West Indies won the toss and elected to field first to provide the 48^th occasion of West Indies doing so in Twenty20 Internationals. It also provides the seventh occasion of West Indies doing so in Twenty20 Internationals against India.

India lost the toss and was asked to bat first in this game to provide the 63rd occasion of India being inserted by the opposition in Twenty20 Internationals. It also provides the seventh such occasion of India being inserted by West Indies in Twenty20 Internationals

India posted 186 for 5 in this game to provide the seventh occasion of India posting a team total of 150 plus runs when it was inserted by West Indies. It is interesting to note that India posted a team total of 150 plus runs on all the occasions when inserted by West Indies.

No	Team	Score	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Ind	159/6	1	Win	Trinidad	04 Jun 2011
2	Ind	192/2	1	Win	Mumbai	31 Mar 2016
3	Ind	190/6	1	Win	Kingston	09 Jul 2017
4	Ind	195/2	1	Win	Lucknow	06 Nov 2018
5	Ind	170/7	1	Win	Trivandrum	08 Dec 2019
6	Ind	240/3	1	Win	Mumbai	11 Dec 2019
7	Ind	186/5	1	Win	Kolkata	18 Feb 2022

India posted 186 for 5 in this game to provide the 15th occasion of India posting a team total of 150 plus runs against West Indies in T20Is. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Team	Score	Overs	I	Ground	Match Date
1	Ind	244/4	20.0	2	Lauderhill	27 Aug 2016
2	Ind	240/3	20.0	1	Mumbai	11 Dec 2019
3	Ind	209/4	18.4	2	Hyd-RGS	06 Dec 2019
4	Ind	195/2	20.0	1	Lucknow	06 Nov 2018
5	Ind	192/2	20.0	1	Mumbai	31 Mar 2016
6	Ind	190/6	20.0	1	Kingston	09 Jul 2017
7	Ind	186/5	20.0	1	Kolkata	18 Feb 2022
8	Ind	182/4	20.0	2	Chennai	11 Nov 2018
9	Ind	170/7	20.0	1	Trivandrum	08 Dec 2019
10	Ind	167/5	20.0	1	Lauderhill	04 Aug 2019
11	Ind	162/4	18.5	2	Kolkata	16 Feb 2022
12	Ind	159/6	20.0	1	Trinidad	04 Jun 2011
13	Ind	155/9	20.0	2	Bridgetown	09 May 2010
14	Ind	153/7	20.0	1	Lord’s	12 Jun 2009
15	Ind	150/3	19.1	2	Providence	06 Aug 2019

V Kohli scored 52 in this game which represent his 30^th fifty in T20Is. He now shares the record for most fifties by a batsman in T20Is with RG Sharma. RG Sharma has scored 30 fifties {04 C plus 26 HC}. V Kohli’s all 30 fifties are half centuries.

V Kohli’s 52 in this game fetched him an aggregate of 3296 runs in T20Is. He now needs four runs to become the top run getter in T20Is. If he gets these runs, he would surpass MG Guptill. MG Guptill has an aggregate of 3299 runs.

KA Pollard was playing his 100^th T20I when he took field in this game. He became the ninth cricketer to appear in 100 plus T20Is. The following table lists all the cricketers who have played 100 plus T20Is.

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat
1	Shoaib Malik	Pak	2006-2021	124
2	RG Sharma	Ind	2007-2022	121
3	Mohd Hafeez	Pak	2006-2021	119
4	EJG Morgan	Eng	2009-2022	115
5	Mahmudullah	Ban	2007-2021	113
6	MJ Guptill	NZl	2009-2021	112
7	KJ O’Brien	Ire	2008-2021	110
8	LRPL Taylor	NZl	2006-2020	102
9	KA Pollard	Win	2008-2022	100

RR Pant scored 52 not out in this game to provide the seventh occasion of an Indian wicketkeeper scoring a fifty in T20Is. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MS Dhoni	56	1	Eng	Bengaluru	01 Feb 2017
2	MS Dhoni	52*	1	RSA	Centurion	21 Feb 2018
3	RR Pant	65*	2	Win	Providence	06 Aug 2019
4	KL Rahul	56	2	NZl	Auckland	24 Jan 2020
5	KL Rahul	57*	2	NZl	Auckland	26 Jan 2020
6	KL Rahul	51	1	Aus	Canberra	04 Dec 2020
7	RR Pant	52*	1	Win	Kolkata	18 Feb 2022

It also provides the second occasion of a Indian wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty against West Indies in T20Is. Both the occasions are tabulated below. It was RR Pant who has scored a fifty against West Indies on both these occasions.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	RR Pant	65*	2	Win	Providence	06 Aug 2019
2	RR Pant	52*	1	Win	Kolkata	18 Feb 2022

N Pooran’s 62 in this game represent his seventh fifty in T20Is. He became the fifth West Indies batsman to score seven or more fifties in T20Is. Others are – CH Gayle {16}, E Lewis {12}, MN Samuels {10}, LMP Simmons {09},

N Pooran’s 62 in this game represent his third fifty against India. Prior to this he had scored 53 not out against India at Chennai on 11.11.18 and 62 against India at Kolkata on 16 Feb 22. He became the first West Indies batsman to score fifties on three occasions against India.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	N Pooran	53*	1	Ind	Chennai	11 Nov 2018
	N Pooran	61	1	Ind	Kolkata	16 Feb 2022
	N Pooran	62	2	Ind	Kolkata	18 Feb 2022

N Pooran scored 62 in this game to provide the seventh occasion of West Indies wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides the first occasion of West Indies wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is against India

N Pooran’s 62 in this game represent his fourth fifty as wicket keeper batsman in T20Is.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	N Pooran	64	1	Pak	Karachi	16 Dec 2021
2	N Pooran	62*	2	Pak	Providence	31 Jul 2021
3	N Pooran	61	1	Ind	Kolkata	16 Feb 2022
4	N Pooran	62	2	Ind	Kolkata	18 Feb 2022

N Pooran’s 62 and R Powell’s 69 in this game was in a losing cause to provide the 39^th and 40^th  occasion of a West Indies batsman’s fifty going in vain in T20Is. It also provides the seventh and eighth occasion of a West Indies batsman’s fifty going in vain against India in T20Is

N Pooran’s 62 in this game was in a losing cause to provide the sixth  occasion of his fifty going in vain in T20Is.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	N Pooran	53*	1	Ind	Chennai	11 Nov 2018
2	N Pooran	58	1	Eng	Gros Islet	05 Mar 2019
3	N Pooran	62*	2	Pak	Providence	31 Jul 2021
4	N Pooran	64	1	Pak	Karachi	16 Dec 2021
5	N Pooran	61	1	Ind	Kolkata	16 Feb 2022
6	N Pooran	62	2	Ind	Kolkata	18 Feb 2022

N Pooran now holds the record for most fifties by West Indies batsman going in vain against India. KA Pollard is the other West Indies batsmen who has witnessed two of his fifties in a losing cause against India.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	N Pooran	53*	1	Ind	Chennai	11 Nov 2018
2	N Pooran	61	1	Ind	Kolkata	16 Feb 2022
3	N Pooran	62	2	Ind	Kolkata	18 Feb 2022
1	KA Pollard	58	1	Ind	Providence	06 Aug 2019
2	KA Pollard	68	2	Ind	Mumbai	11 Dec 2019

N Pooran’s 62 in this game was in a losing cause to provide the eighth  occasion of a West Indies wicket keeper batsman’s fifty going in vain in T20Is. It also provides the first occasion of a West Indies batsman’s fifty going in vain against India in T20Is

N Pooran has scored four fifties while donning the gloves for West Indies. All his four fifties have gone in vain. His four fifties are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	N Pooran	64	1	Pak	Karachi	16 Dec 2021
2	N Pooran	62*	2	Pak	Providence	31 Jul 2021
3	N Pooran	61	1	Ind	Kolkata	16 Feb 2022
4	N Pooran	62	2	Ind	Kolkata	16 Feb 2022

N Pooran became the eighth batsman in the history of T20I to witness six or more fifties in losing cause. The following table lists all these nine batsmen.

No	Player	Team	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	50+
1	V Kohli	Ind	9	9	3	658	89*	9
2	du Plessis	RSA	8	8	1	579	119	8
3	H Masakadza	Zim	7	7	1	435	79	7
4	DA Warner	Aus	7	7	2	442	90*	7
5	JP Duminy	RSA	6	6	3	374	78	6
6	MJ Guptill	NZl	6	6	0	406	105	6
7	N Pooran	Win	6	6	2	360	64	6
8	Williamson	NZl	6	6	0	374	85	6

N Pooran became the fourth wicket keeper batsman in the history of T20I to witness four or more fifties in losing cause. Others are – JC Buttler {05}, Q de Kock {04} and KC Sangakkara {04}

India won this game by eight runs to provide its 97^th win in T20Is and also its twelfth win against West Indies. All the twelve such occasions are listed below.

No	Margin	Toss	Bat	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	16 runs	lost	1st	Win	Trinidad	04 Jun 2011
2	07 wkts	won	2nd	Win	Mirpur	23 Mar 2014
3	05 wkts	won	2nd	Win	Kolkata	04 Nov 2018
4	71 runs	lost	1st	Win	Lucknow	06 Nov 2018
5	06 wkts	lost	2nd	Win	Chennai	11 Nov 2018
6	04 wkts	won	2nd	Win	Lauderhill	03 Aug 2019
7	22 runs	won	1st	Win	Lauderhill	04 Aug 2019
8	07 wkts	won	2nd	Win	Providence	06 Aug 2019
9	06 wkts	won	2nd	Win	Hyd-RGS	06 Dec 2019
10	67 runs	lost	1st	Win	Mumbai	11 Dec 2019
11	06 wkts	Won	2nd	Win	Kolkata	16 Feb 2022
12	08 runs	lost	1st	Win	Kolkata	18 Feb 2022

RR Pant {52 not out} and N Pooran {62} scored fifties in this game to provide the ninth occasion of rival wicket keepers scoring fifties in a T20I.

RR Pant became the third Indian wicket keeper batsman to score fifties on two or more occasions. Others are KL Rahul {03} and RR Pant {02}

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	KL Rahul	56	2	NZl	Auckland	24 Jan 2020
2	KL Rahul	57*	2	NZl	Auckland	26 Jan 2020
3	KL Rahul	51	1	Aus	Canberra	04 Dec 2020
1	MS Dhoni	56	1	Eng	Bengaluru	01 Feb 2017
2	MS Dhoni	52*	1	RSA	Centurion	21 Feb 2018
1	RR Pant	65*	2	Win	Providence	06 Aug 2019
2	RR Pant	52*	1	Win	Kolkata	18 Feb 2022

RR Pant became the second Indian wicket keeper batsman to score fifties on two occasions against the same opposition. KL Rahul has scored two fifties against New Zealand.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	KL Rahul	56	2	NZl	Auckland	24 Jan 2020
2	KL Rahul	57*	2	NZl	Auckland	26 Jan 2020
1	RR Pant	65*	2	Win	Providence	06 Aug 2019
2	RR Pant	52*	1	Win	Kolkata	18 Feb 2022