First T20I  – India Vs New Zealand at Delhi on 01.11.17 – India won by 53 runs

India capped SS Iyer for this game. He became the 70^th Indian cricketer to appear in T20Is. He also became the second  Indian cricketer to make his T20I debut against New Zealand. L Balaji was the other Indian cricketer to make his T20I debut against New Zealand. L Balaji had made his T20I debut against  New Zealand at Chennai on  11.09.12

RG Sharma and S Dhawan added 158 runs for the first wicket in this  game to provide the 113^th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership  in the history of T20Is. It also provides the 41st occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket in T20Is

RG Sharma and S Dhawan added 158 runs for the first wicket in this game to provide the tenth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in the history of T20Is. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	G Gambhir, V Sehwag	1	136	1	v England	Durban	19 Sep 2007
2	MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh	5	102*	2	v Australia	Rajkot	10 Oct 2013
3	V Kohli, RG Sharma	2	106	2	v West Indies	Dhaka	23 Mar 2014
4	V Kohli, RG Sharma	2	100	2	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	28 Mar 2014
5	V Kohli, RG Sharma	2	138	1	v South Africa	Dharamsala	02 Oct 2015
6	V Kohli, SK Raina	3	134	1	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 2016
7	Mandeep Singh, KL Rahul	1	103*	2	v Zimbabwe	Harare	20 Jun 2016
8	MS Dhoni, KL Rahul	4	107	2	v West Indies	Lauderhill	27 Aug 2016
9	V Kohli, MK Pandey	3	119	2	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	06 Sep 2017
10	S Dhawan, RG Sharma	1	158	1	v New Zealand	Delhi	01 Nov 2017

This partnership represents the best partnership for any wicket by Indian batsmen in T20Is. The previous best was the 138 runs partnership for the second wicket between V Kohli and RG Sharma against South Africa at Dharmasala on 02.10.15

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	S Dhawan, RG Sharma	1	158	1	v New Zealand	Delhi	01 Nov 2017
2	V Kohli, RG Sharma	2	138	1	v South Africa	Dharamsala	02 Oct 2015

It also provides the third occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket in T20Is. All the three occasions are listed below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	G Gambhir, V Sehwag	1	136	1	v England	Durban	19 Sep 2007
2	Mandeep Singh, KL Rahul	1	103*	2	v Zimbabwe	Harare	20 Jun 2016
3	S Dhawan, RG Sharma	1	158	1	v New Zealand	Delhi	01 Nov 2017

This partnership represents the best partnership for first wicket by Indian batsmen in T20Is. The previous best was the 136 runs partnership between G Gambhir and V Sehwag against England at Durban on 19.10.07

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	S Dhawan, RG Sharma	1	158	1	v New Zealand	Delhi	01 Nov 2017
2	G Gambhir, V Sehwag	1	136	1	v England	Durban	19 Sep 2007

This partnership of 158 runs between S Dhawan and RG Sharms provides the first occasion of Indian batsmen posting 150 plus runs in T20Is. It also provides the eighth occasion of batsmen posting 150 plus runs in T20Is

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	LE Bosman, GC Smith	1	170	1	RSA	Eng	Centurion	15 Nov 2009
2	M Jayawardene, KC Sangakkara	2	166	1	Srl	Win	Bridgetown	07 May 2010
3	RS Bopara, AD Hales	2	159	2	Eng	Win	Nottingham	24 Jun 2012
4	AD Hales, EJG Morgan	3	152	2	Eng	Srl	Chittagong	27 Mar 2014
5	CH Gayle, MN Samuels	2	152	2	Win	RSA	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2015
6	MJ Guptill, KS Williamson	1	171*	2	NZl	Pak	Hamilton	17 Jan 2016
7	GJ Maxwell, DA Warner	4	161	2	Aus	RSA	Johannesburg	06 Mar 2016
8	S Dhawan, RG Sharma	1	158	1	Ind	NZl	Delhi	1 Nov 2017

This partnership provides the fifth occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership against New Zealand in T20Is. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	PD Collingwood, OA Shah	5	102	1	Eng	NZl	Christchurch	07 Feb 2008
2	AB de Villiers, RE Levi	3	133*	2	RSA	NZl	Hamilton	19 Feb 2012
3	CH Gayle, KA Pollard	3	108*	1	Win	NZl	Lauderhill	30 Jun 2012
4	AD Hales, MJ Lumb	1	143*	2	Eng	NZl	Wellington	15 Feb 2013
5	S Dhawan, RG Sharma	1	158	1	Ind	NZl	Delhi	01 Nov 2017

This partnership represents the record partnership by batsmen for any wicket and also for the first wicket against New Zealand in T20Is. The previous best for any wicket and for the first wicket was the 143 runs unfinished partnership by England batsmen AD Hales and MJ Lumb at Wellington on 15.01.13. It  is interesting to note that the 158 runs partnership between S Dhwan and RG Sharma is the first 150 plus runs partnership  posted by batsmen against New Zealand

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	S Dhawan, RG Sharma	1	158	1	Ind	NZl	Delhi	01 Nov 2017
2	AD Hales, MJ Lumb	1	143*	2	Eng	NZl	Wellington	15 Feb 2013

Thus 158 runs partnership between S Dhwan and RG Sharma is the first 150 plus runs partnership posted by Indian batsmen in T20Is. It also provides the first 150 plus runs partnership posted by batsmen against New Zealand in T20Is

S Dhawan {80} and RG Sharma {80} scored fifty plus runs in this game to provide the 29^th occasion of both  the openers scoring fifties in T20Is. It also provides the second such occasion by Indian opening batsmen in T20Is. The first such occasion was against England at Durban on 19.09.07. Indian openers G Gambhir and V Sehwag had scored 58 and 68 respectively.

India posted a team total of 202 for 3 in this game to provide the 57th occasion of a team posting a total of 200 plus runs in T20Is. It also provides the seventh occasion of India posting 200 plus runs in a T20I. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Score	Overs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	India	218/4	20.0	1	v England	Durban	19 Sep 2007
2	India	211/4	19.1	2	v Sri Lanka	Mohali	12 Dec 2009
3	India	202/4	19.4	2	v Australia	Rajkot	10 Oct 2013
4	India	200/3	20.0	2	v Australia	Sydney	31 Jan 2016
5	India	244/4	20.0	2	v West Indies	Lauderhill	27 Aug 2016
6	India	202/6	20.0	1	v England	Bengaluru	01 Feb 2017
7	India	202/3	20.0	1	v New Zealand	Delhi	01 Nov 2017

India posted a team total of 202 for 3 in this game to provide the sixth occasion of a team posting a total of 200 plus runs against New Zealand in T20Is. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Score	Overs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Australia	214/5	20.0	1	v New Zealand	Auckland	17 Feb 2005
2	Australia	214/4	20.0	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	28 Feb 2010
3	Zimbabwe	200/2	20.0	1	v New Zealand	Hamilton	14 Feb 2012
4	West Indies	209/2	20.0	1	v New Zealand	Lauderhill	30 Jun 2012
5	England	214/7	20.0	1	v New Zealand	Auckland	09 Feb 2013
6	India	202/3	20.0	1	v New Zealand	Delhi	01 Nov 2017

India’s 202 for 3  in this  game provides the first  occasion of India posting a team total of 200 plus runs against New Zealand in a T20I and hence this total is the highest team total posted by India against  New Zealand  in a T20I. The previous best was 180 for 9 at Johannesburg on 16.09.07

Team	Score	Overs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
India	202/3	20.0	1	v New Zealand	Delhi	01 Nov 2017
India	180/9	20.0	2	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	16 Sep 2007

HH Pandya was dismissed without scoring in this game to provide the 41st occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed for a duck in a T20I. It also provides the sixth occasion of Indian batsman scoring a duck against New Zealand in a T20I

V Kohli’s run aggregate in T20Is at the end of this game read 1878. He occupies the third place in the list of batsmen who have scored most runs in T20Is. The following table lists the three batsmen with their performance

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0	4s	6s
1	BB McCullum	NZl	71	70	10	2140	123	35.66	2	13	3	199	91
2	TM Dilshan	Srl	80	79	12	1889	104*	28.19	1	13	10	223	33
3	V Kohli	Ind	53	49	14	1878	90*	53.65	0	17	1	199	38

S Dhawan and RG Sharma scored fifties in this game to provide the 62^nd and 63^rd occasion of Indian batsmen scoring fifties in T20Is. It also provides the 24^th and 25^th occasion of Indian opening batsmen scoring fifties in T20Is

RG Sharma’s 80 in this game represent his ninth fifty and eighth half century as an opening batsman in T20I. He now owns the record for most half centuries by an Indian opening batsman in T20Is. He went past G Gambhir who has scored seven half centuries in T20Is.

RG Sharma’s T20I aggregate as an opening batsmen read 1072 at the end of this game. He became the first Indian opening batsman to aggregate 1000 plus runs  and  14^th opening batsman overall to total 1000 plus runs in the history of T20Is. The following table lists all the 14 batsmen

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0	4s	6s
1	TM Dilshan	Srl	66	66	9	1720	104*	30.17	1	13	9	209	27
2	CH Gayle	Win	51	49	4	1577	117	35.04	2	13	2	134	103
3	DA Warner	Aus	58	58	3	1528	90*	27.78	0	11	5	149	67
4	MJ Guptill	NZl	45	45	5	1483	101*	37.07	1	10	2	142	65
5	AD Hales	Eng	48	48	6	1383	116*	32.92	1	7	4	148	42
6	Mohd Shahzad	Afg	45	45	2	1366	118*	31.76	1	8	3	163	59
7	Ahmed Shehzad	Pak	51	51	2	1324	111*	27.02	1	7	2	141	28
8	HM Amla	RSA	43	43	6	1277	97*	34.51	0	8	1	146	26
9	BB McCullum	NZl	41	41	7	1259	116*	37.02	1	8	1	120	54
10	Tamim Iqbal	Ban	59	59	5	1257	103*	23.27	1	4	4	139	29
11	H Masakadza	Zim	44	44	1	1256	93*	29.20	0	9	0	117	50
12	SR Watson	Aus	38	38	3	1172	124*	33.48	1	10	3	92	71
13	RG Sharma	Ind	36	36	3	1072	106	32.48	1	8	2	100	39
14	AJ Finch	Aus	31	31	1	1064	156	35.46	1	6	0	110	46

TWM Latham took three catches in this game to provide the 100^th occasion of a fieldsman including wicket keepers pouching three or more catches in a T20I. It also provides the 38^th occasion of a wicket keeper taking three or more catches in T20Is. TWM Latham’s three catches in this game provides  the fifth occasion of a New Zealand wicket keeper taking three or more catches  in a T20I.

India won this game by 53 runs to provide the 72nd occasion of a team winning a T20I game by 50 plus  runs margin. It also provides the sixth occasion of India winning a T20I game by 50 plus runs margin

No	Team	Result	Margin	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	India	won	90 runs	v England	Colombo (RPS)	23 Sep 2012
2	India	won	75 runs	v England	Bengaluru	01 Feb 2017
3	India	won	73 runs	v Australia	Dhaka	30 Mar 2014
4	India	won	69 runs	v Sri Lanka	Ranchi	12 Feb 2016
5	India	won	54 runs	v Zimbabwe	Harare	17 Jul 2015
6	India	won	53 runs	v New Zealand	Delhi	01 Nov 2017

It also represents India’s first win against New Zealand in T20Is and 51^st win overall. India is one of the four team to  win 50 plus T20Is. Others are Pakistan {72}, South Africa {59} and Sri Lanka {51}

No	Team	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	NR
1	Pakistan	2006-2017	120	72	45	3	0
2	South Africa	2005-2017	100	59	40	0	1
3	India	2006-2017	086	51	32	1	2
4	Sri Lanka	2006-2017	099	51	46	1	1

MS Dhoni’s wicket keeping dismissals read 70 at the end of this game. He became the first wicket  keeper to effect 70 plus dismissals in the history of T20Is.

The break of MS Dhoni’s 70 dismissals read 45 catches and 25 stumpings. He became the third wicket keeper to effect 25 plus stumping dismissals in the history of T20Is. Others are Kamran Akmal of Pakistan [32} and Mohd Shahzad of Afghanistan {27}. MS Dhoni’s 45 catches is a record for most catches by a wicket keeper in T20Is.

C de Grandhomme was  dismissed for  a first ball duck in this game to provide the 387^th occasion of a batsman collecring the first ball duck in T20Is. It also provides the 27^th occasion of a New Zealand batsman collecting the first ball duck in T20Is and third  such occasion against India in T20I. JS Patel and JDP Oram provide the other two occasions.

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	JS Patel	0	1	1	NZl	Ind	Jo’burg	16 Sep 2007
2	JDP Oram	0	1	2	NZl	Ind	Wellington	27 Feb 2009
3	C de Grandhomme	0	1	2	NZl	Ind	Delhi	01 Nov 2017