First T20I – India vs South Africa at Dharamsala on 02.10.15 – South Africa won by seven wickets with two balls to spare

India capped S Aravind for this game. He became the 56^th   Indian Cricketer to represent India in T20Is. He is the 899^th cricketer to appear in T20Is globally. He also became the sixth Karnataka cricketer to represent India in T20Is.  Others are – RV Uthappa, R Vinay Kumar, R Dravid, STR Binny and MK Pandey. S Aravind became the 14^th Indian cricketer to make his T20I debut against South Africa

S Dhawan was dismissed run out for 3 in this game to provide the 34th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out in T20Is. It also provides the sixth occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out against South Africa in T20Is

S Dhawan was dismissed run out for 3 in this game to provide the ninth occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed run out in T20Is. It also provides the second occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out against South Africa in T20Is – the first occasion being – V Sehwag dismissed run out for 34 at Johannesburg on 01.12.06

AT Rayudu was dismissed run out for duck in this game to provide the 35^th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out in T20Is. It also provides the seventh occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out against South Africa in T20Is

AT Rayudu was dismissed run out for duck first ball to provide the 26th occasion of a batsman collecting a first ball duck dismissed run out in T20Is. It also provides the second occasion of an Indian batsman undergoing such ignominy in T20Is. PP Chawla was run out for a first ball duck against England at Mumbai on 22.12.12.

AT Rayudu collected the first ball duck in this game to provide the 282^nd occasion of a batsman collecting the first ball duck in the history of T20Is. It also provides the tenth occasion of an Indian batsman collecting the first ball duck in T20Is.

AT Rayudu collected the first ball duck in this game to provide the 28th occasion of a batsman collecting the first ball duck against South Africa in T20Is. It also provides the third occasion of an Indian batsman collecting the first ball duck in T20Is. The other two occasions are – KRD Karthik at Durban on 20.09.07 and M Vijay at Gros Islet on 02.05.10

RG Sharma scored 106 in this game to provide the eighth occasion of a batsman scoring a hundred in T20Is. He also became the second Indian batsman to score a hundred in T20Is. SK Raina was the other batsman. He had scored 101 against South Africa at Gros Islet on 02.05.10. Thus RG Sharma’s 106 in this game represent the highest score by an Indian batsman in T20Is. It also represents the highest score by an Indian batsman against South Africa in T20Is

RG Sharma’s 106 in this game provide the fifth occasion of an opening batsman scoring a hundred in T20Is. It also provides the first occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a hundred in T20Is.

RG Sharma’s 106 in this game provides the third occasion of a batsman scoring a hundred against South Africa in T20Is. Other two occasions are – 117 by CH Gayle of West Indies at Johannesburg on 11.09.07 and 101 by SK Raina of India at Gros Islet on 02.05.10

RG Sharma’s 106 in this game provides the second occasion of an opening batsman scoring a hundred against South Africa in T20Is. Other occasion was – 117 by CH Gayle of West Indies at Johannesburg on 11.09.07

V Kohli completed 1000 runs when he was on 28 during his knock of 43 in this game. His aggregate read 1015 at the end of this game. He became the first Indian batsman to total 1000 plus runs in T20Is and 20th batsman overall to achieve the milestone

RG Sharma and V Kohli added 138 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the 81^st occasion of batsman posting a three figure partnership in the history of T20Is. It also provides the 22nd occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket in T20Is.

RG Sharma and V Kohli added 138 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the fifth occasion of Indian batsman posting a three figure partnership in T20Is. It also provides the third occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket in T20Is.

RG Sharma and V Kohli added 138 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the record partnership for any wicket by Indian batsmen in T20Is. The previous best was 136 runs for the first wicket between V Sehwag and G Gambhir against England at Durban on 19.09.07

RG Sharma and V Kohli added 138 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the record partnership for second wicket by Indian batsmen in T20Is. The previous best was 106 runs for the second wicket between the same pair RG Sharma and V Kohli against West Indies at Dhaka on 22.03.14

RG Sharma and V Kohli added 138 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the third occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket in T20Is.It is interesting to note that all these three partnerships are between the same pair – RG Sharma and V Kohli

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	V Kohli, RG Sharma	2	138	1	v South Africa	Dharamsala	02 Oct 2015
2	V Kohli, RG Sharma	2	106	2	v West Indies	Dhaka	23 Mar 2014
3	V Kohli, RG Sharma	2	100	2	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	28 Mar 2014

RG Sharma and V Kohli added 138 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the fifth occasion of batsman posting a three figure partnership against South Africa in T20Is. It also provides the first occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for any wicket against South Africa in T20Is. The previous best was 88 runs between SK Raina and Yuvraj Singh at Gros Islet on 02.05.10

HM Amla was dismissed run out in this game to provide the 29^th occasion of a South African batsman dismissed run out in T20Is. It also provides the fifth occasion of a South African batsman dismissed run out in T20Is.

S Dhawan was dismissed run out in India’s innings and HM Amla was dismissed run out in South African innings to provide the fifth occasion of rival opening batsmen dismissed run out in a T20I game in the history of T20I games

RG Sharma’s 106 in this game was in a losing cause as India lost the game by seven wickets. It provides the third occasion of a batsman’s hundred going in vain in the history of T20Is. The other two occasions are – 119 by F du Plessis – RSA vs Win at Jo’burg on 11.01.15 and 117 by CH Gayle – Win vs RSA at Jo’burg on 11.09.07

AB de Villers scored seven boundary fours in this game to take his boundary fours aggregate in T20Is to 102. He became the 17^th batsman to score 100 plus boundary fours in the history of T20Is. He also became the third South African batsman to score 100 plus boundary fours. Others are – GC Smith {123} and JP Duminy {111}. JP Duminy’s 111 boundary fours include the lone boundary four he scored in this game

JP Duminy scored seven boundary sixes in this game which gave him an aggregate of 51 boundary sixes at the end of this game. He became the ninth batsman to score 50 plus boundary sixes in the history of T20Is and the first South African batsman to achieve the distinction.

JP Duminy became the sixth batsman in the history of T20Is to score 100 plus boundary fours and 50 plus boundary sixes. The following table lists all the six batsmen with their performances.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0	4s	6s
1	BB McCullum	NZl	71	70	10	2140	123	35.66	2	13	3	199	91
2	DA Warner	Aus	53	53	3	1448	90*	28.96	0	11	5	137	66
3	MJ Guptill	NZl	52	50	6	1414	101*	32.13	1	6	2	129	53
4	CH Gayle	Win	45	43	3	1406	117	35.15	1	13	2	122	87
5	JP Duminy	RSA	62	57	17	1498	96*	37.45	0	8	6	111	51
6	EJG Morgan	Eng	52	51	10	1225	85*	29.87	0	7	1	105	51

S Aravind’s first T20I wicket was that of South African Skipper F du Plessis who was bowled for four.

AB de Villiers scored 51 in this game to provide the 21^st occasion of South African opening batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides the fourth occasion of a South African opening batsman scoring a fifty against India.

AB de Villiers scored 51 and JP Duminy scored 68 not out in this game to provide the 47^th and 48th occasion of South African batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides the eighth and ninth occasion of a South African batsman scoring a fifty against India.

JP Duminy’s 68 not out in this game represent his eighth fifty in T20Is. He now owns the record for most fifties by a South African batsman in T20Is. He went past F du Plessiss who had scored seven fifties.

AB de Villiers’ 51 in this game provide his second fifty against India – the first one being – 63 at Nottingham on 16.06.09. He became the third South African batsman to score fifties on two occasions. Others are – JH Kallis and F du Plessis.

JP Duminy and F Behardien added 105 runs in an unfinished stand for the fourth wicket in this game to provide the 82^nd occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership in the history of T20Is. It also provides the ninth occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket in T20Is

JP Duminy and F Behardien added 105 runs in an unfinished stand for the fourth wicket in this game to provide the 82^nd occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership in the history of T20Is. It also provides the ninth occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket in T20Is

JP Duminy and F Behardien added 105 runs in an unfinished stand for the fourth wicket in this game to provide the eleventh occasion of South African batsmen posting a three figure partnership in T20Is. It also provides the first occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket in T20Is and thus a record partnership by the South African batsman for the fourth wicket. The previous best was 90 runs unfinished partnership between JP Duminy and JH Kallis against England at Chester-le-Street on 08.09.12

JP Duminy and F Behardien added 105 runs in an unfinished stand for the fourth wicket in this game to provide the second occasion of South African batsmen posting a three figure partnership for any wicket against India in T20Is. The first occasion the 119 runs partnership for the first wicket between CJ Ingram and JH Kallis at Johannesburg on 30.03.12.

JP Duminy and F Behardien added 105 runs in an unfinished stand for the fourth wicket in this game to provide the record partnership for the fourth wicket against India. The previous best was 49 runs partnership between JP Duminy and F du Plessis at Col-RPS on 02.10.12. Thus JP Duminy and F Behardien rewrote the fourth wicket partnership against India  exactly after three years