Fifth T20I – India Vs England at Ahmedabad on 20.03.21

Fifth T20I – India Vs England at Ahmedabad on 20.03.21

England won the toss and chose to field in this game to provide the 44th occasion of England doing so in T20Is. It also provides the tenth occasion of England doing so in T20Is against India.

India posted a total of 224 for 2 in this game to provide the 124th occasion of a team posting a total of 200 plus runs in T20Is. It also provides the 13th occasion of a team posting a total of 200 plus runs in T20Is against England.

It also provides the 18th occasion of a India posting a total of 200 plus runs in T20Is. It also provides the fourth occasion of India posting a total of 200 plus runs in T20Is against England. All four such occasions are tabulated below

NoTeamScoreIOppGroundStart Date
1Ind218/41EngDurban19 Sep 2007
2Ind202/61EngBengaluru01 Feb 2017
3Ind201/32EngBristol08 Jul 2018
4Ind224/21EngAhmadabad20 Mar 2021

India’s 224 for 2 in this game represent its highest team total against England. It was an improvement over its 218 for 4 at Durban on 19.09.07.

India’s 224 for 2 represent the ninth occasion of a team posting a total of 200 plus runs for the loss of two wickets in T20Is.

RG Sharma {64} and V Kohli {80*} scored fifties in this game to provide the 51st occasion of both the openers scoring fifties in an innings in T20Is. It also provides the ninth such occasion against England in T20Is.

RG Sharma {64} and V Kohli {80*} scored fifties in this game to provide the seventh occasion of both the Indian openers scoring fifties in an innings in T20Is. It also provides the second such occasion by Indian openers against England in T20Is. The first such occasion was at Durban on 19.09.07, when G Gambhir {58} and V Sehwag {68} scored fifties.

V Kohli’s 80 not out in this game provide the 28th occasion of his scoring fifty as a captain – most by any captain in the history of T20Is.

It also provides the 78th occasion of an captain opener scoring a fifty in T20IS.  It also provides the seventh occasion of an Indian captain opener scoring a fifty in T20IS. He became the second Indian captain opener to score a fifty in T20Is after RG Sharma. RG Sharma has scored six fifties in T20Is as a captain opener.

V Kohli opened the innings in this game to provide the eighth occasion of his opening as a batsman in T20Is. He has batted at number one on five occasions and at number two on three occasions. His 80 not out in this game represent his highest individual score as an opener and provides his second fifty as an opener. Prior to this he had scored 70 against New Zealand at Chennai on 11.09.12 while batting at number two. It also provides the first occasion of his opening while leading India

V Kohli scored 73 not out in the second T20I on 14.03.21, 77 not out in the third T20I on 16.03.21 and 80 not out in  the fifth T20I on  20.03.21 to provide the 24th occasion of a batsman scoring three or more fifties in a T20I series. It also provides the fifth such occasion by an Indian batsman in a T20I series. V Kohli has scored  three fifties in a T20I series on four occasions and G Gautham once.

V Kohli scored 73 not out in the second T20I on 14.03.21, 77 not out in the third T20I on 16.03.21 and 80 not out in the fifth T20I on 20.03.21 to provide the fifth occasion of a batsman scoring three or more fifties in a bilateral T20I series. It also provides the second such occasion by an Indian batsman in a bilateral T20I series. It was V Kohli on both occasions. Prior to his scoring three fifties in this series, had scored three fifties in the bilateral series against Australia in 2015-16 series in Australia

V Kohli scored 73 not out in the second T20I on 14.03.21, 77 not out in the third T20I on 16.03.21 and 80 not out in the fifth T20I on 20.03.21 to provide the first occasion of a captain scoring three or more fifties in a bilateral T20I series. It also provides the first occasion of a captain scoring three unbeaten fifties in a T20I series.

He became the second captain to score three fifties in a T20I series after MG Erasmus of Namibia. MG Erasmus has scored three fifties in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019/20 series held in UAE.

NoRunsITeamOppGroundStart Date
152*1NamKenDub-DSC25 Oct 2019
2721NamSinDub-DSC26 Oct 2019
3512NamIreDub-DSC02 Nov 2019

England openers JJ Roy {Zero} and JS Buttler {52} scored zero and fifty in the fifth T20I in England’s innings in this game to provide the 43rd occasion of openers scoring a zero and a fifty in an innings in the history of Twenty20 Internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below.

NoNoPlayerRunsITeamOppGroundDate
11CH Gayle01WinBanJo’burg13.09.07
 2DS Smith511WinBanJo’burg13.09.07
         
21MJ Guptill02NZlAusSydney15.02.09
 2BB McCullum612NZlAusSydney15.02.09
         
31SR Watson01AusWinThe Oval06.06.09
 2DA Warner631AusWinThe Oval06.06.09
         
41XM Marshall02WinSrlThe Oval19.06.09
 2CH Gayle63*2WinSrlThe Oval19.06.09
         
51PJ Ingram01NZlAusCh’church28.02.10
 2BB McCullum116*1NzlAusCh’church28.02.10
         
61Karim Sadiq01AfgIndGros Islet01.05.10
 2NA Zadran501AfgIndGros Islet01.05.10
         
71BRM Taylor01ZimSAFB’fontein08.10.10
 2H Masakadza721ZimSAFB’fontein08.10.10
         
81DA Warner02AusSAFCape Town13.10.11
 2SR Watson522AusSAFCape Town13.10.11
         
91DA Warner02AusWinGros Islet27.03.12
 2SR Watson692AusWinGros Islet27.03.12
         
101SR Watson02AusWinBridgetown30.03.12
 2DA Warner582AusWinBridgetown30.03.12
         
111W Barresi01NetBanThe Hague25.07.12
 2MR Swart571NetBanThe Hague25.07.12
         
121J Siddique01BanNetThe Hague26.07.12
 2Tamim Iqbal501BanNetThe Hague26.07.12
         
131V Sibanda01ZimBanBulawayo11.05.13
 2H Masakadza591ZimBanBulawayo11.05.13
         
141JEC Franklin01NZlEngThe Oval25.06.13
 2HD Rutherford621NZlEngThe Oval25.06.13
         
151TM Dilshan01SrlBanChattogram12.02.14
 2MDKJ Perera641SrlBanChattogram12.02.14
         
161TM Dilshan01SrlSAFChattogram22.03.14
 2MDKJ Perera611SrlSAFChattogram22.03.14
         
171S Dhawan02IndWinDhaka23.03.14
 2RG Sharma62*2IndWinDhaka23.03.14
         
181N Mangal01AfgScoEdinburgh12.07.15
 2M Shahzad751AfgScoEdinburgh12.07.15
         
191M Shahzad02AfgPNGDublin-M23.07.15
 2N Mangal65*2AfgPNGDublin-M23.07.15
         
201J Charles02WinSrlPallekele09.11.15
 2ADS Fletcher572WinSrlPallekele09.11.15
         
211HG Munsey01ScoHKGMong Kok31.01.16
 2KJ Coetzer701ScoHKGMong Kok31.01.16
         
221J Charles02WinEngMumbai16.03.16
 2CH Gayle100*2WinEngMumbai16.03.16
         
231L Ronchi01NZlBanMt M’ganui06.01.17
 2Williamson601NZlBanMt M’ganui08.01.17
         
241Q de Kock01SAFNZlAuckland17.02.17
 2HM Amla621SAFNZlAuckland17.02.17
         
251PR Stirling01IreAfgG Noida08.03.17
 2SR Thompson561IreAfgG Noida08.03.17
         
261RG Sharma01IndSrlCol-RPS06.03.18
 2S Dhawan901IndSrlCol-RPS06.03.18
         
271Liton Das02BanSrlCol-RPS16.03.18
 2Tamim Iqbal502BanSrlCol-RPS16.03.18
         
281CAK Walton01WinPakKarachi03.04.18
 2ADS Fletcher521WinPakKarachi03.04.18
         
291Haris Sohail01PakAusHarare05.07.18
 2F Zaman731PakAusHarare05.07.18
         
301C Zhuwao01ZimAusHarare06.07.18
 2SF Mire631ZimAusHarare06.07.18
         
311S Farhan02PakAusHarare08.07.18
 2F Zaman912PakAusHarare08.07.18
         
321IA Butt02BehMaldAl Amerat21.01.19
 2S Ali592BehMaldAl Amerat21.01.19
         
331R Pillai02GerDenCastel19.06.19
 2Meschede672GerDenCastel19.06.19
         
341A Arudin01MalaMaldK Lumpur25.06.19
 2S Sharif531MalaMaldK Lumpur25.06.19
         
351N Vanua02PNGVanApia -No 309.07.19
 2TP Ura51*2PNGVanApia -No 309.07.19
         
361TP Visee02NetIreDublin-M18.09.19
 2MP O’Dowd692NetIreDublin-M18.09.19
         
371M Khurram02MWIMozLilongwe06.11.19
 2I Bhima522MWIMozLilongwe06.11.19
         
381H Zazai01AfgWinLucknow17.11.19
 2R Gurbaz791AfgWinLucknow17.11.19
         
391Mohd Naim01BanPakLahore25.01.20
 2Tamim Iqbal651BanPakLahore25.01.20
         
401AJ Finch01AusIndSydney08.12.20
 2MS Wade801AusIndSydney08.12.20
         
411Babar Azam01PakSAFLahore11.02.21
 2Mohd Rizwan104*1PakSAFLahore11.02.21
         
421KL Rahul02IndEngAhmadabad14.03.21
 2I Kishan562IndEngAhmadabad14.03.21
         
431JJ Roy02EngIndAhmadabad20.02.21
 2JS Buttler522EngIndAhmadabad20.02.21

It also provides the first occasion of England openers scoring a zero and a fifty in an innings in the history of Twenty20 Internationals.

NoNoPlayerRunsITeamOppGroundDate
431JJ Roy02EngIndAhmadabad20.02.21
 2JS Buttler522EngIndAhmadabad20.02.21

It also provides the third occasion of openers scoring a zero and a fifty in an innings in the history of Twenty20 Internationals against India. All such occasions are tabulated below.

NoNoPlayerRunsITeamOppGroundDate
61Karim Sadiq01AfgIndGros Islet01.05.10
 2NA Zadran501AfgIndGros Islet01.05.10
         
401AJ Finch01AusIndSydney08.12.20
 2MS Wade801AusIndSydney08.12.20
         
431JJ Roy02EngIndAhmadabad20.02.21
 2JS Buttler522EngIndAhmadabad20.02.21

JS Buttler scored 52 in this game to provide the 135th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides the 22nd occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is against India.

JS Buttler scored 52 in this game to provide the 18th occasion of a England wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides the third occasion of a England wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is against India. Priot to  this knock, he had scored 69 at Manchester on 03.07.18 and 83 not out  at Ahmadabad on 16.03.21.

JS Buttler’s 52 represent his 12th fifty in T20Is. He now occupies the second place in the list of wicket keepers who have scored most fifties in T20Is. Mohammad Shahzad of Afghanistan occupies the first place with 13 fifties to his credit.

Mohammad Shahzad {13},JS Buttler {12} and BB McCullum {10} are the  three wicketkeepers in the history of T20Is to  score ten or more fifties.

JS Buttler’s 52 in this game represent his eighth fifty as a wicketkeeper opening batsman. He now occupies the second place for most fifties by a wicketkeeper opening batsman in T20Is . Mohammad Shahzad with nine fifties to his credit owns the record for most fifties by a wicket keeper opening batsman in T20Is.

JS Buttler scored 52 in this game to provide the 77th occasion of a wicket keeper opening batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides the 13th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is against India.

JS Buttler scored 52 in this game to provide the 13th occasion of a England wicket keeper opening batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides the second occasion of a England wicket keeper opening batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is against India. Prior to his 52 in this game, he had scored 69 at Manchester on 03.07.18 and 83 not at Ahmadabad on 16.03.21

JS Buttler scored 52 in this game to provide the 38th occasion of a England opening batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides the sixth occasion of a England opening batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is against India.

JS Buttler scored 52 in this game to provide his eighth fifty as an England opening batsman. He now shares the record for most fifties by an England opening batsman with AD Hales. AD Hales has scored He has scored eight fifties.

JS Buttler now owns the record for most half centuries by an England batsman in T20Is.  He went past AD Hales who had scored seven half centuries.

JS Buttler’s aggregate runs in T20Is read 1615 at the end of this game. He became the third batsman in the history of T20Is to total 1600 plus runs. Others are – Mohd Shahzad {1918} and MS Dhoni {1617}

JJ Roy scored a duck in this game to provide the 21st occasion of an England opening batsman scoring a duck in a T20I. It also provides the fifth occasion of an England opening batsman scoring a duck in a T20I against India.

It also provides the sixth duck in his T20I career as an opening batsman. He became the sixth opening batsman in the history of T20Is to score six or more zeroes. Others are – TM Dilshan of Sri Lanka {09}, PR Sterling of Ireland {09}, SJ Myburgh of Netherlands {06}, Tamim Iqbal of Bangladesh {06} and DA Warner of Australia {06}

England lost its first wicket without a run on the board to provide the 15th occasion of England losing its first wicket without a run in a T20I innings. It also provides the second such occasion against India. The first such occasions was at Manchester on 31.08.11, when AD Hales was dismissed for a duck and England losing its first wicket without a run on the board.

JS Buttler-DW Malan added 130 runs for the second wicket in this game after England had lost its first wicket without  a run on the board, to provide the fifth occasion of a team posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket after it had lost its first wicket without a run in the history of T20Is. All such occasions are tabulated below.

NoFoWFoWITeamOppGroundStart Date
11/02/1442NetIreDublin (M)18 Sep 2019
21/01/142*2EspGerAlmeria08 Mar 2020
31/02/1302EngIndAhmedabad20 Mar 2021
41/02/1292SAFAusAdelaide05 Nov 2014
51/02/1082AusWinGros Islet27 Mar 2012

It also provides the first such occasion by England batsmen in T20Is and also provides the first such occasion by batsmen against India in T20Is.

JS Buttler-DW Malan added 130 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the 19th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings in T20Is. It also provides the sixth occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings in T20Is for the second wicket.

It also provides the first occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings in T20Is against India. It also provides the first occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings in T20Is against India for the second wicket

JS Buttler-DW Malan added 130 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide a record partnership for any wicket by England batsmen against India. The previous best was 94 runs partnership between JS Buttler and JJ Roy for the first wicket at Manchester on 08.07.18.

India won this five match series 3-2 to provide the 26th occasion of India winning bilateral series/matches. All such occasions are tabulated below. India has played 46 bilateral series/matches so far. It also provides the seventh series/matches win for India in a bilateral series against England.

NoWinnerSeries/Match
1IndiaIndia in South Africa T20I Match, 2006/07
2IndiaAustralia in India T20I Match, 2007/08
3IndiaIndia in Sri Lanka T20I Match, 2008/09
4IndiaIndia in Zimbabwe T20I Series, 2010
5IndiaIndia in South Africa T20I Match, 2010/11
6IndiaIndia in West Indies T20I Match, 2011
7IndiaIndia in Sri Lanka T20I Match, 2012
8IndiaIndia v Australia T20I Match, 2013/14
9IndiaIndia in Australia T20I Series, 2015/16
10IndiaSri Lanka in India T20I Series, 2015/16
11IndiaIndia in Zimbabwe T20I Series, 2016
12IndiaEngland in India T20I Series, 2016/17
13IndiaIndia in Sri Lanka T20I Match, 2017
14IndiaNew Zealand in India T20I Series, 2017/18
15IndiaSri Lanka in India T20I Series, 2017/18
16IndiaIndia in South Africa T20I Series, 2017/18
17IndiaIndia in Ireland T20I Series, 2018
18IndiaIndia in England T20I Series, 2018
19IndiaWest Indies in India T20I Series, 2018/19
20IndiaWest Indies v India T20I Series, 2019
21IndiaBangladesh in India T20I Series, 2019/20
22IndiaWest Indies in India T20I Series, 2019/20
23IndiaSri Lanka in India T20I Series, 2019/20
24IndiaIndia in New Zealand T20I Series, 2019/20
25IndiaIndia in Australia T20I Series, 2020/21
26IndiaEngland in India T20I Series, 2020/21

V Kohli’s 80 not out in this game provide his eighth fifty in India’s wins as captain. He now shares the record for most fifties by a captain in his  team’s wins with EJG Morgan. EJG Morgan has also scored  eight fifties in England’s wins while leading.

V Kohli’s run aggregate at the end of this game read 1502 when captaining India. He reached the milestone of 1500 runs when he was on 78 during the course of his knock of 80 not out in this game. He earned the distinction of  becoming the first captain to aggregate 1500 runs in the history of T20Is.

V Kohli scored 80 not out in this game to provide his 12th fifty while captaining India in T20Is. He now owns the record for most fifties by a captain in T20Is. V Kohli went past KS Williamson of New Zealand to own the record for most fifties by a captain in T20Is. KS Williamson of New Zealand has scored eleven fifties.

V Kohli {12}, KS Williamson {11} and AJ Finch {10} are the three captains in the history of T20Is to scored ten or more fifties. The fifties scored by these three captains are tabulated below

NoPlayerRunsITeamOppGroundStart Date
1V Kohli822IndSrlCol-RPS06 Sep 2017
2V Kohli652IndNZlRajkot04 Nov 2017
3V Kohli61*2IndAusSydney25 Nov 2018
4V Kohli72*1IndAusBengaluru27 Feb 2019
5V Kohli592IndWinProvidence06 Aug 2019
6V Kohli72*2IndRSAMohali18 Sep 2019
7V Kohli94*2IndWinHyd-RGS06 Dec 2019
8V Kohli70*1IndWinMumbai11 Dec 2019
9V Kohli852IndAusSydney08 Dec 2020
10V Kohli73*2IndEngAhmedabad14 Mar 2021
11V Kohli77*1IndEngAhmedabad16 Mar 2021
12V Kohli80*1IndEngAhmedabad16 Mar 2021
        
1Williamson531NZlSrlMt Maunganui07 Jan 2016
2Williamson702NZlPakAuckland15 Jan 2016
3Williamson72*2NZlPakHamilton17 Jan 2016
4Williamson73*2NZlBanNapier03 Jan 2017
5Williamson601NZlBanMt Maunganui08 Jan 2017
6Williamson721NZlEngWellington13 Feb 2018
7Williamson602NZlPakDub-DSC04 Nov 2018
8Williamson511NZlIndAuckland24 Jan 2020
9Williamson952NZlIndHamilton29 Jan 2020
10Williamson57*2NZlPakHamilton20 Dec 2020
11Williamson531NZlAusDunedin25 Feb 2021
        
1AJ Finch742AusIndMelbourne29 Jan 2016
2AJ Finch531AusSrlAdelaide22 Feb 2017
3AJ Finch842AusEngBirmingham27 Jun 2018
4AJ Finch68*2AusPakHarare02 Jul 2018
5AJ Finch1721AusZimHarare03 Jul 2018
6AJ Finch641AusSrlAdelaide27 Oct 2019
7AJ Finch52*2AusPakPerth08 Nov 2019
8AJ Finch551AusRSACape Town26 Feb 2020
9AJ Finch691AusNZlWellington03 Mar 2021
10AJ Finch79*1AusNZlWellington05 Mar 2021

RG Sharma’s four boundary fours in his knock of 64 in this game fetched him an aggregate of 252 boundary fours in T20Is. He became the fourth batsman in the history of T20Is to scored 250 plus boundary fours. Others are – V Kohli {285}, PR Sterling {251} and MJ Guptill {250}

RG Sharma’s five boundary sixes in his knock of 64 in this game fetched him an aggregate of 133 boundary sixes in T20Is. He now stands second in the list of batsmen who have scored most boundary sixes in T20Is. MJ Guptill of New Zealand with 139 boundary sixes occupies the first place.

V Kohli’s two boundary sixes in his knock of 80 not out in this game fetched him an aggregate of 50 boundary fours on home soil. He became the fourth batsman in the history of T20Is to score 50 plus boundary fours. Others are – MJ Guptill {103}, C Munroe {82} and RG Sharma {55}. He also became the second Indian batsman in the history of T20Is to score 50 plus boundary fours after RG Sharma. RG Sharma has scored 55 boundary fours.

V Kohli’s run aggregate in India’s wins as captain read 982 at the end of this game. India has won 27 games under V Kohli. He now has the most runs as captain in a team’s win. He went past EJG Morgan’s run aggregate of 917 runs as England’s captain in its 33 wins.  V Kohli {982} and EJG Morgan {917} are the only two captains who have an aggregate of 900 plus runs in their team’s wins.

India won this game by 36 runs to provide its 41st win by runs margin. It also provides its sixth win by runs margin against England.  It also provides its 88th win in T20Is and also provides its tenth win against England

V Kohli and RG Sharma opened the innings for India in this game to provide the 28th opening pair of India in T20Is. They also became the 13th Indian opening pair in T20Is against India.

England lost its 22nd T20I after inserting the opposition, when it lost this game by 36 runs. It also provides it fifth loss against India after inserting India.

RG Sharma {64} and V Kohli {80*} scored fifties in this game to provide the 51st occasion of both the openers scoring fifties in an innings in T20Is.

RG Sharma {64} and V Kohli {80*} scored for India and JS Buttler {52} scored fifties in this game to provide the 12th occasion of three or more  openers scoring fifties in a T20I game

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