – Shoaib Malik {111}, Shahid Afridi {99} and MS Dhoni [98}

RG Sharma would share the record for most capped Indian Cricketer in T20Is with MS Dhoni. MS Dhoni has played 98 T20Is

RG Sharma requires eight more runs to become the highest run-getter in T20Is. He has an aggregate of 2434 runs. Eight more runs would fetch him 2442 runs. He would go past V Kohli who has an aggregate of 2441 runs.

Bangalore would be hosting its seventh T20I. It would become the seventh ground globally to host exact seven T20Is. Other six grounds which have hosted seven T20Is are

No	Ground	City	Span	Mat
1	Old Trafford	Manchester	2008-2018	7
2	Providence Stadium	Guyana	2010-2019	7
3	Eden Gardens	Kolkata	2011-2018	7
4	Sooriyawewa	Hambantota	2012-2013	7
5	Kyambogo Cricket Oval	Kampala	2019-2019	7
6	College Field	St Peter Port	2019-2019	7

Bangalore would become the second ground on Indian soil to host exact seven T20Is after Kolkata. Eden Gardens has hosted exact seven T20Is

Jamta, Nagpur [11}, HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala (08} are the other two grounds to host more than seven T20Is on Indian soil.

Bangalore would be hosting its 48^th International game when it hosts today’s third T20I game between India and South Africa

V Kohli would become the most capped T20I Cricketer in Bangalore. He would be playing his fifth T20I game. MS Dhoni has played four T20Is at Bangalore.

V Kohli needs 33 more runs to become the highest run getter at Bangalore. V Kohli has scored 107 runs at Bangalore. 33 more runs would get him 140 runs. He would go past GJ Maxwell’s 139 runs.

V Kohli needs four more runs to become the highest run getter for India at Bangalore. V Kohli has scored 107 runs at Bangalore. Four more runs would get him 110 runs. He would go past MS Dhoni’s 109 runs.

V Kohli would be leading India for the third occasion in T20Is at Bangalore. Others to lead their teams on two occasions in T20Is at Bangalore are – Mashrafe Murtaza and MS Dhoni

Q de Kock’s 52 against India at Mohali T20I on 18.09.19 was in a losing cause to provide the 33rd occasion of a wicketkeeper batsman’s fifty going in vain in the history of Twenty20 Internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	TM Dilshan	61	1	Srl	Ind	Col-RPS	10 Feb 2009
2	BB McCullum	61	2	NZl	Aus	Sydney	15 Feb 2009
3	KC Sangakkara	64*	1	Srl	Pak	Lord’s	21 Jun 2009
4	KC Sangakkara	69	2	Srl	NZl	Col-RPS	04 Sep 2009
5	KC Sangakkara	59	1	Srl	Ind	Mohali	12 Dec 2009
6	NJ O’Brien	50	2	Ire	Can	Col-SSC	03 Feb 2010
7	A Bagai	53	1	Can	Afg	Col-SSC	04 Feb 2010
8	Kamran Akmal	64	2	Pak	Aus	Melbourne	05 Feb 2010
9	Kamran Akmal	50	1	Pak	Aus	Gros Islet	14 May 2010
10	Mohd Shahzad	77	1	Afg	Ire	Dubai (DSC	24 Mar 2012
11	JC Buttler	54	2	Eng	NZl	Hamilton	12 Feb 2013
12	KC Sangakkara	59*	2	Srl	RSA	Col-RPS	02 Aug 2013
13	Mushfiqur Rahim	50	2	Ban	NZl	Dhaka	06 Nov 2013
14	A Bagai	67*	2	Can	Ire	Abu Dhabi	16 Nov 2013
15	W Barresi	70*	2	Net	Sco	ICCA Dubai	22 Nov 2013
16	D Ramdin	55*	1	Win	NZl	Wellington	15 Jan 2014
17	JC Buttler	67	1	Eng	Win	Bridgetown	11 Mar 2014
18	BRM Taylor	59	1	Zim	Ire	Sylhet	17 Mar 2014
19	ADS Fletcher	57	2	Win	Srl	Pallekele	09 Nov 2015
20	JC Buttler	54	1	Eng	RSA	Johannesburg	21 Feb 2016
21	Sarfaraz Ahmed	58*	1	Pak	Ban	Dhaka	02 Mar 2016
22	JJ Atkinson	53	2	HKF	Zim	Nagpur	08 Mar 2016
23	Q de Kock	52	1	RSA	Eng	Mumbai	18 Mar 2016
24	GC Wilson	59	2	Ire	Afg	Greater Noida	12 Mar 2017
25	Mushfiqur Rahim	66*	1	Ban	Srl	Dhaka	15 Feb 2018
26	MS Dhoni	52*	1	Ind	RSA	Centurion	21 Feb 2018
27	Mushfiqur Rahim	72*	2	Ban	Ind	Col-RPS	14 Mar 2018
28	MDKJ Perera	61	1	Srl	Ban	Col-RPS	16 Mar 2018
29	JC Buttler	69	1	Eng	Ind	Manchester	03 Jul 2018
30	Imran Ali Butt	53	1	Bah	Kuw	Al Amerat	23 Jan 2019
31	TP Visee	78	1	Net	Ire	Al Amerat	17 Feb 2019
32	K Motlhanka	59	2	Bots	Nam	Windhoek	20 Aug 2019
33	Q de Kock	52	1	RSA	Ind	Mohali	18 Sep 2019

It also provides the fifth occasion of a wicketkeeper batsman’s fifty going in vain against India in the history of Twenty20 Internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	TM Dilshan	61	1	Srl	Ind	Col-RPS	10 Feb 2009
2	KC Sangakkara	59	1	Srl	Ind	Mohali	12 Dec 2009
3	Mushfiqur Rahim	72*	2	Ban	Ind	Col-RPS	14 Mar 2018
4	JC Buttler	69	1	Eng	Ind	Manchester	03 Jul 2018
5	Q de Kock	52	1	RSA	Ind	Mohali	18 Sep 2019

KC Sangakkara {04}. JC Buttler {04}. Mushfiqur Rahim {03}, A Bagai {02}, Kamran Akmal {02} and Q de Kock {02} are the six wicket keeper batsmen to witness their fifties going in vain on two or more occasions. The last named Q de Kock is the latest entrant into this list.

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	KC Sangakkara	64*	1	Srl	Pak	Lord’s	21 Jun 2009
	2	KC Sangakkara	69	2	Srl	NZl	Col-RPS	04 Sep 2009
	3	KC Sangakkara	59	1	Srl	Ind	Mohali	12 Dec 2009
	4	KC Sangakkara	59*	2	Srl	RSA	Col-RPS	02 Aug 2013
2	1	JC Buttler	54	2	Eng	NZl	Hamilton	12 Feb 2013
	2	JC Buttler	67	1	Eng	Win	Bridgetown	11 Mar 2014
	3	JC Buttler	54	1	Eng	RSA	Johannesburg	21 Feb 2016
	4	JC Buttler	69	1	Eng	Ind	Manchester	03 Jul 2018
3	1	Mushfiqur Rahim	50	2	Ban	NZl	Dhaka	06 Nov 2013
	2	Mushfiqur Rahim	66*	1	Ban	Srl	Dhaka	15 Feb 2018
	3	Mushfiqur Rahim	72*	2	Ban	Ind	Col-RPS	14 Mar 2018
4	1	A Bagai	53	1	Can	Afg	Col-SSC	04 Feb 2010
	2	A Bagai	67*	2	Can	Ire	Abu Dhabi	16 Nov 2013
5	1	Kamran Akmal	64	2	Pak	Aus	Melbourne	05 Feb 2010
	2	Kamran Akmal	50	1	Pak	Aus	Gros Islet	14 May 2010
6	1	Q de Kock	52	1	RSA	Eng	Mumbai	18 Mar 2016
	2	Q de Kock	52	1	RSA	Ind	Mohali	18 Sep 2019

Q de Kock’s 52 against India at Mohali T20I on 18.09.19 was in a losing cause to provide the tenth occasion of a captain wicketkeeper’s fifty going in vain in the history of Twenty20 Internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	TM Dilshan	61	1	Srl	Ind	Col-RPS	10 Feb 2009
2	KC Sangakkara	64*	1	Srl	Pak	Lord’s	21 Jun 2009
3	KC Sangakkara	69	2	Srl	NZl	Col-RPS	04 Sep 2009
4	KC Sangakkara	59	1	Srl	Ind	Mohali	12 Dec 2009
5	A Bagai	53	1	Can	Afg	Col-SSC	04 Feb 2010
6	Mushfiqur Rahim	50	2	Ban	NZl	Dhaka	06 Nov 2013
7	A Bagai	67*	2	Can	Ire	Abu Dhabi	16 Nov 2013
8	BRM Taylor	59	1	Zim	Ire	Sylhet	17 Mar 2014
9	K Motlhanka	59	2	Bots	Nam	Windhoek	20 Aug 2019
10	Q de Kock	52	1	RSA	Ind	Mohali	18 Sep 2019

It als provides the third occasion of a captain wicket keeper’s fifty in a losing cause  against India in Twenty20 Internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	TM Dilshan	61	1	Srl	Ind	Col-RPS	10 Feb 2009
2	KC Sangakkara	59	1	Srl	Ind	Mohali	12 Dec 2009
3	Q de Kock	52	1	RSA	Ind	Mohali	18 Sep 2019

Col-RPS and Mohali are the two grounds to witness captain wicket keeper’s fifty in a losing cause on two occasions. It is interesting to note that KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka has witnessed his fifty going in vain on both the grounds.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	TM Dilshan	61	1	Srl	Ind	Col-RPS	10 Feb 2009
2	KC Sangakkara	69	2	Srl	NZl	Col-RPS	04 Sep 2009
1	KC Sangakkara	59	1	Srl	Ind	Mohali	12 Dec 2009
2	Q de Kock	52	1	RSA	Ind	Mohali	18 Sep 2019

V Kohli’s 72 not out against South Africa at Mohali on 18.09.19 represents his 16th half-century in India’s wins in T20Is. He now owns the record for most half-centuries in a team’s win in the history of Twenty20 Internationals

No	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	68	1	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	07 Aug 2012
2	50	1	v Afghanistan	Colombo (RPS)	19 Sep 2012
3	78*	2	v Pakistan	Colombo (RPS)	30 Sep 2012
4	54	2	v West Indies	Dhaka	23 Mar 2014
5	57*	2	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	28 Mar 2014
6	72*	2	v South Africa	Dhaka	04 Apr 2014
7	90*	1	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 2016
8	59*	1	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Jan 2016
9	50	2	v Australia	Sydney	31 Jan 2016
10	56*	2	v Sri Lanka	Dhaka	01 Mar 2016
11	55*	2	v Pakistan	Kolkata	19 Mar 2016
12	82*	2	v Australia	Mohali	27 Mar 2016
13	82	2	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	06 Sep 2017
14	61*	2	v Australia	Sydney	25 Nov 2018
15	59	2	v West Indies	Providence	06 Aug 2019
16	72*	2	v South Africa	Mohali	18 Sep 2019

V Kohli is now the highest run-getter in the history of Twenty20 Internationals. At the end of the second T20I against South Africa at Mohali on 18.09.19, his run aggregate read 2441. He went past RG Sharma’s run aggregate of 2434. The following table lists the five batsmen who have aggregated 2000 plus runs in the history of T20 International. V Kohli’s aggregate of 235 boundary fours is also a record in the history of T20Is. RG Sharma is close behind with 215 boundary fours to his credit.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0	4s	6s
1	V Kohli	Ind	71	66	18	2441	90*	50.85	0	22	2	235	058
2	RG Sharma	Ind	97	89	14	2434	118	32.45	4	17	6	215	109
3	MJ Guptill	NZl	78	75	7	2283	105	33.57	2	14	2	201	103
4	Shoaib Malik	Pak	111	104	30	2263	75	30.58	0	7	1	186	061
5	BB McCullum	NZl	71	70	10	2140	123	35.66	2	13	3	199	091

V Kohli scored 72 not out against South Africa in the second T20I at Mohali on 18.09.19 to provide the twelfth occasion of an Indian captain scoring a fifty in T20 Internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

INDIAN CAPTAINS

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	SK Raina	72*	2	v Zimbabwe	Harare	13 Jun 2010
2	V Kohli	82	2	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	06 Sep 2017
3	V Kohli	65	2	v New Zealand	Rajkot	04 Nov 2017
4	RG Sharma	118	1	v Sri Lanka	Indore	22 Dec 2017
5	RG Sharma	89	1	v Bangladesh	Colombo (RPS)	14 Mar 2018
6	RG Sharma	56	2	v Bangladesh	Colombo (RPS)	18 Mar 2018
7	RG Sharma	111*	1	v West Indies	Lucknow	06 Nov 2018
8	V Kohli	61*	2	v Australia	Sydney	25 Nov 2018
9	RG Sharma	50	2	v New Zealand	Auckland	08 Feb 2019
10	V Kohli	72*	1	v Australia	Bengaluru	27 Feb 2019
11	V Kohli	59	2	v West Indies	Providence	06 Aug 2019
12	V Kohli	72*	2	v South Africa	Mohali	18 Sep 2019

Q de Kock scored 52 against India in the second T20I at Mohali on 18.09.19 to provide the 18th occasion of a South African captain scoring a fifty in T20 Internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

SOUTH AFRICAN CAPTAINS

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	GC Smith	61	1	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	21 Oct 2005
2	GC Smith	89*	1	v Australia	Johannesburg	24 Feb 2006
3	GC Smith	71*	2	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	02 Feb 2007
4	GC Smith	88	1	v England	Centurion	15 Nov 2009
5	F du Plessis	63	1	v New Zealand	East London	23 Dec 2012
6	F du Plessis	85	1	v Sri Lanka	Hambantota	06 Aug 2013
7	F du Plessis	58*	1	v Pakistan	Dubai (DSC)	15 Nov 2013
8	AB de Villiers	69*	1	v England	Chattogram	29 Mar 2014
9	F du Plessis	58	1	v India	Dhaka	04 Apr 2014
10	F du Plessis	119	1	v West Indies	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2015
11	F du Plessis	79*	1	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	05 Jul 2015
12	F du Plessis	79	1	v Australia	Johannesburg	06 Mar 2016
13	AB de Villiers	65*	1	v England	Southampton	21 Jun 2017
14	JP Duminy	64*	2	v India	Centurion	21 Feb 2018
15	JP Duminy	55	2	v India	Cape Town	24 Feb 2018
16	F du Plessis	78	1	v Pakistan	Cape Town	01 Feb 2019
17	DA Miller	65*	1	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	03 Feb 2019
18	Q de Kock	52	1	v India	Mohali	18 Sep 2019

Q de Kock of South Africa became the eleventh captain wicketkeeper cum opening batsman in the history of Twenty20 International. He led South Africa in the triple role against India at Mohali on 18.09.19. The following table furnishes the scores these eleven cricketers made on their debut as captain wicketkeeper cum opening batsmen

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	AC Gilchrist	31*	2	Aus	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	20 Sep 2007
2	BB McCullum	9	2	NZl	v England	Auckland	05 Feb 2008
3	TM Dilshan	61	1	Srl	v India	Colombo (RPS)	10 Feb 2009
4	BJ Haddin	15	1	Aus	v New Zealand	Sydney	15 Feb 2009
5	LD Chandimal	21	1	Srl	v South Africa	Delhi	28 Mar 2016
6	K Motlhanka	16	2	Bots	v Namibia	Windhoek	19 Aug 2019
7	R Ulutuna	1	1	Tky	v Luxembourg	Ilfov County	29 Aug 2019
8	H Helva	0	2	Tky	v Czech Rep.	Ilfov County	30 Aug 2019
9	HS Alta	0	1	Tky	v Austria	Ilfov County	31 Aug 2019
10	Arsalan Arif	26*	2	Aut	v Turkey	Ilfov County	31 Aug 2019
11	Q de Kock	52	1	RSA	v India	Mohali	18 Sep 2019

Q de Kock scored 52 on his debut as captain wicket keeper cum opening batsman against India at Mohali on 18.09.19 to become the second captain wicketkeeper cum opening batsman in the history of Twenty20 Internationals to score a fifty. Prior to this, TM Dilshan of Sri Lanka had scored 61 against India at Col-RPS on 10.02.09

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	TM Dilshan	61	1	Srl	Ind	Colombo (RPS)	10 Feb 2009
2	Q de Kock	52	1	RSA	Ind	Mohali	18 Sep 2019

Q de Kock scored 52 as captain wicket keeper cum opening batsman against India at Mohali on 18.09.19 to become the third captain wicketkeeper cum opening batsman in the history of Twenty20 Internationals. The following table lists these three cricketers.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	TM Dilshan	61	1	Srl	Ind	Colombo (RPS)	10 Feb 2009
2	K Motlhanka	59	2	Bots	Nam	Windhoek	20 Aug 2019
3	Q de Kock	52	1	RSA	Ind	Mohali	18 Sep 2019

Q de Kock of South Africa became the 29^th captain cum wicketkeeper in the history of Twenty20 International. He led South Africa in the dual role against India at Mohali on 18.09.19. The following table furnishes the scores these 29 cricketers made on their debut as captain cum wicketkeepers

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	MS Dhoni	TDNB	–	Ind	v Scotland	Durban	13 Sep 2007
2	AC Gilchrist	31*	2	Aus	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	20 Sep 2007
3	BB McCullum	9	2	NZl	v England	Auckland	05 Feb 2008
4	J Smits	DNB	1	Net	v Kenya	Belfast	02 Aug 2008
5	TM Dilshan	0	1	Srl	v Pakistan	King City (NW)	11 Oct 2008
6	BJ Haddin	15	1	Aus	v New Zealand	Sydney	15 Feb 2009
7	D Ramdin	DNB	2	Win	v England	Port of Spain	15 Mar 2009
8	KC Sangakkara	55*	2	Srl	v Australia	Nottingham	08 Jun 2009
9	MA Ouma	DNB	2	Ken	v Scotland	Nairobi (Gym)	01 Feb 2010
10	A Bagai	42	1	Can	v Ireland	Colombo (SSC)	03 Feb 2010
11	Mushfiqur Rahim	41*	2	Ban	v West Indies	Dhaka	11 Oct 2011
12	AB de Villiers	39*	2	RSA	v New Zealand	Hamilton	19 Feb 2012
13	BRM Taylor	0	2	Zim	v Sri Lanka	Hambantota	18 Sep 2012
14	LD Chandimal	9	1	Srl	v Bangladesh	Pallekele	31 Mar 2013
15	JJ Atkinson	6	2	HKG	v Nepal	Chattogram	16 Mar 2014
16	JNT Vare	5	2	PNG	v Ireland	Belfast	15 Jul 2015
17	Sultan Ahmed	15	1	Oman	v Afghanistan	Dublin	25 Jul 2015
18	JC Buttler	33	1	Eng	v Pakistan	Dubai (DSC)	27 Nov 2015
19	Sarfaraz Ahmed	DNB	2	Pak	v England	Manchester	07 Sep 2016
20	GC Wilson	15	2	Ire	v India	Dublin (Malahide)	29 Jun 2018
21	C Prasad	3*	1	CRC	v Panama	Naucalpan	25 Apr 2019
22	KJ Young	6	2	Blz	v Mexico	Naucalpan	25 Apr 2019
23	K Motlhanka	4	2	Bots	v Uganda	Kampala	20 May 2019
24	R Ulutuna	1	1	Tky	v Luxembourg	Ilfov County	29 Aug 2019
25	H Helva	0	2	Tky	v Czech Rep.	Ilfov County	30 Aug 2019
26	Razmal Shigiwal	DNB	2	Aut	v Czech Rep.	Ilfov County	30 Aug 2019
27	Arsalan Arif	26*	2	Aut	v Turkey	Ilfov County	31 Aug 2019
28	HS Alta	0	1	Tky	v Austria	Ilfov County	31 Aug 2019
29	Q de Kock	52	1	RSA	v India	Mohali	18 Sep 2019

Q de Kock scored 52 on his debut as captain cum wicket keeper against India at Mohali on 18.09.19 to become the second captain cum wicketkeeper in the history of Twenty20 Internationals to score a fifty. Prior to this, KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka had scored  55 not out against Australia  at Nottingham on 08.06.09

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	KC Sangakkara	55*	2	Srl	Aus	Nottingham	08 Jun 2009
2	Q de Kock	52	1	RSA	Ind	Mohali	18 Sep 2019

Q de Kock of South Africa {52} and V Kohli of India {72*} scored fifties  in the just concluded T20I at Mohali on  18.09.19 to provide the eighth occasion of rival captains scoring fifties in a Twenty20 International. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	MR Swart	89	1	Net	Ken	Windhoek	19 Apr 2013
	2	CO Obuya	75*	2	Ken	Net	Windhoek	19 Apr 2013
2	1	PW Borren	57	1	Net	Sco	Edinburgh	11 Jul 2015
	2	PL Mommsen	68*	2	Scp	Net	Edinburgh	11 Jul 2015
3	1	EJG Morgan	74	1	Eng	Aus	Cardiff	31 Aug 2015
	2	SPD Smith	90	2	Aus	Eng	Cardiff	31 Aug 2015
4	1	Amjad Javed	76	1	UAE	Sco	ICCA Dubai	04 Feb 2016
	2	PL Mommsen	56	2	Sco	UAE	ICCA Dubai	04 Feb 2016
5	1	PR Stirling	56	1	Ire	Sco	Al Amerat	15 Feb 2019
	2	KJ Coetzer	74	2	Sco	Ire	Al Amerat	15 Feb 2019
6	1	MG Erasmus	56	1	Nam	Bots	Windhoek	20 Aug 2019
	2	K Motlhanka	59	2	Bots	Nam	Windhoek	20 Aug 2019
7	1	KJ Coetzer	89	1	Sco	Net	Dublin (M)	16 Sep 2019
	2	PM Seelaar	96*	2	Net	Sco	Dublin (M)	16 Sep 2019
8	1	Q de Kock	52	1	RSA	Ind	Mohali	18 Sep 2019
	2	V Kohli	72*	2	Ind	RSA	Mohali	18 Sep 2019

It also provides the second occasion of rival captains scoring fifties in a Twenty20I – the teams being Test playing nations.

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	EJG Morgan	74	1	Eng	Aus	Cardiff	31 Aug 2015
	2	SPD Smith	90	2	Aus	Eng	Cardiff	31 Aug 2015
2	1	Q de Kock	52	1	RSA	Ind	Mohali	18 Sep 2019
	2	V Kohli	72*	2	Ind	RSA	Mohali	18 Sep 2019

It is interesting to note that out of these eight occasions, four of these have come in the calendar year 2019 between 15 February and 18 September

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	PR Stirling	56	1	Ire	Sco	Al Amerat	15 Feb 2019
	2	KJ Coetzer	74	2	Sco	Ire	Al Amerat	15 Feb 2019
2	1	MG Erasmus	56	1	Nam	Bots	Windhoek	20 Aug 2019
	2	K Motlhanka	59	2	Bots	Nam	Windhoek	20 Aug 2019
3	1	KJ Coetzer	89	1	Sco	Net	Dublin (M)	16 Sep 2019
	2	PM Seelaar	96*	2	Net	Sco	Dublin (M)	16 Sep 2019
4	1	Q de Kock	52	1	RSA	Ind	Mohali	18 Sep 2019
	2	V Kohli	72*	2	Ind	RSA	Mohali	18 Sep 2019