Few records for EJG Morgan – became the first England batsman to score 1500 T20I runs and also became the first England captain to score two T20I fifties against India

India capped Parvez Rasool for this game. He became the 67^th cricketer to represent India in T20Is. He also became the ninth Indian cricketer to make T20 debut against England.

V Kohli opened the innings in this game for India. He became the 39^th captain to open the innings for a team in the history of T20 Internationals. He also became the third Indian captain to open the innings in T20Is. Others are V Sehwag and AM Rahane.

He also became the fifth captain to lead India in T20Is. Others are – V Sehwag {01}, MS Dhoni {72}, SK Raina {03} and AM Rahane {02}

MS Dhoni’s aggregate T20I runs at the end of this game read 1148. He now stands fourth in the list of five Indian batsmen who have scored 1000 plus runs in  T20Is – V Kohli {1686}, RG Sharma {1364}, SK Raina {1237}, MS Dhoni {1148} and Yuvraj Singh {1146}

V Kohli and DA Warner tie for the fifth place in the list of batsmen who have scored most runs in T20Is. Both the batsmen have socred 1686 runs. BB McCullum {2140}, TM Dilshan {1889}, MJ Guptil {1806}, Umar Akmal {169} are the other four batsmen who have scored more runs in T20Is than V Kohli  and DA Warner.

EJG Morgan scored 51 in this game to provide the 94^th occasion of a captain scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides the sixth occasion of England captain accomplishing such a feat. The following table lists the six occasions

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	PD Collingwood	79	2	v West Indies	The Oval	28 Jun 2007
2	PD Collingwood	54	1	v New Zealand	Christchurch	07 Feb 2008
3	PD Collingwood	57	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Nov 2009
4	EJG Morgan	71	1	v India	Birmingham	07 Sep 2014
5	EJG Morgan	74	1	v Australia	Cardiff	31 Aug 2015
6	EJG Morgan	51	2	v India	Kanpur	26 Jan 2017

EJG Morgan and PD Collingwood now share the six occasions equally. Both the captains have scored fifties on three occasions

EJG Morgan’s 51 in this game provide his second fifty against India and his first on away soil against India. The other occasion was his 71 at Birmingham on 07.09.1

EJG Morgan’s 51 provide the 12^th occasion of a captain scoring a fifty against India in T20Is. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	RT Ponting	76	1	Aus	Ind	Mumbai (BS)	20 Oct 2007
2	TM Dilshan	61	1	Srl	Ind	Colombo (RPS)	10 Feb 2009
3	KC Sangakkara	78	1	Srl	Ind	Nagpur	09 Dec 2009
4	KC Sangakkara	59	1	Srk	Ind	Mohali	12 Dec 2009
5	CH Gayle	98	1	Win	Ind	Bridgetown	09 May 2010
6	Mohammad Hafeez	61	2	Pak	Ind	Bangalore	25 Dec 2012
7	Mohammad Hafeez	55	2	Pak	Ind	Ahmedabad	28 Dec 2012
8	F du Plessis	58	1	RSA	Ind	Dhaka	04 Apr 2014
9	EJG Morgan	71	1	Eng	Ind	Birmingham	07 Sep 2014
10	AJ Finch	74	2	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	29 Jan 2016
11	SR Watson	124*	1	Aus	Ind	Sydney	31 Jan 2016
12	EJG Morgan	51	2	Eng	Ind	Kanpur	26 Jan 2017

EJG Morgan became  the third captain to score fifties against India on two occasions. Others are – KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka and Mohammad Hafeez of Pakistan

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	EJG Morgan	71	1	Eng	Ind	Birmingham	07 Sep 2014
2	EJG Morgan	51	2	Eng	Ind	Kanpur	26 Jan 2017
1	KC Sangakkara	78	1	Srl	Ind	Nagpur	09 Dec 2009
2	KC Sangakkara	59	1	Srk	Ind	Mohali	12 Dec 2009
1	Mohammad Hafeez	61	2	Pak	Ind	Bangalore	25 Dec 2012
2	Mohammad Hafeez	55	2	Pak	Ind	Ahmedabad	28 Dec 2012

EJG Morgan scored four boundary sixes in this game to take his aggregate of boundary sixes to eleven against India. He became the first captain to score ten or more boundary sixes against India. He went past CH Gayle of West Indies who had scored seven boundary sixes as captain against India

EJG Morgan at the end of this game has an aggregate of 32 boundary sixes as captain. He is  one of the four skippers who have scored 30 plus boundary sixes – Shahid Afridi {41}, MS Dhoni {34}, EJG Morgan {32} and F du Plessis {30}

EJG Morgan became the first England captain to score 30 plus boundary sixes in T20Is. At the end of this game, his aggregate of boundary sixes read 32.

EJG Morgan’s aggregate runs in T20Is as a batsman read 1511. He became the twelfth and also the first England batsman to score 1500 runs in T20Is. The following table lists all the twelve batsmen who have accomplished the feat.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0	4s	6s
1	BB McCullum	NZl	71	70	10	2140	123	35.66	2	13	03	199	91
2	TM Dilshan	Srl	80	79	12	1889	104*	28.19	1	13	10	223	33
3	MJ Guptill	NZl	61	59	07	1806	101*	34.73	1	10	02	169	76
4	Umar Akmal	Pak	82	77	14	1690	94	26.82	0	08	08	122	55
5	V Kohli	Ind	46	42	12	1686	90*	56.20	0	16	00	180	32
6	DA Warner	Aus	63	63	03	1686	90*	28.10	0	12	05	162	74
7	Mohd Shahzad	Afg	55	55	03	1656	118*	31.84	1	11	03	187	60
8	JP Duminy	RSA	70	64	21	1654	96*	38.46	0	09	06	122	56
9	Mohd Hafeez	Pak	77	75	04	1614	86	22.73	0	09	05	175	39
10	Shoaib Malik	Pak	82	76	20	1548	75	27.64	0	05	01	131	32
11	CH Gayle	Win	50	47	04	1519	117	35.32	2	13	02	130	98
12	EJG Morgan	Eng	65	64	13	1511	85*	29.62	0	08	03	114	66

It is interesting to note that among these twelve batsmen who have an aggregate of 1500 plus runs in T20 Internationals, V Kohli is the only batsman who has not scored a duck. He has played 46 games, 42 innings and has an aggregate of 1686 runs and yet to be dismissed for a duck

EJG Morgan with 66 boundary sixes to his credit, stands fifth in the list of batsmen who have scored most boundary sixes in T20Is. The following table lists all the five batsmen.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0	4s	6s
1	CH Gayle	Win	50	47	04	1519	117	35.32	2	13	02	130	98
2	BB McCullum	NZl	71	70	10	2140	123	35.66	2	13	03	199	91
3	MJ Guptill	NZl	61	59	07	1806	101*	34.73	1	10	02	169	76
4	DA Warner	Aus	63	63	03	1686	90*	28.10	0	12	05	162	74
4	EJG Morgan	Eng	65	64	13	1511	85*	29.62	0	08	03	114	66

This game was the 90^th T20I game for England. England became the sixth team to play 90 plus T20Is. The following table list the teams which have played 90 plus T20Is

No	Team	Span	M	W	L	T	TW	TL	NR
1	Pakistan	2006-2016	110	64	43	0	1	2	0
2	New Zealand	2005-2017	96	49	40	0	2	3	2
3	South Africa	2005-2017	94	55	38	0	0	0	1
4	Australia	2005-2016	90	46	41	0	0	2	1
5	England	2005-2017	90	44	41	0	1	0	4
6	Sri Lanka	2006-2017	90	48	40	0	1	0	1