England wins the second T20I at Cardiff by five wickets with two balls to spare
England won its 49th match when it won the second T20I against India by five wickets at Cardiff on 06 Jul 18. India lost its 36th T20I.
England won this match by five wickets with two balls to spare to provide the 24th occasion of a team winning a T20I by exact two balls to spare. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Team | Result | Margin | BR | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | India | won | 8 wickets | 2 | v Australia | Melbourne | 03 Feb 2012 |
| 2 | New Zealand | won | 5 wickets | 2 | v Zimbabwe | Hamilton | 14 Feb 2012 |
| 3 | Afghanistan | won | 4 wickets | 2 | v Netherlands | Dubai (DSC) | 14 Mar 2012 |
| 4 | England | won | 7 wickets | 2 | v West Indies | Nottingham | 24 Jun 2012 |
| 5 | Pakistan | won | 2 wickets | 2 | v South Africa | Colombo (RPS) | 28 Sep 2012 |
| 6 | Pakistan | won | 5 wickets | 2 | v India | Bengaluru | 25 Dec 2012 |
| 7 | India | won | 6 wickets | 2 | v Australia | Rajkot | 10 Oct 2013 |
| 8 | Australia | won | 5 wickets | 2 | v South Africa | Durban | 12 Mar 2014 |
| 9 | Hong Kong | won | 2 wickets | 2 | v Bangladesh | Chittagong | 20 Mar 2014 |
| 10 | India | won | 7 wickets | 2 | v West Indies | Dhaka | 23 Mar 2014 |
| 11 | West Indies | won | 6 wickets | 2 | v Australia | Dhaka | 28 Mar 2014 |
| 12 | Pakistan | won | 2 wickets | 2 | v Zimbabwe | Lahore | 24 May 2015 |
| 13 | Nepal | won | 3 wickets | 2 | v Netherlands | Rotterdam | 03 Jul 2015 |
| 14 | South Africa | won | 7 wickets | 2 | v India | Dharamsala | 02 Oct 2015 |
| 15 | Hong Kong | won | 4 wickets | 2 | v Afghanistan | Abu Dhabi | 28 Nov 2015 |
| 16 | Oman | won | 2 wickets | 2 | v Ireland | Dharamsala | 09 Mar 2016 |
| 17 | England | won | 2 wickets | 2 | v South Africa | Mumbai | 18 Mar 2016 |
| 18 | West Indies | won | 3 wickets | 2 | v South Africa | Nagpur | 25 Mar 2016 |
| 19 | West Indies | won | 7 wickets | 2 | v India | Mumbai | 31 Mar 2016 |
| 20 | West Indies | won | 4 wickets | 2 | v England | Kolkata | 03 Apr 2016 |
| 21 | Afghanistan | won | 5 wickets | 2 | v U.A.E. | Dubai (DSC) | 16 Dec 2016 |
| 22 | Sri Lanka | won | 3 wickets | 2 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 22 Jan 2017 |
| 23 | Bangladesh | won | 5 wickets | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 10 Mar 2018 |
| 24 | England | won | 5 wickets | 2 | v India | Cardiff | 06 Jul 2018 |
England won this match by five wickets with two balls to spare to provide the third occasion of England winning a T20I by exact two balls to spare. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Team | Result | Margin | BR | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | England | won | 7 wickets | 2 | v West Indies | Nottingham | 24 Jun 2012 |
| 2 | England | won | 2 wickets | 2 | v South Africa | Mumbai | 18 Mar 2016 |
| 3 | England | won | 5 wickets | 2 | v India | Cardiff | 06 Jul 2018 |
England won this match by five wickets with two balls to spare to provide the fourth occasion of a team winning a T20I by exact two balls to spare against India All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Team | Result | Margin | BR | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | Pakistan | won | 5 wickets | 2 | v India | Bengaluru | 25 Dec 2012 |
| 2 | South Africa | won | 7 wickets | 2 | v India | Dharamsala | 02 Oct 2015 |
| 3 | West Indies | won | 7 wickets | 2 | v India | Mumbai | 31 Mar 2016 |
| 4 | England | won | 5 wickets | 2 | v India | Cardiff | 06 Jul 2018 |
AD Hales’ aggregate in England’s winning T20Is read 933 runs. He became the second England batsman to total 900 plus runs in England’s winning T20Is. EJG Morgan has an aggregate of 1093 runs
AD Hales scored 58 not out in this game which was his sixth fifty in England’s winning T20Is. He became the third England batsman to score six or more fifties in England’s winning T20Is. Others are EJG Morgan {07} and KP Pietersen {06}.
AD Hales scored 58 not out in this game which was his ninth fifty in T20Is. He became the second England batsman to score nine fifties in T20Is. Other batsman is EJG Morgan. Thus AD Hales and EJG Morgan share the record for most fifties by an England batsman in T20Is.
EJG Morgan became the first England batsman to appear in 75 T20Is. This game was his 75th T20I. He is the 13th batsman to appear in 75 plus T20Is in the history of T20I games.
AD Hales scored three boundary sixes in this game which fetched him 50 boundary sixes. He became the third England batsman to score 50 plus boundary sixes in T20Is. Others are – EJG Morgan {77} and JC Buttler {53}. He also became the 25th batsman to score 50 plus boundary sixes in the history of T20Is.
MS Dhoni became the fourth batsman in the history of T20Is to play 80 innings. The innings he played in this game was his 80th innings. Other batsmen to play 80 plus innings are – Shoaib Malik {95}, Shahid Afridi {91} and Mohammad Hafeez {80}. Thus MS Dhoni became the first batsman from other teams other than Pakistan to play 80 T20I innings.
MS Dhoni scored 32 not out in this game which was his 40th not out innings. He earned the distinction of becoming the first batsman in the history of T20Is to remain not out on 40 occasions.
S Dhawan was dismissed run out for 10 in this game to provide the 51st occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out in T20Is. It also provides his fourth run out dismissal in T20Is. He became the fourth Indian batsman to be dismissed run out on four or more occasions in T20Is. Others are – MS Dhoni {06}, RG Sharma {05} and V Kohli {04}
S Dhawan was dismissed run out for 10 in this game to provide the 16th occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed run out in T20Is. It also provides his fourth run out dismissal in T20Is. He became the first Indian batsman to be dismissed run out on four occasions in T20Is. Other Indian opening batsmen who are dismissed run out on three occasions are – G Gambhir, V Sehwag and RG Sharma.
YS Chahal’s wicket aggregate in T20Is read 42 at the end of this game. Other Indian bowlers who have captured more wickets than YS Chahal are – R Ashwin {52} and JJ Bumrah {43}.
SK Raina’s run aggregate in T20Is read 1605 at the end of this game. He became the third Indian batsman to total 1600 plus runs. Others are V Kohli {2059} and RG Sharma {1986}. He became the eleventh batsman in the history of T20Is to total 1600 plus runs
At the end of this game, three teams – England. India and South Africa – have played 103 T20Is.
AD Hales’ 58 not out in this game represent his fifth fifty on home soil. He became the tenth batsman to score five or more fifties on home soil. Others to score five or more fifties on home soil are – MJ Guptil {12}, TM Dilshan {08}, C Munro {08}, BB McCullum {07}, MDKJ Perera {06}, KS Williamson {06}, V Kohli {05}, Shaiman Anwar {05} and GC Smith {05}
AD Hales’ 58 not out in this game represent his fifth fifty on home soil. He became the first England batsman to score five fifties on home soil.
AD Hales’ boundary sixes aggregate at home read 25 at the end of this game. He became the first England batsman to score 25 boundary sixes on home soil. He went past EJG Morgan who has scored 23 boundary sixes on home soil.
AD Hales’ boundary sixes aggregate at home read 25 at the end of this game. He became the eighth batsman to score 25 boundary sixes on home soil. Others are – MJ Guptil {67}, C Munro {59}, BB McCullum {37}, DA Miller {33}. Yuvraj Singh {32}, RG Sharma {29} and E Lewis {28}.