First T20I Australia Vs India at Canberra on 04 Dec 2020
Australia won the toss and inserted the opposition in this game to provide the 36th occasion of Australia doing so in T20Is. It also provides the seventh such occasion of Australia doing so in T20Is against India.
Australia inserted the opposition in this game and lost it to provide the 16th occasion of Australia losing a game after it had inserted the opposition in T20Is. It also provides the fourth occasion of Australia losing a game after it had inserted the opposition in T20Is against India
KL Rahul scored 51 in this game to provide the 110th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides the 17th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is against Australia
KL Rahul scored 51 in this game to provide the 53rd occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides the seventh occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is against Australia
KL Rahul became the third Indian opening batsman to score fifties on two occasions against Australia. Others are G Gambhir and RG Sharma. Prior to his 51 today, KL Rahul had scored 50 at Vizag on 24.02.19.
KL Rahul’s 50 in this game represent his 14th fifty as a batsman and his eleventh fifty as an opening batsman.
KL Rahul’s 51 in this game fetched him an aggregate of 1512 runs in T20I. He became the sixth Indian batsman to total 1500 plus runs in T20Is. Others are – V Kohli {2803}, RG Sharma {2773}, MS Dhoni {1617}, SK Raina {1605} S Dhawan {1589}
KL Rahul’s run aggregate read 1073 as an opening batsman at the end of this game. He is one of the three Indian opening batsman who have an aggregate of 1000 plus runs in T20Is. Others are – RG Sharma {2313} and S Dhawan {1589}
MC Henriques captured three for 22 in this game to provide the 76th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing three or more wickets in an innings in T20Is. It also provides the seventh occasion of an Australian bowler capturing three or more wickets in an innings in T20Is against India.
AJ Finch scored five boundary fours in his knock of 35 in this game which fetched him an aggregate of 54 boundary fours in T20Is against India. He became the first Australian batsman and also the first batsman to score 50 plus boundary fours against India in T20Is.
AJ Finch’s 35 runs in this game fetched him an aggregate of 1999 runs in T20Is as an opening batsman One more run would fetch him 2000 runs. If he scores them, then he would become the fifth opening batsman in the history of T20Is to total 2000 plus runs. Others are –RG Sharma {2313}, MJ Guptill {2248}, DA Warner {2097} and PR Sterling {2047}
AJ Finch’s 35 runs in this game fetched him an aggregate of 1999 runs in T20Is as an opening batsman One more run would fetch him 2000 runs. If he scores them, then he would become the second Australian opening batsman in the history of T20Is to total 2000 plus runs after DA Warner. DA Warner has scored 2097 runs
AJ Finch’s 35 runs in this game fetched him an aggregate of 440 runs in T20Is against India. He now owns the record for most runs against India in T20Is. He went past C Munroe’s 426 runs.
AJ Finch was appearing in his 14th T20I game against India. He now shares the record for most T20I appearances against India with GJ Maxwell and KA Pollard.
AJ Finch’s 35 runs in this game fetched him an aggregate of 432 runs in T20Is against India while opening for Australia. He now owns the record for most runs against India in T20Is as an opening batsman. He went past C Munroe’s 419 runs.
AJ Finch was appearing in his 12th T20I game against India as an opening batsman. He now owns the record for most T20I appearances against India as an opening batsman.
AJ Finch scored five boundary fours in his knock of 35 in this game which fetched him an aggregate of 53 boundary fours in T20Is against India as an opening batsman. He became the first Australian opening batsman and also the first opening batsman to score 50 plus boundary fours against India in T20Is.
T Natarajan captured three for 30 and YS Chahal captured three for 30 in this game to provide the 72nd and 73rd occasion of an Indian bowler capturing three or more wickets in an innings in T20Is. It also provides the seventh and eighth occasion of an Indian bowler capturing three or more wickets in an innings in T20Is against Australia.
T Natarajan captured three for 30 and YS Chahal captured three for 30 in this game to provide the 192nd occasion of two bowlers capturing three or more wickets in an innings in T20Is. It also provides the tenth occasion of two bowlers capturing three or more wickets in an innings in T20Is against Australia.
T Natarajan captured three for 30 and YS Chahal captured three for 30 in this game to provide the 13th occasion of two Indian bowlers capturing three or more wickets in an innings in T20Is. It also provides the second occasion of two Indian bowlers capturing three or more wickets in an innings in T20Is against Australia.
MC Henriques captured 3 for 22 for Australia, T Natarajan captured three for 30 and YS Chahal captured three for 30 for India in this game to provide the 58th occasion of three bowlers capturing three or more wickets in a match in T20Is.
T Natarajan captured three for 30 in this game to provide the 111th occasion of a bowler capturing three or more wickets in an innings on debut in T20Is. It also provides the sixth occasion of a bowler capturing three or more wickets in an innings on debut in T20Is against Australia.
T Natarajan captured three for 30 in this game to provide the seventh occasion of an Indian bowler capturing three or more wickets in an innings on debut in T20Is. It also provides the second occasion of an Indian bowler capturing three or more wickets in an innings on debut in T20Is against Australia. JJ Bumrah was the other Indian bowler to capture three or more wickets on debut against Australia in T20Is. He retuned with figures of 3 for 23 at Adelaide on 24.01.16.
YS Chahal replaced RA Jadeja as a concussion replacement as RA Jadeja was hit on the helmet by the last ball of the Indian innings. RA Jadeja scored 44 not out in this game which contained five boundary fours and a boundary six. Thus YS Chahal became India’s first concussion replacement in T20Is. He returned with 3 for 30 in this game and won the Man of the Match Award. He became the first concussion substitute to win the Man of the Match Award in the history of T20Is
India won this game by 11 runs to post its 84th T20I win and also its 12th T20I win against Australia.