AB de Villiers and JP Duminy achieve individual records in T20 Internationals

AB de Villiers and JP Duminy achieve individual records in T20 Internationals

AB de Villers scored seven boundary sixes while JP Duminy scored seven boundary sixes in the first T20I game against India at Dharmsala on 02.10.15 and helped themselves to individual records which are listed below

AB de Villers scored seven boundary fours in this game to take his boundary fours aggregate in T20Is to 102. He became the 17th 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

JP Duminy scored seven boundary sixes in this game to provide the 22nd occasion of a batsman scoring seven or more boundary sixes in an innings in the history of T20I games. It also provides the fourth occasion of a South African batsman performing such a feat. The following table lists the four South African batsmen

No Player Runs 6s Team Opposition Ground Match Date
1 RE Levi 117* 13 South Africa v New Zealand Hamilton 19 Feb 2012
2 LE Bosman 94 9 South Africa v England Centurion 15 Nov 2009
3 MN van Wyk 114* 7 South Africa v West Indies Durban 14 Jan 2015
4 JP Duminy 68* 7 South Africa v India Dharamsala 02 Oct 2015

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.

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