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First T20I Australia Vs India at Canberra on 04 Dec 2020

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.

Stats highlights of the third one day between Australia and India at Canberra on 02 Dec 20

Stats highlights of the third one day between Australia and India at Canberra on 02 Dec 20

Australia capped C Green for this game. He became the 230th cricketer to represent Australia in One day games. He also became the 24th Australian cricketer to make his debut against India in one day games

India capped T Natarjan for this game. He became the 232nd cricketer to represent India in One day games. He also became the 26th Indian cricketer to make his debut against Australia in one day games

India opened the innings through S Dhawan and Shubhman Gill in this game. They became the 143rd opening pair for India in one day internationals. They also became the 33rd opening pair against Australia in one day internationals.

Shubnman Gill became the 18th batsman to open the innings with S Dhawan in one day internationals. He also became the ninth batsman to open the innings with S Dhawan in one day internationals against Australia.

V Kohli scored 63 in this game which represents his 10th half century against Australia in one day games. He became the third Indian batsman to score ten or more half centuries against Australia in one day games. Others are – SR Tendulkar {15} and MS Dhoni {11}

V Kohli’s 63 in this game fetched him an aggregate of 12040 runs in one day games. He has scored these runs in least number of one day games, innings and days from his one day debut. He wrested the record from SR Tendulkar.

PlayerOppGroundDateDebut
V KohliAusCanberra02.12.2018.08.08
PlayerOppTimeMatInns
V KohliAus12y 106d251242
     
PlayerOppGroundDateDebut
SR TendulkarPakCenturion01.03.0318.12.89
PlayerOppTimeMatInns
SR TendulkarPak13y 073d309300

V Kohli’s 12000 runs came in 12 years 106 days from his date of debut in 251 matches and 242 innings, while SR Tendulkar’s 12000 runs had come in 13 years 73 days from his date of debut in 309 matches and 300 innings.

HH Pandya-RA Jadeja added 150 runs in an unfinished partnership for the sixth wicket in this game to provide the 448th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in one day games. It also provides the 25th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the sixth wicket in one day games

It also provides the 68th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against Australia in one day games. It also provides the   third occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the sixth wicket. All the three occasions are listed below

NoPartnersWktRunsIGroundDate
1SRamesh/RRSingh61232Col-SSC28.08.99
2MSDhoni/HHPandya61181Chennai17.09.17
3RAJadeja/HHPandya6150*1Canberra02.12.20

HH Pandya-RA Jadeja added 150 runs in an unfinished partnership for the sixth wicket in this game to provide the record partnership for the sixth wicket by Indian batsmen in one day games against Australia. The previous best was 123 runs partnership between S Ramesh and RR Singh at Col-SSC on 28.08.99

HH Pandya-RA Jadeja added 150 runs in an unfinished partnership for the sixth wicket in this game to provide the 119th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a 150 plus runs partnerships in one day games. It also provides the third occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the sixth wicket in one day games.

HH Pandya-RA Jadeja added 150 runs in an unfinished partnership for the sixth wicket in this game to provide the 13th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a 150 plus runs partnerships in one day games against Australia. It also provides the first occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the sixth wicket in one day games against Australia

V Kohli’s progressive milestones in terms of 1000 runs from his date of one day debut 18.08.08 read thus –

The Position column showing the position in the list of batsmen achieving the milestone, runs being the exact runs scored at the end of the game, Time calculated from the date of his one debut to the date of achieving the milestone

RunsOppGroundDateTimeMatInnsPos
1015SrlHarare05.06.1001y 291d02702414
2037WinTrinidad08.06.1102y 294d05605321
3001SrlAdelaide14.02.1203y 180d07807512
4028EngRanchi19.06.1304y 154d09609304
5005WinKochi21.11.1305y 095d12011403
6003SrlHyd-RGS09.11.1406y 083d14413602
7098AusMelbourne17.01.1607y 152d16916102
8008BanBirmingham15.06.1708y 301d18317501
9030NZlKanpur29.10.1709y 072d20219401
10076WinVizag24.10.1810y 067d21320501
11020PakManchester16.06.1910y 302d23022201
12040AusCanberra02.12.2012y 106d25124201

It is interesting to note that V Kohli has completed 8000, 9000, 10000, 11000 and 12000 runs in least number of days, one day games and innings

HH Pandya scored 92 not out in this game to provide the 100th occasion of Indian batsman scoring a ninety in one day games. It also provides the 15th occasion of Indian batsman scoring a ninety in one day games

HH Pandya’s 92 not out in this game provide his second score of ninety against Australia. Prior to this, he had scored 90 against Australia at Sydney on 27.11.20. He became the sixth Indian batsman to score ninety on two occasions against Australia. Others are – M Azharuddin, S Dhawan, V Kohli, RG Sharma and SR Tendulkar.

HH Pandya {92 not out} and RA Jadeja {66 not out} scored fifties in this game to provide the 197th and 198th occasion of Indian batsmen scoring fifties in one day games against Australia.

RA Jadeja {66 not out} scored fifty in this game to provide the 51st occasion of Indian batsmen scoring fifty batting at number seven in one day games. It also provides the ninth occasion of Indian batsmen scoring fifty batting at number seven in one day games against Australia.

India posted a team total of 302 for 5 in this game to provide the 117th occasion of India posting a team total of 300 plus runs in one day games. It also provides the 21st occasion of India posting a team total of 300 plus runs in one day games against Australia.

India posted team totals of 300 plus runs in all the three matches of this series to provide the 22nd occasion of a team posting 300 plus runs in three matches of a bilateral series. It also provides the fifth occasion of India performing such a feat.

It also provides the third occasion of a team performing such a feat against Australia. It also provides the first occasion of India performing such a feat against Australia.

SA Abbot returned with figures of 1 for 84 in this game to provide the 19th occasion of an Australian bowler conceding 80 plus runs in an innings in one day games. It also provides the seventh occasion of an Australian bowler conceding 80 plus runs in an innings in one day games against India.

SA Abbot became the third Australian bowler to concede 80 plus runs on home soil. It is interesting to note that all these three bowlers have conceded 80 plus runs against India at home

NoPlayerW-RIOppGroundDate
1B Lee1-831IndBrisbane18.01.04
2MA Starc0-822IndSydney29.11.20
3SA Abbott1-841IndCanberra02.12.20

SA Abbot became the most expensive Australian bowler in terms of runs conceded on home soil. This dubious record was held by B Lee when he had conceded 83 runs at Brisbane on 18.01.04

Australia opened the innings through AJ Finch and M Labuschagne in this game. They became the 147th opening pair for Australia in one day internationals. They also became the 44th opening pair against India in one day internationals.

AJ Finch scored 75 in this game to provide the 240th occasion of an Australian captain scoring a fifty in one day games. It also provides the 39th occasion of an Australian captain scoring a fifty in one day games against India.

AJ Finch scored 75 in this game to provide the 43rd occasion of an Australian captain opener scoring a fifty in one day games. It also provides the tenth occasion of an Australian captain opener scoring a fifty in one day games against India.

AJ Finch scored 75 in this game to provide the 529th occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring a fifty in one day games. It also provides the 94th occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring a fifty in one day games against India.

AJ Finch scored 75 in this game to provide the 18th occasion his scoring a fifty as an Australian captain opener in one day games. He now holds the record for most fifties by an Australian captain opener in one day games. MA Taylor has scored 16 fifties as an Australian captain opener.

V Kohli scored 63 for India and AJ Finch scored 75 for Australia in this game to provide the 168th occasion of rival captains scoring fifties in the same match in the history of one day internationals. It also provides the tenth such occasion in Australia-India one day series.

T Natarajan of India returned with figures of 2 for 70 in this game to provide the 34th occasion of a bowler conceding 70 plus runs on his one day debut in the history of one day internationals. It also provides the third occasion of a bowler conceding 70 plus runs on debut in one day internationals against Australia.

T Natarajan of India returned with figures of 2 for 70 in this game to provide the fourth occasion of an Indian bowler conceding 70 plus runs on his one day debut in the history of one day internationals. It also provides the second occasion of a bowler conceding 70 plus runs on debut in one day internationals against Australia.

Australia was dismissed all out for 289 in this game to provide the 204th occasion of Australia dismissed all out in an innings in one day games. It also provides the 32th occasion of Australia dismissed all out in one day games against India.

Australia was dismissed all out for 289 in this game to provide the 115th occasion of Australia dismissed all out in an innings in one day games when it has batted second. It also provides the 21st occasion of Australia dismissed all out in one day games against India when it has batted second.

India won this game by 13 runs to post its 514th win in one day games and also its 53rd win against Australia. Australia lost its 333rd one day game and also suffered its 53rd loss against India

Three T20I world records in the same game

Three T20I world records in the same game

The third T20I between South Africa and England at Cape Town on 01 Dec 20 witnessed the following three world records.

F du Plessis {52 not out} and HE Van der Dussen {74 not out} scored fifties for South Africa and JC Buttler {67 not out} and DJ Malan {99 not out} scored fifties for England in this game to provide the very first occasion of two batsmen from rival teams scoring unbeaten fifties in the same match in T20Is.

F du Plessis {52 not out} and HE Van der Dussen {74 not out} scored fifties for South Africa and JC Buttler {67 not out} and DJ Malan {99 not out} scored fifties for England in this game to provide the very first occasion of four batsmen from scoring unbeaten fifties in the same match in T20Is.

F du Plessis-HE Van der Dussen added 127 runs in an unfinished stand for the fourth wicket in South African innings and  JC Buttler-DJ Malan added 167 runs in an unfinished stand for the second wicket in England’s innings in this game to provide very first occasion of rival teams posting unbroken three figure partnerships in a T20I game.

Third T20I South Africa Vs England at Cape Town on 01 Dec 20

Third T20I South Africa Vs England at Cape Town on 01 Dec 20

CJ Jordan’s lone wicket in this game fetched him an aggregate of 66 wickets in T20Is and with it he became England’s most wicket getter in T20Is. He went past SCJ Broad’s 65 wickets

F du Plessis-HE Van der Dussen added 127 runs in an unfinished stand for the fourth wicket to provide the 16th occasion of South African batsmen posting a three figure partnership in T20Is. It also provides the fourth occasion of South African batsmen posting a three figure partnership in T20Is against England.

F du Plessis-HE Van der Dussen added 127 runs in an unfinished stand for the fourth wicket to provide the record partnership by South African batsmen for the fourth wicket in T20Is. The previous best was 110 runs unfinished partnership between F Beherdien and AB de Villiers against England at Southampton on 21.06.17

Thus the 127 run unfinished partnership between F du Plessis-HE Ven der Dussen represent not only the record partnership for the fourth wicket by South African batsmen in T20Is, but also the record partnership for the fourth wicket by South African batsmen in T20Is against England.

F du Plessis-HE Van der Dussen added 127 runs in an unfinished stand for the fourth wicket to provide the third occasion of  South African batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket in T20Is. All the three occasions are tabulated below.

NoPartnersWktRunsOppGroundDate
1Behardien/JPDuminy4105*IndDharamsala02.10.15
2Behardien/deVilliers4110*EngSouthampton21.06.17
3duPlessis/vanderDussen4127*EngCape Town01.12.20

F du Plessis {52 not out} and HE Van der Dussen {74 not out} scored fifties in this game to provide the 85th and 86th occasion of South African batsman scoring fifties in T20Is. It also provides the 17th and 18th occasion of South African batsman scoring fifties in T20Is against England.

F du Plessis’ 52 not out in this game represent his eleventh fifty in T20Is. He now shares the record for most fifties by a South African batsman in T20Is with JP Duminy. JP Duminy has scored eleven fifties in T20Is.

F du Plessis’ 52 not out in this game represent his tenth half century in T20Is. He became the third South African batsman to score ten or more half centuries in T20Is. Others are – JP Duminy {11} and HM Amla {10}.

JC Buttler-DJ Malan added 167 runs in an unfinished stand for the second wicket in this game to provide the 18th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in T20Is. It also provides the second occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in T20Is against South Africa

JC Buttler-DJ Malan added 167 runs in an unfinished stand for the second wicket in this game to provide the record partnership for the second wicket by England batsmen in T20Is. The previous best was 159 runs partnership between RS Bopara-AD Hales against West Indies at Nottingham on 24.06.12

JC Buttler {67 not out} and DJ Malan {99 not out} scored fifties in this game to provide the 94th and 95th occasion of England batsmen scoring fifties in T20Is. It also provides the 18th and 19th occasion of England batsmen scoring fifties in T20Is against South Africa.

DJ Malan’s 99 not out in this game represent the highest individual score by an England batsman against South Africa in T20Is. The previous best was 86 not out by JM Bairstow in the first T20I of this series at Cape Town on 27.11.20

F du Plessis {52 not out} and HE Van der Dussen {74 not out} scored fifties in this game to provide the 20th occasion of two batsmen scoring unbeaten fifties in the same innings in T20Is.

JC Buttler {67 not out} and DJ Malan {99 not out} scored fifties in this game to provide the 21st occasion of two batsmen scoring unbeaten fifties in the same innings in T20Is.

F du Plessis {52 not out} and HE Van der Dussen {74 not out} scored fifties for South Africa and JC Buttler {67 not out} and DJ Malan {99 not out} scored fifties for England in this game to provide the very first occasion of two batsmen from rival teams scoring unbeaten fifties in the same match in T20Is.

F du Plessis {52 not out} and HE Van der Dussen {74 not out} scored fifties for South Africa and JC Buttler {67 not out} and DJ Malan {99 not out} scored fifties for England in this game to provide the very first occasion of four batsmen from scoring unbeaten fifties in the same match in T20Is.

DJ Malan scored 99 not out in this game to provide the 48th occasion of a batsman scoring a ninety in T20Is. It also provides the fourth occasion of a batsman scoring a ninety against South Africa in T20Is.

DJ Malan scored 99 not out in this game to provide the sixth occasion of an England batsman scoring a ninety in T20Is. It also provides the first occasion of an England batsman scoring a ninety against South Africa in T20Is.

DJ Malan scored 99 not out in this game to provide the third occasion of a batsman scoring a ninety nine in T20Is. It is interesting to note that in all these three occasions, it was the England batsman who has scored ninetynine. The following table lists these three batsmen.

NoPlayerRunsITeamOppGroundStart Date
1AD Hales992EngWinNottingham24 Jun 2012
2LJ Wright99*1EngAfgCol-RPS21 Sep 2012
3DJ Malan99*2EngRSACape Town01 Dec 2020

DJ Malan scored 99 not out in this game to become the second batsman scoring  ninety nine not out in T20Is. LJ Wright of England had scored 99 not out against Afghanistan at Col-RPS on 21.09.12 It is interesting to note that both these batsmen are from England.

F du Plessis-HE Van der Dussen added 127 runs in an unfinished stand for the fourth wicket in South African innings and  JC Buttler-DJ Malan added 167 runs in an unfinished stand for the second wicket in England’s innings in this game to provide very first occasion of rival teams posting unbroken three figure partnerships in a T20I game.

JC Buttler scored 67 not out in this game to provide the 16th occasion of an England wicket keeper batsman scoring fifties in T20Is. It also provides the fourth occasion of an England wicket keeper batsman scoring fifties in T20Is against South Africa.

JC Buttler scored 67 not out in this game to represent the highest individual score by an England wicket keeper batsman against South Africa in T20Is. The previous best was his own 57 at Centurion on 16.02.20

JC Buttler’s 67 not out in this game represent his tenth fifty in T20Is as a wicket keeper batsman.  He became the third wicket keeper batsman in the history of T20Is to score ten or more fifties. Others are Mohd Shahzad {13} and BB McCullum {10}

F du Plessis’ run aggregate at the end of this game read 1528. He became the 31st batsman to score 1500 plus runs in T20Is. JC Buttler’s run aggregate at the end of this game read 1551. He became the 32nd batsman to score 1500 plus runs in T20Is.

T Shamshi returned with figures of none for 57 in this game to provide the  12th occasion of a South African bowler conceding 50 plus runs in an innings in T20Is. It also provides the seventh occasion of a South African bowler conceding 50 plus runs in an innings in T20Is against England

T Shamshi’s none for 57 in this game make him the most expensive South African bowler against England in T20Is. Prior to this BE Hendricks held this record with none for 56 at Cape Town on 27 Nov 20.

T Shamshi returned with figures of none for 57 in this game to provide the sixth occasion of a South African bowler conceding 50 plus runs in an innings without capturing a wicket in T20Is. It also provides the third occasion of a South African bowler conceding 50 plus runs in an innings without capturing a wicket in T20Is against England