India won the toss and elected to field first to provide the 48^th occasion of India doing so in T20Is. It also provides the fifth occasion of India doing so in T20Is against England.

India capped I Kishen and S Yadav for this game. They became the 84^th and 85^th   cricketers to represent India in T20Is. They also became the 12^th and 13th    Indian cricketers to make their debut in T20Is against England.

JS Buttler scored a duck in this game to provide the 19^th occasion of an England opening batsman scoring a duck in T20Is. It also provides the fourth occasion of an England opening batsman scoring a duck in T20Is against India.

It also provides the eighth occasion of an England Wicket keeper batsman scoring a duck in T20Is. It also provides the second occasion of an England wicket keeper batsman scoring a duck in T20Is against India.

It also provides the fourth occasion of an England Wicket keeper opening batsman scoring a duck in T20Is. It also provides the first occasion of an England wicket keeper opening batsman scoring a duck in T20Is against India.

It also provides the eighth occasion of an England opening batsman collecting a first ball duck in T20Is. It also provides the third occasion of an England wicket keeper batsman collecting a first ball duck in T20Is. It also provides the first occasion of an England wicket keeper opening batsman collecting a first ball duck in T20Is

JS Buttler’s duck in this game represents his fourth duck as a wicket keeper batsman. He became the sixth wicket keeper batsman to score four or more ducks in the history of T20Is. Others are – Kamran Akmal of Pakistan {06}, Mushfiqur Rahim of Bangladesh {05}, L Ronchi of New Zealand {05}, Imran Ali Bhat of Bahrain {04} and Umran Akmal of Pakistan {04}

KL Rahul was dismissed for a duck in this game to provide the 14^th occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed for a duck in T20Is. It also provides the second occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed for a duck in T20Is against England. AM Rahane was the other Indian opening batsman to be dismissed for a duck against England in T20Is. He had failed to open his account in the Kolkata T20I on 29.10.11

JS Buttler of England and KL Rahul of India were dismissed for ducks in this game to provide the first occasion of rival openers scoring ducks in India-England T20I series. It also provides the 49^th occasion of rival openers scoring ducks in the history of Twenty20 Internationals.

KL Rahul’s duck in this game provides his third duck as an opening batsman in T20Is RG Sharma is the other Indian opening batsman to score more ducks than KL Rahul in T20Is. RG Sharma has scored four ducks.

I Kishen scored 56 in this game to provide the 55^th occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides the sixth occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is against England.

KL Rahul scored duck and I Kishan scored 56 in this  game to provide the third occasion of Indian openers scoring a duck and fifty in the same innings. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Date
1	S Dhawan	0	2	Win	Dhaka	23.03.14
2	RG Sharma	62*	2	Win	Dhaka	23.03.14
1	RG Sharma	0	1	Srl	Col-RPS	06.03.18
2	S Dhawan	90	1	Srl	Col-RPS	06.03.18
1	KL Rahul	0	2	Eng	Ahmadabad	14.03.21
2	I Kishan	56	2	Eng	Ahmadabad	14.03.21

I Kishan scored 56 in this game to provide the 46th occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty on his T20I debut. It also provides the sixth occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty on his T20I debut against England.

It also provides the second occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty on his T20I debut. It also provides the second occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty on his T20I debut against England. The other batsman was AM Rahane. He had scored 61 against England on his T20I debut at Manchester on 30.08.11.

I Kishan scored 56 in this game to provide the 22nd occasion of an opening batsman scoring a fifty on his T20I debut. It also provides the third occasion of an opening batsman scoring a fifty on his T20I debut against England.

It also provides the second occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a fifty on his T20I debut. It also provides the second occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a fifty on his T20I debut against England. The other opening batsman was AM Rahane. He had scored 61 against England on his T20I debut at Manchester on 30.08.11.

V Kohli scored 73 not out in this game to provide his 26^th fifty. He now owns the record for most fifties by a batsman in T20Is. He went past RG Sharma who had scored 25 fifties

V Kohli scored 73 not out in this game to provide his 18th fifty while batting second in a T20I. It also represents his 14^th fifty while batting second and winning a T20I. He owns the record for most fifties in these two statistical parameters

V Kohli scored 73 not out in this game to provide his 10th fifty while captaining India in T20Is. He shares the second place for most fifties by a captain in T20Is with AJ Finch of Australia. KS Williamson of New Zealand owns the record for most fifties by a captain in T20Is. He has scored eleven fifties.

AJ Finch {10}, KS Williamson {11} and V Kohli {10} are the three captains in the history of T20Is to score ten or more fifties.

V Kohli’s 73 not out in this game represents his eighth fifty while batting second as captain in T20I and also represents his sixth fifty while batting second as captain and winning the T20I. He owns the record for most fifties in these two statistical parameters

V Kohli’s 73 not out in this game fetched him an aggregate of 3001 runs in T20Is. He earned the distinction of becoming the first batsman in the history of T20Is to total 3000 plus runs. His career summary with teamwise break up read thus

Opp	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	C	HC	0	4s	6s
Afg	01	01	0	050	50	0	1	0	04	02
Aus	19	18	6	718	90*	0	7	1	55	22
Ban	04	04	2	129	57*	0	1	0	09	02
Eng	14	14	2	419	73*	0	2	1	41	10
Ire	02	02	0	009	09	0	0	1	01	00
NZl	09	09	1	302	70	0	2	0	29	08
Pak	06	06	3	254	78*	0	2	0	30	04
SAF	10	09	2	254	72*	0	2	0	17	09
Srl	07	06	2	339	82	0	4	0	33	09
UAE	01	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Win	12	11	3	501	94*	0	5	0	48	17
Zim	02	01	1	026	26*	0	0	0	03	01
Tot	87	81	22	3001	94*	0	26	3	270	84

India won this game by seven wickets to provide its 86^th win in T20Is. It also represents its eighth win against England.

It also represents India’s 25^th T20I win under V Kohli. V Kohli became the seventh captain in T20Is to win 25 plus games. Others are – MS Dhoni {41}, Asghar Afghan {39}, EJG Morgan {32}, Sarfraz Ahmed {29}, DJG Sammy {27} and WTS Porterfield {26}

V Kohli became the second Indian captain to win 25 plus more T20Is after MS Dhoni. MS Dhoni has won 41 T20Is