England won the toss and elected to field first to provide the 42nd occasion of England doing so in T20Is. It also provides the eighth occasion of England doing so in T20Is against India.

KL Rahul was dismissed for a duck in this game to provide the 15^th occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed for a duck in T20Is. It also provides the third occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed for a duck in T20Is against England. KL Rahul was dismissed for a duck against England in the second T20I at Ahmadabad on 14.03.21.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

RR Pant was dismissed run out for 25 in this game to provide the 121^st occasion of a wicket keeper batsman dismissed run out in a T20I. It also provides the third occasion of a wicket keeper batsman dismissed run out in a T20I against England.

It also provides the seventh occasion of a wicket keeper batsman dismissed run out in a T20I. It also provides the second occasion of a wicket keeper batsman dismissed run out in a T20I against England.

V Kohli scored 77 not out in this game to provide his 27^th fifty in T20Is. It also represents his ninth fifty when India has batted first in a T20I game.

V Kohli’s 77 not out in this game represent the eighth occasion of a captain scoring a fifty in a T20I against England. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	SPD Smith	90	2	Aus	Eng	Cardiff	31.08.15
2	GC Smith	88	1	SAF	Eng	Centurion	15.11.09
3	AJ Finch	84	2	Aus	Eng	Birmingham	27.06.18
4	V Kohli	77*	1	Ind	Eng	Ahmadabad	16.03.21
5	McCullum	74	1	NZl	Eng	Hamilton	12.02.13
6	AD Mathews	73*	2	Srl	Eng	Delhi	26.03.16
7	V Kohli	73*	2	Ind	Eng	Ahmadabad	14.03.21
8	Williamson	72	1	NZl	Eng	Wellington	13.02.18

V Kohli is the only captain to score 70 plus runs against England in a T20I on two occasions.  Prior to his knock of 77 not out in this game, he had scored 73 not out in the second T20I of the ongoing series.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	V Kohli	77*	1	Ind	Eng	Ahmadabad	16.03.21
2	V Kohli	73*	2	Ind	Eng	Ahmadabad	14.03.21

V Kohli’s 77 not out in this game was in a losing cause to provide the fourth occasion of his fifty in a losing cause. He became the second captain in the history of T20Is to witness four or more fifties in a losing cause after F du Plessis. F du Plessis has witnessed five of his T20I fifties in a losing cause. The following table lists the fifties scored by these two captains.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	F du Plessis	63	1	NZl	E London	23 Dec 2012
2	F du Plessis	85	1	Srl	Hambantota	06 Aug 2013
3	F du Plessis	58	1	Ind	Dhaka	04 Apr 2014
4	F du Plessis	119	1	Win	Jo’burg	11 Jan 2015
5	F du Plessis	79	1	Aus	Jo’burg	06 Mar 2016
No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	V Kohli	65	2	NZl	Rajkot	04 Nov 2017
2	V Kohli	72*	1	Aus	Bengaluru	27 Feb 2019
3	V Kohli	85	2	Aus	Sydney	08 Dec 2020
4	V Kohli	77*	1	Enf	Ahmedabad	16 Mar 2021

V Kohli’s 77 not out in this game was in a losing cause to provide the fourth occasion of his half century in a losing cause. He now shares the record for most half centuries by a captain in the history of T20Is with F du Plessis. F du Plessis has witnessed five of his T20I half centuries in a losing cause. The following table lists the half centuries scored by these two captains.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	F du Plessis	63	1	NZl	E London	23 Dec 2012
2	F du Plessis	85	1	Srl	Hambantota	06 Aug 2013
3	F du Plessis	58	1	Ind	Dhaka	04 Apr 2014
4	F du Plessis	79	1	Aus	Jo’burg	06 Mar 2016
No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	V Kohli	65	2	NZl	Rajkot	04 Nov 2017
2	V Kohli	72*	1	Aus	Bengaluru	27 Feb 2019
3	V Kohli	85	2	Aus	Sydney	08 Dec 2020
4	V Kohli	77*	1	Enf	Ahmedabad	16 Mar 2021

CA Jordan bowled a maiden over in his spell of four overs in this game to provide the 16^th occasion of an England bowler bowling one or more maiden overs in his spell of four overs or less in a T20I. He also became the fifth England bowler to perform such a feat against India. It is interesting to note that in each of the three games of this five game series, an England bowler has bowled a maiden over. In the first game, it was JC Archer, in the second game, it was SM Curran and in the third game, it was CJ Jordan.

CJ Jordan’s lone wicket in this game fetched him an aggregate of 70 wickets in T20Is. He became the first England bowler to capture 70 wickets in T20Is.  He also became the ninth bowler in the history of T20Is to capture 70 plus wickets. The following table lists all these nine bowlers.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Runs	Wkts
1	SL Malinga	Srl	84	2225	107
2	Shahid Afridi	Pak	99	2396	098
3	TG Southee	NZl	80	2422	093
4	Shakib Al Hasan	Ban	76	1894	092
5	Rashid Khan	Afg	48	1124	089
6	Saeed Ajmal	Pak	64	1516	085
7	Umar Gul	Pak	60	1443	085
8	GH Dockrell	Ire	77	1624	076
9	CJ Jordan	Eng	58	1771	070

JS Buttler scored 83 not out in this game to provide the 134^th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides the 21^st occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is against India. It also represents the fourth score of 80 plus runs by a wicket keeper batsman against India in T20Is. Others are – 90 by BB McCullum at Chennai on 11.09.12, 84 by TL Seifert at Wellington on 06.02.19 and 80 by MS Wade at Sydney on 08.12.20

JS Buttler scored 83 not out in this game to provide the 17th occasion of a England wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides the second occasion of a England wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is against India. The first occasion was also by JS Buttler. He had scored 69 at Manchester on 03.07.18

JS Buttler scored 83 not out in this game to provide the highest individual score by an England Wicket keeper batsman in T20Is. It was an improvement over his own score of 77 not out against Australia at Southampton on 06.09.20

JS Buttler’s 83 not out represent his 11^th 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. JS Buttler went past BB Mcullum of New Zealand who had scored 10 fifties on  his way to occupy the second place.

Mohammad Shahzad {13},JS Buttler {11} and BB McCullum {10} are the  three wicketkeepers in the history of T20Is to  score ten or more fifties.

JS Buttler’s 83 not out in this game represent his seventh fifty as a wicketkeeper opening batsman. He now shares the second place for most fifties by a wicketkeeper opening batsman in T20Is with BB McCullum. 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 83 not out in this game to provide the 76th occasion of a wicket keeper opening batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides the 12th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is against India. It also represents the third score of 80 plus runs by a wicket keeper opening batsman against India in T20Is. Others are – 84 by TL Seifert at Wellington on 06.02.19 and 80 by MS Wade at Sydney on 08.12.20

JS Buttler scored 83 not out in this game to provide the 12th occasion of a England wicket keeper opening batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides the second occasion of a England wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is against India. The first occasion was also by JS Buttler. He had scored 69 at Manchester on 03.07.18

JS Buttler scored 83 not out in this game to provide the highest individual score by an England Wicket keeper opening batsman in T20Is. It was an improvement over his own score of 77 not out against Australia at Southampton on 06.09.20

JS Buttler scored 83 not out in this game to provide the 37th occasion of a England opening batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides the fifth occasion of a England opening batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is against India.

JS Buttler scored 83 not out in this game to provide the highest individual score by an England opening batsman in T20Is against India. It was an improvement over his own score of 69 at Manchester on 03.07.18.

JS Buttler scored 83 not out in this game to provide his seventh fifty as an England opening batsman. AD Hales has scored more fifties than JS Buttler as an opening batsman. He has scored eight fifties.

JS Buttler and AD Hale share the record for most half centuries by an England batsman in T20Is. Both have scored seven half centuries.

EJG Morgan of England was playing his 100^th T20I game.He  became the first England cricketer to appear in 100 T20Is. He also became the fourth cricketer in the history of T20Is to appear in 100 plus T20Is. Others are –Shoaib Malik {116}, RG Sharma {109} and LRPL Taylor {102}

This game became the second game in the history of T20Is to feature rival cricketers with 100 plus T20Is. In this game, RG Sharma was playing his 109^th game, while EJG Morgan was playing his 100^th game. Other game to feature rival cricketers with 100 plus games was the game between New Zealand and India at Mount Maunganui on 02.02.20. RG Sharma was playing his 108^th game and LRPL Taylor was playing his 100^th game.

England won this game by eight wickets to post its 66^th win in T20Is. It also represents its ninth win against India. It also represents its second largest win by wickets margin. It had won the first T20I on  12.03.21 by a similar margin

India lost this game by eight wickets to provide its 47^th loss in T20Is. It also provides its fourth loss by eight wickets in T20Is. Prior to this loss, it has lost by eight wickets against Australia at Guwahati on 10.10.17, against West Indies at Trivandrum on 08.12.19 and against England at Ahmadabad on 12.03.21. It also provides its ninth loss  against England in T20Is.