Second T20I – India vs South Africa at Cuttack on 05.10.2015 – South Africa won by six wickets.
South Africa won the toss and inserted the opposition in the game to provide the 17th occasion of South Africa inserting the opposition in T20Is. It also provides the third such occasion against India.
South Africa and India share the fourth place in the list of teams which have inserted the opposition in T20Is. Both the teams have inserted the opposition on 17 occasions. New Zealand {26}, England {22} and Pakistan {18} are the teams to occupy the first three positions in this category of statistics
CK Nandan was making his international debut as an umpire in this game. He is from Karnataka. He became the tenth Indian umpire to officiate a T20I game and also the second umpire from Karnataka to officiate a T20I game. SK Tarapore is the other Karnataka Umpire to officiate a T20I game. He has officiated in three T20I games
V Kohli was dismissed run out for 1 in this game to provide the 36th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out in a T20I game. It also provides the ninth occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out against South Africa in a T20I game.
V Kohli was dismissed run out for 1 in this game to provide the third occasion his being dismissed run out in a T20I game. MS Dhoni {06}, G Gambhir {03}, RA Jadeja {03}, SK Raina {03} and V Sehwag {03} are the other Indian batsman to be dismissed run out in T20Is on three or more than three occasions.
RG Sharma was dismissed run out for 22 in this game to provide the 38th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out in a T20I game. It also provides the tenth occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out in a T20I game against South Africa
RG Sharma was dismissed run out for 22 in this game to provide the 38th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out in a T20I game. It also provides the tenth occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out in a T20I game against South Africa
RG Sharma was dismissed run out for 22 in this game to provide the third occasion his being dismissed run out in a T20I game. MS Dhoni {06}, G Gambhir {03}, RA Jadeja {03}, SK Raina {03}, V Kohli {03} and V Sehwag {03} are the other Indian batsman to be dismissed run out in T20Is on three or more than three occasions.
RG Sharma was dismissed run out for 22 in this game to provide the tenth occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed run out in a T20I game. It also provides the third occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out in a T20I game against South Africa.
AT Rayudu, Harbhajan Singh and B Kumar scored ducks in this game to provide the 25th, 26th and 27th occasion of Indian batsman scoring ducks in T20Is. It also provides the 6th, 7th and 8th occasion of Indian batsman scoring ducks against South Africa in T20Is.
AT Rayudu, Harbhajan Singh and B Kumar scored ducks in this game to provide the second occasion of three Indian batsmen scoring ducks in an innings. The other such occasion was against England at Kolkata on 29.10.11. Batsmen were – AM Rahane, RA Jadeja and P Kumar.
AT Rayudu, Harbhajan Singh and B Kumar scored ducks in this game to provide the 44th occasion of three or more batsmen scoring ducks in an innings in the history of T20Is. It also provides the fourth such occasion against South Africa. The other three occasion were – Scotland batsman at The Oval on 07.09.09, Sri Lankan batsmen at Col-RPS on 02.08.13 and Pakistan batsmen at Dubai {DSC} on 13.11.13.
Harbhajan Singh collected the first ball duck in this game to provide the 283rd occasion of a batsman scoring a first ball duck in the history of T20 Internationals. It also provides the eleventh occasion of Indian batsmen collecting the first ball duck in T20Is. It also provides the fourth occasion of an Indian batsman collecting the first ball duck against South Africa in T20Is
India was dismissed all out 92 in this game to provide the 53rd occasion of a team dismissed all out for less than 100 runs in T20Is. It also provides the second occasion of India dismissed all out for less than 100 runs in T20Is. The first such occasion was against Australia at Melbourne on 01.02.08 when India was dismissed all out for 74.
India was dismissed all out 92 in this game to provide the eighth occasion of a team dismissed all out for less than 100 runs in T20Is on home soil. It also provides the first occasion of India dismissed all out for less than 100 runs in T20Is at home.
The India and South Africa players were forced off the field in this game after 13 overs of South Africa’s chase due to crowd trouble. It was the third incident of spectators throwing bottles onto the field for the night.
While the first incident happened between innings – after India were bowled out for 92 – and so did not interrupt play, the second came after 11 overs of the chase and stopped play for 27 minutes. The players remained in the middle through the delay and play resumed at 10pm, with security personnel lining the boundaries, but a third wave of bottle throwing two overs later forced them off. South Africa were cruising at 70 for 3 at this stage and ahead on Duckworth-Lewis.
JA Morkel’s 3 for 12 in this game represent his best bowling effort in T20Is. His previous best was 2 for 12 against England at Cape Town on 16.09.07
JA Morkel was playing his 50th T20I for South Africa. He became the 27th cricketer to play 50 plus T20I games in the history of T20 Internationals. He is the third South African cricketer to play 50 plus T20Is. Others are AB de Villiers {63} and JP Duminy {63}
JP Duminy completed 1500 runs in T20Is when he was on 2 during the course of his knock of 30 not out in this game. At the end of this game, his run aggregate read 1528. He stands second in the list of batsmen who have scored most runs in T20Is. The first place is occupied by BB McCullum of New Zealand who has amassed 2140 runs
JP Duminy completed 1500 runs in T20Is when he was on 2 during the course of his knock of 30 not out in this game. At the end of this game, his run aggregate read 1528. He became the first South African batsman to total 1500 plus runs in T20Is.
South Africa won this game after it had inserted the opposition to provide the 13th occasion of South Africa winning a game after it had inserted the opposition. It also provides the second such occasion against India.