England won the toss and chose to field in this game to provide the 43rd occasion of England doing so in T20Is. It also provides the ninth occasion of England doing so in T20Is against India.

V Kohli was dismissed stumped for one in this game to provide the 13^th occasion of Indian batsman dismissed stumped in a T20I. It also provides the  fourth occasion of Indian batsman dismissed stumped in a T20I against England.

V Kohli was dismissed stumped for one in this game to provide the second occasion of Indian batsman dismissed stumped for one in a T20I against England. The other Indian batsman dismissed stumped for one against England was RG Sharma at Manchester on 31.08.11

V Kohli was dismissed stumped for one in this game to provide the 65th occasion of captain dismissed stumped in a T20I. It also provides the second occasion of captain dismissed stumped in a T20I against England. The other captain was Pakistan’s Shoaib Malik. He was dismissed stumped for 13 against England at Dub-DSC on 20.02.10.

It also provides the first occasion of an Indian captain dismissed stumped in an innings in T20I. It also provides the first occasion of an Indian captain dismissed stumped in an innings in T20I against England.

AU Rashid and M Wood bowled a maiden over in their spells to provide the 17^th and 18^th occasion of England bowlers bowling a maiden over in their spells of four overs or less. It also provides the sixth and seventh occasion of England bowlers bowling a maiden over in their spells of four overs or less against India.

It is interesting to note that in each of the four games of the ongoing series, at least one England bowler has bowled a maiden over.  It was JC Archer in the first game on 12.03.21, It was SM Curran in the second game on 14.03.21, it was CJ Jordan in the third game on 16.03.21 and it was AU Rashid and M Wood in the fourth game on 18.03.21

AU Rashid and M Wood bowled a maiden over in their spells to provide the third occasion of two England bowlers bowling a maiden over in their spells of four overs or less. The other two occasions were – GP Swann and TM Bresnan at Kolkata on 29.10.11 against India and SCJ Broad and GP Swann at Col-RPS against Afghanistan on 21.09.12. GP Swann bowled two maiden overs in this game.

AU Rashid and M Wood bowled a maiden over in their spells to provide the third occasion of two England bowlers bowling a maiden over in their spells of four overs or less against India. The other two occasions were – GP Swann and TM Bresnan of England at Kolkata on 29.10.11 and CH Morris and CJ Dala of South Africa at Centurion on 21.02.18

AU Rashid and M Wood bowled a maiden over in their spells to provide the 19th and 20^th occasion of bowlers bowling a maiden over in their spells of four overs or less against India.

SA Yadav scored 57 in this game to provide the first occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty in his debut innings. He had made his debut in the second game of the series on 14.03.21, but did not bat.

It also provides the 117^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty in an innings in T20I. It also provides the 16th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty in an innings in T20I against India

It is interesting to note that in each of the four games of the ongoing series, at least one Indian batsman has scored a fifty. It was SS Iyer {67} in the first game on 12.03.21, It was I Kishan {56} and V Kohli {73 not out} in the second game on 14.03.21, it was V Kohli {77 not out} in the third game on 16.03.21 and it was SA Yadav {57} in the fourth game on 18.03.21

JC Archer returned with figures of 4 for 33 in this game to provide the 12^th occasion of an England bowler capturing four or more wickets in an innings in T20I. It also provides the second occasion of an England bowler capturing four or more wickets in an innings in T20I against India. JW Dernbath was the other England bowler to capture four plus wickets against India. He had returned with figures of 4 for 22 at Manchester on 31.08.11 against India.

JC Archer returned with figures of 4 for 33 in this game to provide the seventh occasion of an England bowler capturing four or more wickets in an innings in T20I on away soil. It also provides the first occasion of an England bowler capturing four or more wickets in an innings in T20I against India on away soil.

Washington Sundar returned with figures of none for 52 in this game to provide the 16^th occasion of an Indian bowler conceding 50 plus runs in an innings in T20Is. It also provides the second occasion of an Indian bowler conceding 50 plus runs in an innings in T20Is against India. Joginder Sharma’s none for 57 at Durban on 19.09.07 provides the first occasion of an Indian bowler conceding 50 plus runs in a T20I innings against England.

Washington Sundar returned with figures of none for 52 in this game to provide the seventh occasion of an Indian bowler conceding 50 plus runs without a wicket in an innings in T20Is. It also provides the second occasion of an Indian bowler conceding 50 plus runs in an innings without a wicket in T20Is against India. Joginder Sharma’s none for 57 at Durban on 19.09.07 provides the first occasion of an Indian bowler conceding 50 plus runs without a wicket in a T20I innings against England.

RG Sharma’s lone boundary six in this game fetched him 50 boundary sixes on home soil. He became the first Indian batsman to achieve this distinction and the third batsman in the history of T20Is. Other two batsmen to score 100 plus boundary sixes on home soil are – MJ Guptill of New Zealand {103} and C Munroe of New Zealand {82}. V Kohli is close behind to join this exclusive club with 48 boundary sixes on home soil. He needs two more boundary sixes for his 50 boundary sixes.

JC Archer’s four for 33 in this game was in a losing cause to provide the second occasion of an England bowler’s four wicket haul in an innings in a losing cause in T20Is. Prior to this PD Collingwood’s four for 22 against Sri Lanka at Southampton on 15.06.06 had gone in vain.

JC Archer’s four for 33 in this game was in a losing cause to provide the 56th occasion of a bowler’s four wicket haul in an innings in a losing cause in T20Is. It also provides the fourth occasion of an bowler’s four wicket haul in an innings in a losing cause in T20Is against India.

No	Player	W-R	I	Team	Ground	Date
1	DJG Sammy	4-16	1	Win	Trinidad	04.06.11
2	Umar Gul	4-37	1	Pak	Ahmadabad	28.12.12
3	PKD Chase	4-35	1	Ire	Dublin-M	27.06.18
4	JC Archer	4-33	1	Eng	Ahmadabad	18.03.21

India’s 185 for 8 in this game provide its second highest team total on home soil against England. India has posted 202 for 6 at Bengaluru on 01.02.17 which is its highest team total against England on home soil.

India won this game by eight runs to provide its 40^th win by runs margin in T20Is. It also provides its fifth win by runs margin against England.

India won this game by eight runs to provide its ninth win by single digit runs margin in T20Is.

No	Team	Margin	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Ind	8 runs	Eng	Ahmedabad	18 Mar 2021
2	Ind	7 runs	NZl	Mt Maunganui	02 Feb 2020
3	Ind	7 runs	SAF	Cape Town	24 Feb 2018
4	Ind	6 runs	NZl	Trivandrum	07 Nov 2017
5	Ind	5 runs	Pak	Johannesburg	24 Sep 2007
6	Ind	5 runs	Eng	Nagpur	29 Jan 2017
7	Ind	3 runs	Zim	Harare	22 Jun 2016
8	Ind	1 run	SAF	Col-RPs	02 Oct 2012
9	Ind	1 run	Ban	Bengaluru	23 Mar 2016

It also provides its second win by single digit runs margin against England. Prior to this win, India had won the T20I against England at Nagpur on 29.01.17 by five runs.

England lost this game by eight runs to provide the 32^nd  occasion of England  losing a T20I by runs margin. It also provides the 12^th   occasion of England  losing a T20I by single digit runs margin in .