YS Chahal’s three wickets against South Africa at Vizag on 14.06.22 fetched 72 wickets in T20is and also two distinctions. He became the highest wicket taker for India in T20Is. He went past JJ Bumrah’s 69 wickets. He also became the first Indian bowler to capture 70 plus wickets in T20Is.
He also became the 18th bowler in the history of T20Is to capture 70 plus wickets. The following table lists all the 18 bowlerd
No
Player
Team
Mat
Inns
Overs
M
Runs
Wkts
1
Shakib Al Hasan
Ban
96
95
354.3
3
2366
119
2
TG Southee
NZl
92
90
332.5
2
2729
111
3
Rashid Khan
Afg
61
61
231.2
1
1418
109
4
SL Malinga
Srl
84
83
299.5
1
2225
107
5
Shahid Afridi
Pak
99
97
361.2
4
2396
98
6
M Rahman
Ban
63
63
225.4
6
1710
87
7
Saeed Ajmal
Pan
64
63
238.2
2
1516
85
8
Umar Gul
Pak
60
60
200.3
2
1443
85
9
IS Sodhi
NZl
66
64
226.3
0
1824
83
10
AU Rashid
Eng
73
70
253.2
3
1840
81
11
CJ Jordan
Eng
75
74
259.5
2
2250
80
12
DJ Bravo
Win
91
77
250.5
0
2036
78
13
GH Dockrell
Ire
93
73
230.2
1
1642
76
14
Mohd Nabi
Afg
91
89
292.4
5
2122
76
15
S Lamichhane
Nep
39
39
146.5
3
932
73
16
Shadab Khan
Pak
64
60
223.3
3
1591
73
17
YS Chahal
Ind
57
57
220.4
1
1818
72
18
A Zampa
Aus
62
61
221.5
1
1507
71
Both the Indian openers scoring fifties in an innings in T20Is
RD Gaikwad {57} and Ishan Kishan {54} scored fifties against South Africa at Vishakapatnam on 14.06.22 to provide the 83rd occasion of both the openers scoring fifties in an innings in T20Is. It also provides the eleventh occasion of both the Indian openers scoring fifties in an innings in T20I. All such occasions are tabulated below.
B Kumar’s four wickets against South Africa at Cuttack on 12 Jun 22 fetched him an aggregate of 63 wickets in T20Is. He became the fourth Indian bowler to capture 60 plus wickets in T20Is. With 63 wickets to his credit, he now stands third in the list of Indian bowlers who have captured most wickets in T20Is.
No
Player
Mat
Inns
Overs
M
Runs
W
1
YS Chahal
56
56
216.4
1
1798
69
2
JJ Bumrah
57
56
204.5
8
1333
67
3
B Kumar
61
61
216.5
3
1516
63
4
R Ashwin
51
51
191.0
2
1298
61
It is interesting to note that B Kumar became the first Indian bowler to witness his four wickets haul in a losing cause. His four for 13 against South Africa at Cuttack on 12 Jun 22 could not carve a win for India.
There are 84 occasions of a bowler’s four plus wickets going in vain in the history of T20Is. It also provides the four occasions of a bowler’s four plus wickets in a losing cause against South Africa in T20Is.
Player
W
R
I
Team
Opp
Ground
Start Date
Abdur Razzak
4
16
1
Ban
RSA
Johannesburg
05 Nov 2008
Ahsan Malik
5
19
1
Net
RSA
Chattogram
27 Mar 2014
OC McCoy
4
22
1
Win
RSA
St George’s
29 Jun 2021
B Kumar
4
13
2
Ind
RSA
Cuttack
12 Jun 2022
Indian bowlers who have captured four plus wickets in an innings in Twenty20 Internationals
B Kumar of India returned with figures of four for 13 against South Africa at Cuttack on 12 Jun 2022 in the second T20I to provide the 409th occasion of a bowler capturing four or more wickets in a T20I. It also provides the 20th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing four plus wickets in an innings in T20I. All such occasions are tabulated below
No
Player
W
Runs
I
Opp
Ground
Start Date
1
RP Singh
4
13
2
RSA
Durban
20 Sep 2007
2
PP Ojha
4
21
2
Ban
Nottingham
06 Jun 2009
3
Z Khan
4
19
1
Ire
Nottingham
10 Jun 2009
4
AB Dinda
4
19
2
Srl
Pallekele
07 Aug 2012
5
Harbhajan Singh
4
12
2
Eng
Col-RPS
23 Sep 2012
6
R Ashwin
4
11
2
Aus
Mirpur
30 Mar 2014
7
R Ashwin
4
8
1
Srl
Vizag
14 Feb 2016
8
BB Sran
4
10
1
Zim
Harare
20 Jun 2016
9
YS Chahal
6
25
2
Eng
Bengaluru
01 Feb 2017
10
YS Chahal
4
23
2
Srl
Cuttack
20 Dec 2017
11
YS Chahal
4
52
2
Srl
Indore
22 Dec 2017
12
B Kumar
5
24
2
RSA
Jo’burg
18 Feb 2018
13
SN Thakur
4
27
1
Srl
Col-RPS
12 Mar 2018
14
Kuldeep Yadav
4
21
2
Ire
Dublin-M
27 Jun 2018
15
Kuldeep Yadav
5
24
1
Eng
Manchester
03 Jul 2018
16
HH Pandya
4
38
1
Eng
Bristol
08 Jul 2018
17
KH Pandya
4
36
1
Aus
Sydney
25 Nov 2018
18
DL Chahar
6
7
2
Ban
Nagpur
10 Nov 2019
19
B Kumar
4
22
2
Srl
Col-RPS
25 Jul 2021
20
B Kumar
4
13
2
RSA
Cuttack
12 Jun 2022
It also provides the 20th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing four plus wickets in an innings in T20I against South Africa. All such occasions are tabulated below
No
Player
W
Runs
I
Opp
Ground
Start Date
1
RP Singh
4
13
2
RSA
Durban
20 Sep 2007
3
B Kumar
5
24
2
RSA
Jo’burg
18 Feb 2018
3
B Kumar
4
13
2
RSA
Cuttack
12 Jun 2022
B Kumar and YS Chahal are the only Indian bowlers to capture four plus wickets in an innings in T20I on three occasions. B Kumar emulated YS Chahal with his four wicket haul in this game.
No
Player
W
Runs
I
Opp
Ground
Start Date
1
B Kumar
5
24
2
RSA
Jo’burg
18 Feb 2018
2
B Kumar
4
22
2
Srl
Col-RPS
25 Jul 2021
3
B Kumar
4
13
2
RSA
Cuttack
12 Jun 2022
1
YS Chahal
6
25
2
Eng
Bengaluru
01 Feb 2017
2
YS Chahal
4
23
2
Srl
Cuttack
20 Dec 2017
3
YS Chahal
4
52
2
Srl
Indore
22 Dec 2017
Wicket keeper batsmen scoring 75 plus runs in a Twenty20 International
H Klassen of South Africa scored 81 against India in the second T20I at Cuttack on 12 Jun 22 to provide the 39th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring 75 plus runs in an innings in T20Is. All such occasions are tabulated below.
No
Player
Runs
I
Team
Opp
Ground
Start Date
1
KC Sangakkara
78
1
Srl
Ind
Nagpur
09 Dec 2009
2
BB McCullum
81*
2
NZl
Zim
Harare
15 Oct 2011
3
Mohd Shahzad
77
1
Afg
Ire
Dub-DSC
24 Mar 2012
4
BB McCullum
91
1
NZl
Ind
Chennai
11 Sep 2012
5
BB McCullum
123
1
NZl
Ban
Pallekele
21 Sep 2012
6
W Barresi
75*
2
Net
Sco
Abu Dhabi
28 Nov 2013
7
S Ahmed
76*
2
Pak
NZl
Dub-DSC
04 Dec 2014
8
MN van Wyk
114*
1
RSA
Win
Durban
14 Jan 2015
9
W Barresi
75
1
Net
Sco
Edinburgh
11 Jul 2015
10
Mohd Shahzad
75
1
Afg
Sco
Edinburgh
12 Jul 2015
11
Mohd Shahzad
118*
1
Afg
Zim
Sharjah
10 Jan 2016
12
Mohd Shahzad
80
2
Afg
Oma
Dub-DSC
20 Jan 2017
13
MDKJ Perera
77
2
Srl
Ban
Col-RPS
04 Apr 2017
14
S Ahmed
89*
1
Pak
Sco
Edinburgh
12 Jun 2018
15
TL Seifert
84
1
NZl
Ind
Wellington
06 Feb 2019
16
TP Visee
78
1
Net
Ire
Al Amerat
17 Feb 2019
17
Q de Kock
79*
2
RSA
Ind
Bengaluru
22 Sep 2019
18
LA Dunbar
104*
1
Ser
Bul
Corfu
14 Oct 2019
19
R Gurbaz
79
1
Afg
Win
Lucknow
17 Nov 2019
20
JC Buttler
77*
2
Eng
Aus
Southampton
06 Sep 2020
21
MS Wade
80
1
Aus
Ind
Sydney
08 Dec 2020
22
TL Seifert
84*
2
NZl
Pak
Hamilton
20 Dec 2020
23
Mohd Rizwan
89
2
Pak
NZl
Napier
22 Dec 2020
24
Mohd Rizwan
104*
1
Pak
RSA
Lahore
11 Feb 2021
25
JC Buttler
83*
2
Eng
Ind
Ahmedabad
16 Mar 2021
26
R Gurbaz
87
1
Afg
Zim
Abu Dhabi
17 Mar 2021
27
DP Conway
92*
1
NZl
Ban
Hamilton
28 Mar 2021
28
Mohd Rizwan
82*
1
Pak
Zim
Harare
21 Apr 2021
29
Mohd Rizwan
76*
1
Pak
Eng
Manchester
20 Jul 2021
30
Mohd Rizwan
79*
2
Pak
Ind
Dub-DSC
24 Oct 2021
31
JC Buttler
101*
1
Eng
Srl
Sharjah
01 Nov 2021
32
Mohd Rizwan
79*
1
Pak
Nam
Abu Dhabi
02 Nov 2021
33
Mohd Rizwan
78
1
Pak
Win
Karachi
13 Dec 2021
34
Mohd Rizwan
87
2
Pak
Win
Karachi
16 Dec 2021
35
V Aravind
97*
1
UAE
Ire
Al Amerat
18 Feb 2022
36
V Aravind
84*
2
UAE
Bah
Al Amerat
21 Feb 2022
37
Ishan Kishan
89
1
Ind
Srl
Lucknow
24 Feb 2022
38
Saim Hussain
108*
1
Bul
Mal
Marsa
14 May 2022
39
H Klaasen
81
2
RSA
Ind
Cuttack
12 Jun 2022
These 39 occasions include seven centuries. The batsmen who have scored centuries are listed below.
No
Player
Runs
I
Team
Opp
Ground
Start Date
1
BB McCullum
123
1
NZl
Ban
Pallekele
21 Sep 2012
2
MN van Wyk
114*
1
RSA
Win
Durban
14 Jan 2015
3
Mohd Shahzad
118*
1
Afg
Zim
Sharjah
10 Jan 2016
4
LA Dunbar
104*
1
Ser
Bul
Corfu
14 Oct 2019
5
Mohd Rizwan
104*
1
Pak
RSA
Lahore
11 Feb 2021
6
JC Buttler
101*
1
Eng
Srl
Sharjah
01 Nov 2021
7
Saim Hussain
108*
1
Bul
Mal
Marsa
14 May 2022
H Klassen’s 81 against India in the second T20I at Cuttack on 12 Jun 22 to provide the third occasion of a South African wicket keeper batsman scoring 75 plus runs in an innings in T20Is. All such occasions are tabulated below.
No
Player
Runs
I
Team
Opp
Ground
Start Date
1
MN van Wyk
114*
1
RSA
Win
Durban
14 Jan 2015
2
Q de Kock
79*
2
RSA
Ind
Bengaluru
22 Sep 2019
3
H Klaasen
81
2
RSA
Ind
Cuttack
12 Jun 2022
It also provides the second occasion of a South African wicket keeper batsman scoring 75 plus runs in an innings in T20Is against India. Both such occasions are tabulated below. It also represents the highest score by a South African wicketkeeper batsman against India.
No
Player
Runs
I
Team
Opp
Ground
Start Date
1
H Klaasen
81
2
RSA
Ind
Cuttack
12 Jun 2022
2
Q de Kock
79*
2
RSA
Ind
Bengaluru
22 Sep 2019
It also provides the seventh occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring 75 plus runs in an innings in T20Is against India. All such occasions are tabulated below.
No
Player
Runs
I
Team
Opp
Ground
Start Date
1
MS Wade
80
1
Aus
Ind
Sydney
08 Dec 2020
2
JC Buttler
83*
2
Eng
Ind
Ahmedabad
16 Mar 2021
3
BB McCullum
91
1
NZl
Ind
Chennai
11 Sep 2012
4
TL Seifert
84
1
NZl
Ind
Wellington
06 Feb 2019
5
Mohd Rizwan
79*
2
Pak
Ind
Dub-DSC
24 Oct 2021
6
Q de Kock
79*
2
RSA
Ind
Bengaluru
22 Sep 2019
7
H Klaasen
81
2
RSA
Ind
Cuttack
12 Jun 2022
Sri Lankan captains scoring a fifty in Twenty20 Internationals.
MD Shanaka of Sri Lanka scored 54 not out against Australia at Pallekkele on 11 Jun 22 to provide the 18th occasion of a Sri Lankan captain scoring a fifty in a T20I innings. All such occasions are tabulated below
No
Player
Runs
I
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
M Jayawardene
65
1
Kenya
Jo’burg
14 Sep 2007
2
TM Dilshan
61
1
India
Col-RPS
10 Feb 2009
3
KC Sangakkara
55*
2
Australia
Nottingham
08 Jun 2009
4
KC Sangakkara
64*
1
Pakistan
Lord’s
21 Jun 2009
5
KC Sangakkara
69
2
New Zealand
Col-RPS
04 Sep 2009
6
KC Sangakkara
78
1
India
Nagpur
09 Dec 2009
7
KC Sangakkara
59
1
India
Mohali
12 Dec 2009
8
KC Sangakkara
68
1
West Indies
Bridgetown
07 May 2010
9
TM Dilshan
104*
1
Australia
Pallekele
06 Aug 2011
10
M Jayawardene
65*
2
West Indies
Pallekele
29 Sep 2012
11
LD Chandimal
58
1
Pakistan
Mirpur
04 Mar 2016
12
AD Mathews
73*
2
England
Delhi
26 Mar 2016
13
LD Chandimal
58
2
Australia
Pallekele
06 Sep 2016
14
AD Mathews
54*
2
South Africa
Jo’burg
22 Jan 2017
15
NLTC Perera
58
1
Bangladesh
Col-RPS
16 Mar 2018
16
NLTC Perera
57
2
England
Col-RPS
27 Oct 2018
17
MD Shanaka
74*
1
India
Dharamsala
27 Feb 2022
18
MD Shanaka
54*
2
Australia
Pallekele
11 Jun 2022
It also provides the fourth occasion of a Sri Lankan captain scoring a fifty in a T20I innings against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below
No
Player
Runs
I
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
KC Sangakkara
55*
2
Australia
Nottingham
08 Jun 2009
2
TM Dilshan
104*
1
Australia
Pallekele
06 Aug 2011
3
LD Chandimal
58
2
Australia
Pallekele
06 Sep 2016
4
MD Shanaka
54*
2
Australia
Pallekele
11 Jun 2022
Teams winning a Twenty20 International with a ball to spare
Sri Lanka won its third T20I against Australia at Pallkele on 11 Jun 2022 with a ball to spare to provide the 32nd occasion of a team winning a T20I with a ball remaining. All such occasions are tabulated below.
No
Team
Margin
BR
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
India
6 wkts
1
South Africa
Jo’burg
01 Dec 2006
2
Zimbabwe
5 wkts
1
Australia
Cape Town
12 Sep 2007
3
South Africa
3 wkts
1
New Zealand
Jo’burg
23 Nov 2007
4
Ireland
4 wkts
1
Scotland
Belfast
02 Aug 2008
5
Pakistan
3 wkts
1
Sri Lanka
K City-NW
11 Oct 2008
6
Afghanistan
5 wkts
1
Canada
Col-SSC
04 Feb 2010
7
New Zealand
2 wkts
1
Sri Lanka
Providence
30 Apr 2010
8
West Indies
8 wkts
1
England
Providence
03 May 2010
9
Australia
3 wkts
1
Pakistan
Gros Islet
14 May 2010
10
Bangladesh
3 wkts
1
West Indies
Mirpur
11 Oct 2011
11
Pakistan
6 wkts
1
Afghanistan
Sharjah
08 Dec 2013
12
Australia
2 wkts
1
South Africa
Sydney
09 Nov 2014
13
Hong Kong
2 wkts
1
Nepal
Col-PSS
24 Nov 2014
14
Afghanistan
5 wkts
1
Zimbabwe
Bulawayo
28 Oct 2015
15
Zimbabwe
3 wkts
1
Bangladesh
Mirpur
15 Nov 2015
16
Sri Lanka
5 wkts
1
South Africa
Cape Town
25 Jan 2017
17
World-XI
7 wkts
1
Pakistan
Lahore
13 Sep 2017
18
Pakistan
2 wkts
1
Sri Lanka
Abu Dhabi
27 Oct 2017
19
Bangladesh
2 wkts
1
Sri Lanka
Col-RPS
16 Mar 2018
20
Australia
5 wkts
1
Zimbabwe
Harare
06 Jul 2018
21
Netherlands
7 wkts
1
Scotland
Al Amerat
13 Feb 2019
22
Guernsey
4 wkts
1
Norway
Castel
19 Jun 2019
23
Nepal
4 wkts
1
Netherlands
Al Amerat
07 Oct 2019
24
England
4 wkts
1
South Africa
Paarl
29 Nov 2020
25
Pakistan
4 wkts
1
South Africa
Jo’burg
10 Apr 2021
26
Pakistan
3 wkts
1
South Africa
Centurion
16 Apr 2021
27
South Africa
4 wkts
1
Sri Lanka
Sharjah
30 Oct 2021
28
Sri Lanka
5 wkts
1
Australia
Melbourne
20 Feb 2022
29
Uganda
7 wkts
1
Namibia
Windhoek
09 Apr 2022
30
Finland
3 wkts
1
Denmark
Brondby
07 May 2022
31
Bulgaria
5 wkts
1
Gibraltar
Marsa
15 May 2022
32
Sri Lanka
4 wkts
1
Australia
Pallekele
11 Jun 2022
It also provides the third occasion of Sri Lanka winning a T20I with a ball remaining. All such occasions are tabulated below.
No
Team
Margin
BR
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
Sri Lanka
5 wkts
1
South Africa
Cape Town
25 Jan 2017
2
Sri Lanka
5 wkts
1
Australia
Melbourne
20 Feb 2022
3
Sri Lanka
4 wkts
1
Australia
Pallekele
11 Jun 2022
It also provides the third occasion of a team winning a T20I with a ball remaining against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below.
No
Team
Margin
BR
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
Zimbabwe
5 wkts
1
Australia
Cape Town
12 Sep 2007
2
Sri Lanka
5 wkts
1
Australia
Melbourne
20 Feb 2022
3
Sri Lanka
4 wkts
1
Australia
Pallekele
11 Jun 2022
It also provides the second occasion of Sri Lanka winning a T20I with a ball remaining against Australia. Both such occasions are tabulated below.
No
Team
Margin
BR
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
Sri Lanka
5 wkts
1
Australia
Melbourne
20 Feb 2022
2
Sri Lanka
4 wkts
1
Australia
Pallekele
11 Jun 2022
Australian batsmen dismissed run out for a first ball duck in Twenty20 Internationals.
JP Inglis of Australia was dismissed run out for a first ball duck against Sri Lanka at Pallekele on 11 Jun 22 to provide the 72nd occasion of a batsman dismissed run out for a first ball duck in an innings in the history of Twenty20 Internationals. It also provides the seventh occasion of an Australian batsman dismissed in such a manner and also provides the second occasion of a batsman dismissed in such a manner against Sri Lanka. All such occasions are tabulated below.
No
Player
R
BF
I
Team
Opp
Ground
Start Date
1
MJ Clarke
0
1
1
Aus
Pak
Jo’burg
18 Sep 2007
2
MEK Hussey
0
1
1
Aus
RSA
Jo’burg
27 Mar 2009
3
CJ Ferguson
0
1
2
Aus
RSA
Centurion
29 Mar 2009
4
SPD Smith
0
1
1
Aus
Pak
Gros Islet
02 May 2010
5
DA Warner
0
1
2
Aus
RSA
Cape Town
13 Oct 2011
6
NMC-Nile
0
1
2
Aus
Pak
Dub-DSC
28 Oct 2018
7
JP Inglis
0
1
1
Aus
Srl
Pallekele
11 Jun 2022
No
Player
R
BF
I
Team
Opp
Ground
Start Date
1
MH Miraz
0
1
2
Ban
Srl
Col-RPS
16 Mar 2018
2
JP Inglis
0
1
1
Aus
Srl
Pallekele
11 Jun 2022
RR Pant became the second Indian captain to lost his first Twenty20 International match as captain
RR Pant became the eighth captain to lead India in T20Is. He lost his first match to become the second Indian captain to lose the first match. India lost this game by seven wickets. The other Indian captain to lose his first match was V Kohli. V Kohli had lead India in his first match against England at Kanpur on 26.01.17. India lost this game by seven wickets.
No
Player
Runs
Opp
Ground
Date
Result
1
V Kohli
29
Eng
Kanpur
26.01.17
Lost
2
RR Pant
29
RSA
Delhi
09.06.22
Lost
Note the striking similarities between these two skippers. Both scored identical runs and both lost the game by a similar margin – seven wickets margin
Sri Lankan bowler’s four wicket hauls in losing cause in Twenty20 Internationals
PWH de Silva of Sri Lanka returned with figures of 4 for 33 against Australia at Col-RPS on 08.06.22. His effort was in a losing cause to provide the 81st occasion of a bowler’s four plus wicket haul going in vain in the history of Twenty20 Internationals. It also provides the fifth occasion of a Sri Lankan bowler’s four wicket haul in a losing cause and also provides the second occasion of a bowler’s four wicket haul in a losing cause against Australia. The following table lists all such occasions.