RG Sharma stars in India’s win in Second Twenty20 at Indore – India post yet another comprehensive win
Second Twenty20 – India vs Sri Lanka at Indore on 22 Dec 2017 – India won by 88 runs
India posted a total of 260 for 5 in this game to provide the 58th occasion of a team posting 200 plus runs in T20Is. It also provides the third occasion of a team posting a total of 250 plus runs in the history of T20Is. The three occasions are as under
| No | Team | Score | Overs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | Australia | 263/3 | 20.0 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Pallekele | 06 Sep 2016 |
| 2 | Sri Lanka | 260/6 | 20.0 | 1 | v Kenya | Johannesburg | 14 Sep 2007 |
| 3 | India | 260/5 | 20.0 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Indore | 22 Dec 2017 |
India’s total represents the joint second highest team total in the history of T20Is. It also represents the second highest team total posted against Sri Lanka – the highest being Australia’s 263 for 3 at Pallekele on 06.09.16. It is interesting to note that in all the three totals of 250 plus runs in T20Is, Sri Lanka is one of the teams.
India posted its highest team total in this game. Its previous highest total was 244 for 4 against West Indies at Lauderhill on 27.08.2016
RG Sharma scored 118 in this game to provide the 29th occasion of a batsman scoring a century in one day games. It also provides the fourth occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century in one day games.
| No | Player | Runs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | SK Raina | 101 | 1 | v South Africa | Gros Islet | 02 May 2010 |
| 2 | RG Sharma | 106 | 1 | v South Africa | Dharamsala | 02 Oct 2015 |
| 3 | KL Rahul | 110* | 2 | v West Indies | Lauderhill | 27 Aug 2016 |
| 4 | RG Sharma | 118 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Indore | 22 Dec 2017 |
RG Sharma’s 118 in this game represent the highest individual score by an Indian batsman in T20Is. The previous best was 110 not out by KL Rahul against West Indies at Lauderhill on 27.08.16.
| No | Player | Runs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | RG Sharma | 118 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Indore | 22 Dec 2017 |
| 2 | KL Rahul | 110* | 2 | v West Indies | Lauderhill | 27 Aug 2016 |
RG Sharma scored 118 in this game to provide the 21st occasion of an opening batsman scoring a century in one day games. It also provides the second occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century in one day games.
| No | Player | Runs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | RG Sharma | 106 | 1 | v South Africa | Dharamsala | 02 Oct 2015 |
| 2 | RG Sharma | 118 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Indore | 22 Dec 2017 |
RG Sharma’s 118 in this game represent the highest individual score by an Indian opening batsman in T20Is. The previous best was 106 by RG Sharms himself against South Africa at Dharamsala on 02.10.15
| No | Player | Runs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | RG Sharma | 118 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Indore | 22 Dec 2017 |
| 2 | RG Sharma | 106 | 1 | v South Africa | Dharamsala | 02 Oct 2015 |
RG Sharma’s 118 in this game provide the fourth occasion of a captain scoring century in T20Is. All the four occasions are listed below.
| No | Player | Runs | Inns | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | TM Dilshan | 104* | 1 | Srl | Aus | Pallekele | 06 Aug 2011 |
| 2 | F du Plessis | 119 | 1 | RSA | Win | Johannesburg | 11 Jan 2015 |
| 3 | SR Watson | 124* | 1 | Aus | Ind | Sydney | 31 Jan 2016 |
| 4 | RG Sharma | 118 | 1 | Ind | Srk | Indore | 22 Dec 2017 |
RG Sharma earned the distinction of becoming the first Indian captain to score a century in T20Is. The previous best was V Kohlis’s 82 against Sri Lanka at Col-RPS on 06.09.17.
RG Sharma’s 118 in this game represent his second century in T20Is. He had scored 106 runs against South Africa at Dharamsala on 02.10.15. He became the fifth batsman in the history of T20Is to score two centuries. Other are – CH Gayle, E Lewis, BB McCullum and C Munro
RG Sharma’s 118 in this game represent his second century as an opening batsman in T20Is. He had scored 106 runs against South Africa at Dharamsala on 02.10.15. He became the third opening batsman in the history of T20Is to score two centuries. CH Gayle and E Lewis are the other two opening batsman to accomplish the feat
RG Sharma and KL Rahul added 165 runs for the first wicket in this game to provide the 115th occasion of a century partnership in T20Is. It also provides the 43rd occasion of a century partnership for the first wicket in T20Is
RG Sharma and KL Rahul added 165 runs for the first wicket in this game to provide the 11th occasion of a century partnership in T20Is. It also provides the fourth occasion of a century partnership for the first wicket in T20Is. All the four occasions are listed below
| No | Partners | Wkt | Runs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | KL Rahul, RG Sharma | 1 | 165 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Indore | 22 Dec 2017 |
| 2 | S Dhawan, RG Sharma | 1 | 158 | 1 | v New Zealand | Delhi | 01 Nov 2017 |
| 3 | G Gambhir, V Sehwag | 1 | 136 | 1 | v England | Durban | 19 Sep 2007 |
| 4 | Mandeep Singh, KL Rahul | 1 | 103* | 2 | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 20 Jun 2016 |
RG Sharma and KL Rahul added 165 runs for the first wicket in this game to provide the record partnership not only for any wicket but also for the first wicket in T20Is. The previous best for any wicket and for the first wicket was 158 runs partnership between S Dhawan and RG Sharma against New Zealand at Delhi on 01.11.17.
| No | Partners | Wkt | Runs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | KL Rahul, RG Sharma | 1 | 165 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Indore | 22 Dec 2017 |
| 2 | S Dhawan, RG Sharma | 1 | 158 | 1 | v New Zealand | Delhi | 01 Nov 2017 |
RG Sharma and KL Rahul added 165 runs for the first wicket in this game to provide the record partnership by Indian batsmen against Sri Lanka for any wicket in T20Is. The previous best was the 119 runs partnership for the third wicket between V Kohli and MK Pandey at Col-RPS on 06.09.17
| No | Partners | Wkt | Runs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | KL Rahul, RG Sharma | 1 | 165 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Indore | 22 Dec 2017 |
| 2 | V Kohli, MK Pandey | 3 | 119 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Col-RPs | 06 Sep 2017 |
RG Sharma and KL Rahul added 165 runs for the first wicket in this game to provide the record partnership by any team against Sri Lanka for any wicket in T20Is. The previous best was the 152 runs partnership for the third wicket between AD Hales and EJG Morgan at Chittagong on 22.03.14
| No | Partners | Wkt | Runs | Inns | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | KL Rahul, RG Sharma | 1 | 165 | 1 | Ind | Srl | Indore | 22 Dec 2017 |
| 2 | AD Hales, EJG Morgan | 3 | 152 | 2 | Eng | Srl | Chittagong | 22 Mar 2014 |
RG Sharma and KL Rahul added 165 runs for the first wicket in this game to provide the tenth occasion of batsmen of various teams posting a century partnership against Sri Lanka in T20Is.
RG Sharma {118} and KL Rahul {89} scored fifties in this game to provide the 30th occasion of both the openers scoring fifties in an innings in the history of T20Is.
RG Sharma {118} and KL Rahul {89} scored a century and a fifty in this game to provide the second occasion of one of the openers scoring a century and the other scoring a fifty in an innings in the history of T20Is. The other such occasion was witnessed in the game between West Indies and India at Lauderhill on 27.08.16. West Indies openers J Charles scored 79 and E Lewis scored 100 in this game
YS Chahal captured 4 for 52 in this game to provide the eleventh occasion of an Indian bowler capturing four or more wickets in a T20I. It also provides the fourth occasion of an Indian bowler capturing four or more wickets against Sri Lanka. All the three occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | O | M | R | W | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | AB Dinda | 3.0 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Pallekele | 07 Aug 2012 |
| 2 | R Ashwin | 4.0 | 1 | 08 | 4 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Visakhapatnam | 14 Feb 2016 |
| 3 | YS Chahal | 4.0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Cuttack | 20 Dec 2017 |
| 4 | YS Chahal | 4.0 | 0 | 52 | 4 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Indore | 22 Dec 2017 |
YS Chahal’s 4 for 23 in this game represent his third four plus wicket haul in T20Is. He had captured 6 for 25 against England at Bengaluru on 01.02.17 and 4 for 23 against Sri Lanka at Cuttak on 20.12.17. He now owns the record of most four wicket hauls by an Indian bowler in T20Is. He wnet past R Ashwin who had two four wicket hauls. The bowling feats of these two bowlers are tabulated below
| No | Player | O | M | R | W | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | R Ashwin | 3.2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | v Australia | Dhaka | 30 Mar 2014 |
| 2 | R Ashwin | 4.0 | 1 | 08 | 4 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Visakhapatnam | 14 Feb 2016 |
| 1 | YS Chahal | 4.0 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 2 | v England | Bengaluru | 01 Feb 2017 |
| 2 | YS Chahal | 4.0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Cuttack | 20 Dec 2017 |
| 3 | YS Chahal | 4.0 | 0 | 52 | 4 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Indore | 22 Dec 2017 |
Sri Lanka was dismissed all out for 172 in this game to provide the 20th occasion of Sri Lanka dismissed all out in a T20I game. It also provides the fourth occasion of Sri Lanka dismissed all out against India in a T20I. All such occasions are listed below
| No | Team | Score | Overs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | Sri Lanka | 116 | 18.0 | 2 | v India | Pallekele | 07 Aug 2012 |
| 2 | Sri Lanka | 82 | 18.0 | 1 | v India | Visakhapatnam | 14 Feb 2016 |
| 3 | Sri Lanka | 87 | 16.0 | 2 | v India | Cuttack | 20 Dec 2017 |
| 4 | Sri Lanka | 172 | 17.2 | 2 | v India | Indore | 22 Dec 2017 |
AD Mathews was absent hurt in this game to provide the fifth occasion of a batsmen absent hurt in the history of T20Is. All such occasions are listed below
| No | Player | Runs | Inns | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | TM Odoyo | absent | 2 | Ken | Srl | Johannesburg | 14 Sep 2007 |
| 2 | AJ Redmond | absent | 2 | NZl | Pak | Dubai (DSC) | 12 Nov 2009 |
| 3 | RM Hira | absent | 2 | NZl | Win | Lauderhill | 30 Jun 2012 |
| 4 | CJ Anderson | absent | 2 | NZl | Srl | Chittagong | 31 Mar 2014 |
| 5 | AD Mathews | absent | 2 | Srl | Ind | Indore | 22 Dec 2017 |
NLTC Perera scored a duck in this game to provide the 76th occasion of a captain scoring a duck in the history of T20Is. It also provides the seventh occasion of a Sri Lankan captain scoring a duck in T20Is.
NLTC Perera collected the first ball duck in this game to provide the 40th occasion of a captain scoring a first ball duck in the history of T20Is. It also provides the fourth occasion of a Sri Lankan captain scoring a first ball duck in T20Is.
MS Dhoni effected two stumping dismissals in this game which fetched him a total of 76 dismissals in T20Is. He became the first wicket keeper to effect 75 plus dismissals in T20Is.
MS Dhoni effected two stumping dismissals in this game which fetched him a total of 29 stumping dismissals in T20Is. He now occupies the second place in the list of wicket keepers who have effected most stumping dismissals. Kamran Akmal occupies the first place with 32 stumping dismissals to his credit.
RG Sharma’s run aggregate in T20Is against Sri Lanka read 251 at the end of this game. He became the sixth batsman to total 250 plus runs in T20Is against Sri Lanka. Others are – Shoaib Malik {397}, Shahid Afridi {331}, MJ Guptil {297}, V Kohli {283} and LRPL Taylor {251}
RG Sharma’s run aggregate in T20Is against Sri Lanka read 251 at the end of this game. He became the second Indian batsman to total 250 plus runs in T20Is against Sri Lanka after V Kohli. V Kohli has an aggregate of 283 runs against Sri Lanka.
RG Sharma as an opening batsman has scored 24 boundary fours against Sri Lanka in T20Is at the end of this game. With 24 boundary fours he owns the record for most boundary fours against Sri Lanka. He went past DA Warner who has scored 23 boundary fours
RG Sharma as an opening batsman has scored 12 boundary sixes against Sri Lanka in T20Is at the end of this game. He shares the record jointly with ADS Fletcher for most boundary sixes against Sri Lanka as an opening batsman. GJ Maxwell has scored most boundary sixes against Sri Lanka as an opening batsman. He has scored 13 boundary sixes.
MS Dhoni has an aggregate of 43 boundary sixes at the end of this game as a wicket keeper batsman. Other wicket keeper batsmen who have scored 43 or more boundary sixes in T20Is are – Mohd Shahzad {66}, BB McCullum {58} and JC Buttler {43}
India won this game by 88 runs to provide the fourth occasion of India winning a T20I game by 75 plus runs margin. All the three wins are listed below
| No | Team | Result | Margin | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | India | won | 93 runs | v Sri Lanka | Cuttack | 20 Dec 2017 |
| 2 | India | won | 90 runs | v England | Colombo (RPS) | 23 Sep 2012 |
| 3 | India | won | 88 runs | v Sri Lanka | Indore | 22 Dec 2017 |
| 4 | India | won | 75 runs | v England | Bengaluru | 01 Feb 2017 |
MS Dhoni-KL Rahul added 78 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the 21st occasion of MS Dhoni partnering a 50 plus runs partnership in T20I. All such occasions are listed below
| No | Partner | Wkt | Runs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | Yuvraj Singh | 4 | 61 | 1 | v England | Durban | 19 Sep 2007 |
| 2 | RG Sharma | 5 | 85 | 1 | v South Africa | Durban | 20 Sep 2007 |
| 3 | G Gambhir | 2 | 53 | 1 | v Bangladesh | Nottingham | 06 Jun 2009 |
| 4 | YK Pathan | 6 | 63* | 2 | v England | Lord’s | 14 Jun 2009 |
| 5 | G Gambhir | 2 | 61 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Nagpur | 09 Dec 2009 |
| 6 | Yuvraj Singh | 3 | 80 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Mohali | 12 Dec 2009 |
| 7 | V Sehwag | 2 | 50 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Mohali | 12 Dec 2009 |
| 8 | R Ashwin | 7 | 59* | 2 | v Australia | Sydney | 01 Feb 2012 |
| 9 | SK Raina | 6 | 60 | 1 | v England | Mumbai | 22 Dec 2012 |
| 10 | Yuvraj Singh | 4 | 97 | 1 | v Pakistan | Ahmedabad | 28 Dec 2012 |
| 11 | Yuvraj Singh | 5 | 102* | 2 | v Australia | Rajkot | 10 Oct 2013 |
| 12 | Yuvraj Singh | 5 | 84 | 1 | v Australia | Dhaka | 30 Mar 2014 |
| 13 | V Kohli | 5 | 67* | 2 | v Australia | Mohali | 27 Mar 2016 |
| 14 | V Kohli | 3 | 64* | 1 | v West Indies | Mumbai | 31 Mar 2016 |
| 15 | MK Pandey | 5 | 53 | 2 | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 18 Jun 2016 |
| 16 | KL Rahul | 4 | 107 | 2 | v West Indies | Lauderhill | 27 Aug 2016 |
| 17 | Yuvraj Singh | 4 | 57 | 1 | v England | Bengaluru | 01 Feb 2017 |
| 18 | SK Raina | 3 | 55 | 1 | v England | Bengaluru | 01 Feb 2017 |
| 19 | V Kohli | 5 | 56 | 2 | v New Zealand | Rajkot | 04 Nov 2017 |
| 20 | MK Pandey | 4 | 68* | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Cuttack | 20 Dec 2017 |
| 21 | KL Rahul | 2 | 78 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Indore | 22 Dec 2017 |
MS Dhoni-KL Rahul added 78 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the fourth occasion of MS Dhoni partnering a 50 plus runs partnership for the second wicket in T20Is. All such occasions are listed below
| No | Partner | Wkt | Runs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | G Gambhir | 2 | 53 | 1 | v Bangladesh | Nottingham | 06 Jun 2009 |
| 2 | G Gambhir | 2 | 61 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Nagpur | 09 Dec 2009 |
| 3 | V Sehwag | 2 | 50 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Mohali | 12 Dec 2009 |
| 4 | KL Rahul | 2 | 78 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Indore | 22 Dec 2017 |
MS Dhoni-KL Rahul added 78 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the fifth occasion of MS Dhoni partnering a 50 plus runs partnership against Sri Lanka in T20I. All such occasions are listed below
| No | Partner | Wkt | Runs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | G Gambhir | 2 | 61 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Nagpur | 09 Dec 2009 |
| 2 | Yuvraj Singh | 3 | 80 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Mohali | 12 Dec 2009 |
| 3 | V Sehwag | 2 | 50 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Mohali | 12 Dec 2009 |
| 4 | MK Pandey | 4 | 68* | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Cuttack | 20 Dec 2017 |
| 5 | KL Rahul | 2 | 78 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Indore | 22 Dec 2017 |
MDKJ Perera and WU Tharanga added 109 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the 116th occasion of a century partnership in T20Is. It also provides the 28th occasion of a century partnership for the second wicket in T20Is
MDKJ Perera and WU Tharanga added 109 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the eighth occasion of a century partnership by Sri Lankan batsmen in T20Is. It also provides the fourth occasion of a century partnership by Sri Lankan batsmen for the second wicket in T20Is