India and England will be playing a five match T20I series to provide the seventh occasion of a bilateral five plus match T20I series. All such series are tabulated below

No	Team	Team	M	Start Date
1	Malawi	Mozambique	7	06 Nov 2019
2	Malaysia	Vanuatu	5	29 Sep 2019
3	England	New Zealand	5	01 Nov 2019
4	India	New Zealand	5	24 Jan 2020
5	Hong Kong	Malaysia	5	20 Feb 2020
6	Australia	New Zealand	5	22 Feb 2021
7	India	England	5	12 Mar 2021

England won the toss and elected to field first to provide the 41^st occasion of India doing so in T20 Internationals. It also provides the seventh occasion of England doing so against India in T20 Internationals.

KL Rahul-S Dhawan opened the India’s innings in this game to provide the eighth occasion of this pair opening India’s innings in T20Is. It also provides the first occasion of this pair opening India’s innings in T20Is against England.

V Kohli was dismissed for a duck in this game to provide the 152^nd occasion of a captain scoring a duck in the history of T20Is. It also provides the seventh occasion of a captain scoring a duck in the history of T20Is against England.

It also provides the fourth occasion of an Indian captain scoring a duck in the history of T20Is. It also provides the first occasion of a captain scoring a duck in the history of T20Is against England.

V Kohli has been dismissed for a duck for the third occasion in his T20I career. The three occasions are

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	V Kohli	0	1	Aus	Guwahati	10 Oct 2017
2	V Kohli	0	1	Ire	Dublin (M)	27 Jun 2018
3	V Kohli	0	1	Eng	Ahmedabad	12 Mar 2021

V Kohli was dismissed for a duck in this game to provide the 26th occasion of a captain batting at number three scoring a duck in the history of T20Is. It also provides the second occasion of a captain batting at number three scoring a duck in the history of T20Is against England. DPMD Jayawardene of Sri Lanka is the other captain batting at number three to score a duck against England in T20Is. He failed to open his account at Southampton on 15 Jun 2006. He collected the first ball duck in this game.

It also provides the second occasion of an Indian captain batting at number three scoring a duck in T20Is. On both occasions, it was V Kohli. Prior to his duck in this game, he had failed to open the account against Australia at Guwahathi on 10.10.17

V Kohli became the fifth captain batting at number three to score ducks on two occasions. Others are – Asgar Afghan of Afghanistan, BB McCullum of New Zealand, BRM Taylor of Zimbabwe and KS Williamson of New Zealand.

YS Chahal captured his 60^th wicket in T20Is when he had JS Buttler leg before wicket for 28 in this game. He became India’s highest wicket taker in T20Is. He went past JJ Bumrah who had captured 59 wickets.

YS Chahal has conceded 1500 runs for his 60 wickets. He became the 14^th bowler and the first Indian bowler to concede 1500 plus runs in the history of T20Is.

YS Chahal has captured ten wickets against England in T20Is at the end of this game. He became the ninth bowler to capture ten or more wickets against England in T20Is. He also became India’s highest wicket taker against England with his ten wickets aggregate.

CJ Jordan’s lone wicket, that of Shreyas Iyer’s, gave him an aggregate of 67 wickets in T20Is. He is now the leading wicket taker for England in T20Is.

Shreyas Iyer scored 67 in this game to provide the 113th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides the 12^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is against England.

It also represents his third fifty in T20Is. All his three fifties are tabulated below. It also represents his highest individual score in T20Is. It was an improvement over his 62 against Bangladesh at Nagpur on 10.11.19

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	SS Iyer	62	1	Ban	Nagpur	10 Nov 19
2	SS Iyer	58*	2	NZl	Auckland	24 Jan 20
3	SS Iyer	67	1	Eng	Ahmadabad	12 Mar 21

V Kohli and SN Thakur failed to score in this game to provide the 56^th and 57th occasion of Indian batsman scoring ducks in T20Is. It also provides the seventh and eighth occasion of Indian batsman scoring ducks in T20Is against England.

RR Pant became the second Indian wicket keeper to keep wickets against England after MS Dhoni. MS Dhoni had played 14 T20Is against England.

The lone six scored by RR Pant in this game fetched him an aggregate of ten boundary sixes in T20Is. He became the third Indian wicket keeper to score ten or more boundary sixes. Others are – MS Dhoni {52} and KL Rahul {12}

AU Rashid’s lone wicket in this game fetched him an aggregate of 52 wickets in T20IS. He now stands third in the list of most wicket takers from England. CJ Jordan {67} and SCJ Broad {65} have captured more wickets than AU Rashid. AU Rashid went past GP Swann {51} to occupy the third place.

AU Rashid became the third England bowler to bowl in 50 innings. Others are SCJ Broad and CJ Jordan who have bowled in 55 innings each.

CJ Jordan was playing his 56^th T20I game. He now shares the record for most T20I games played by an England bowler with SCJ Broad. He is also one of the three England bowlers who have played 50 plus T20I games. The three bowlers are – CJ Jordan {56}, SCJ Broad {56} and AU Rashid {53}.

England won this game by eight wickets to post its 65^th win in T20Is. It also represents its eighth win against India. It also represents its largest win by wickets margin.

India lost this game by eight wickets to provide its 46^th loss in T20Is. It also provides its third loss by eight wickets in T20Is. Prior to this loss, it has lost by eight wickets against Australia at Guwahati on 10.10.17 and against West Indies at Trivandrum on 08.12.19