SK Raina’s rare double in T20 games – becomes the fifth cricketer to appear in 300 plus T20 games and score 8000 plus runs
SK Raina of India achieved two milestones in a single T20 game. His appearance for Uttar Pradesh against Puducherry at Delhi in the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on 25 Feb 2019 was his 300th appearance in T20 games. He became the 13th cricketer to appear in 300 T20 games. The following table lists all the thirteen cricketers. SK Raina became the second Indian cricketer to appear in 300 T20 games
| No | Player | Span | Mat | Runs | HS | Ave | C | Wkts | BBI | Ave | 5 | Ct | St |
| 1 | KA Pollard | 2006-2019 | 451 | 8838 | 104 | 29.85 | 1 | 259 | 4/15 | 24.17 | 0 | 256 | 0 |
| 2 | DJ Bravo | 2006-2019 | 432 | 6195 | 70* | 24.19 | 0 | 472 | 5/23 | 24.43 | 2 | 214 | 0 |
| 3 | BB McCullum | 2005-2019 | 370 | 9922 | 158* | 29.97 | 7 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 153 | 14 |
| 4 | CH Gayle | 2005-2019 | 369 | 12298 | 175* | 39.16 | 21 | 80 | 4/22 | 30.98 | 0 | 86 | 0 |
| 5 | Shoaib Malik | 2005-2019 | 340 | 8603 | 95* | 36.60 | 0 | 136 | 5/13 | 26.30 | 2 | 133 | 0 |
| 6 | DR Smith | 2006-2019 | 331 | 7799 | 110* | 26.52 | 5 | 105 | 4/8 | 28.23 | 0 | 138 | 0 |
| 7 | RN ten Doeschate | 2003-2019 | 331 | 6675 | 121* | 29.40 | 2 | 113 | 4/24 | 25.77 | 0 | 123 | 0 |
| 8 | JA Morkel | 2004-2018 | 318 | 4247 | 73* | 26.37 | 0 | 247 | 4/25 | 25.53 | 0 | 71 | 0 |
| 9 | SP Narine | 2011-2019 | 314 | 1973 | 79 | 14.83 | 0 | 360 | 5/19 | 19.83 | 1 | 68 | 0 |
| 10 | Sohail Tanvir | 2005-2019 | 313 | 2234 | 60* | 16.07 | 0 | 320 | 6/14 | 25.08 | 2 | 53 | 0 |
| 11 | MS Dhoni | 2006-2019 | 301 | 6165 | 79* | 38.53 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 159 | 78 |
| 12 | SK Raina | 2006-2019 | 300 | 8001 | 126* | 33.47 | 4 | 53 | 4/26 | 34.47 | 0 | 157 | 0 |
| 13 | LJ Wright | 2004-2018 | 300 | 7199 | 153* | 28.45 | 7 | 79 | 3/17 | 32.44 | 0 | 94 | 0 |
He scored 12 runs in this game and his run aggregate in T20 games at the end of this game read 8001. He became the fifth cricketer to score 8000 plus runs in the history of T20 games. The following table lists the five cricketers who have scored 8000 plus runs. It is just a coincidence that all these five cricketers have achieved the rare double of 300 plus games and 8000 plus runs. SK Raina became the first Indian cricketer to achieve this rare double
| No | Player | Span | Mat | Runs | HS | Ave | C | Wkts | BBI | Ave | 5 | Ct | St |
| 1 | CH Gayle | 2005-2019 | 369 | 12298 | 175* | 39.16 | 21 | 80 | 4/22 | 30.98 | 0 | 86 | 0 |
| 2 | BB McCullum | 2005-2019 | 370 | 9922 | 158* | 29.97 | 7 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 153 | 14 |
| 3 | KA Pollard | 2006-2019 | 451 | 8838 | 104 | 29.85 | 1 | 259 | 4/15 | 24.17 | 0 | 256 | 0 |
| 4 | Shoaib Malik | 2005-2019 | 340 | 8603 | 95* | 36.60 | 0 | 136 | 5/13 | 26.30 | 2 | 133 | 0 |
| 5 | SK Raina | 2006-2019 | 300 | 8001 | 126* | 33.47 | 4 | 53 | 4/26 | 34.47 | 0 | 157 | 0 |