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V Kohli became the fourth batsman to aggregate 2000 plus runs in T20Is

V Kohli became the fourth batsman to aggregate 2000 plus runs in T20Is

V Kohli became the fourth batsman to aggregate 2000 plus runs in T20Is after MG Guptil, BB McCullum and Shoaib  Malik. V Kohli reached the milestone when he was on 8 during his knock of 20 not out against England at Manchester on 03 Jul 18. At the end of this game his run aggregate read 2012. Shoaib Malik’s 2051 includes 12 runs scored by him representing ICC World Eleven.

RG Sharma of India with 1981 runs to his  credit require 19 more runs to  join this select band of batman who have  aggregated 2000 plus runs in T20Is to become the fifth batsman. The following table lists all  the five batsman

No Player Team Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C HC 0 4s 6s
1 MJ Guptill NZl 75 73 7 2271 105 34.40 2 14 2 200 103
2 BB McCullum NZl 71 70 10 2140 123 35.66 2 13 3 199 91
3 Shoaib Malik ICC/Pak 101 94 29 2051 75 31.55 0 7 1 165 57
4 V Kohli Ind 60 56 15 2012 90* 49.07 0 18 2 211 42
                           
5 RG Sharma Ind 82 75 12 1981 118 31.44 2 15 6 178 84

 

Centurions in T20 Internationals – KL Rahul is the only batsmen in the history of T20Is to score two unbeaten centuries in the second innings of the match.

Centurions in T20 Internationals – KL Rahul is the only batsmen in the history of T20Is to score two unbeaten centuries in the second innings of the match.

KL Rahul of India scored 101 not out against England at Manchester on 03 Jul 18 to provide the 34th occasion of a batsman scoring a century in T20Is. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 CH Gayle 117 1 Win RSA Johannesburg 11 Sep 2007
2 BB McCullum 116* 1 NZl Aus Christchurch 28 Feb 2010
3 SK Raina 101 1 Ind RSA Gros Islet 02 May 2010
4 M Jayawardene 100 1 Srl Zim Providence 03 May 2010
5 TM Dilshan 104* 1 Srl Aus Pallekele 06 Aug 2011
6 RE Levi 117* 2 RSA NZl Hamilton 19 Feb 2012
7 RD Berrington 100 1 Sco Ban The Hague 24 Jul 2012
8 BB McCullum 123 1 NZl Ban Pallekele 21 Sep 2012
9 MJ Guptill 101* 2 NZl RSA East London 23 Dec 2012
10 AJ Finch 156 1 Aus Eng Southampton 29 Aug 2013
11 AD Hales 116* 2 Eng Srl Chittagong 27 Mar 2014
12 Ahmed Shehzad 111* 1 Pak Ban Dhaka 30 Mar 2014
13 F du Plessis 119 1 RSA Win Johannesburg 11 Jan 2015
14 MN van Wyk 114* 1 RSA Win Durban 14 Jan 2015
15 RG Sharma 106 1 Ind RSA Dharamsala 02 Oct 2015
16 Mohd Shahzad 118* 1 Afg Zim Sharjah 10 Jan 2016
17 SR Watson 124* 1 Aus Ind Sydney 31 Jan 2016
18 Babar Hayat 122 2 HKG Oman Fatullah 19 Feb 2016
19 Tamim Iqbal 103* 1 Ban Oman Dharamsala 13 Mar 2016
20 CH Gayle 100* 2 Win Eng Mumbai 16 Mar 2016
21 E Lewis 100 1 Win Ind Lauderhill 27 Aug 2016
22 KL Rahul 110* 2 Ind Win Lauderhill 27 Aug 2016
23 GJ Maxwell 145* 1 Aus Srl Pallekele 06 Sep 2016
24 C Munro 101 1 NZl Ban Mt Maunganui 06 Jan 2017
25 Shaiman Anwar 117* 1 UAE PNG Abu Dhabi 14 Apr 2017
26 E Lewis 125* 2 Win Ind Kingston 09 Jul 2017
27 DA Miller 101* 1 RSA Ban Potchefstroom 29 Oct 2017
28 C Munro 109* 1 NZl Ind Rajkot 04 Nov 2017
29 RG Sharma 118 1 Ind Srl Indore 22 Dec 2017
30 C Munro 104 1 NZl Win Mt Maunganui 03 Jan 2018
31 GJ Maxwell 103* 2 Aus Eng Hobart 07 Feb 2018
32 MJ Guptill 105 1 NZl Aus Auckland 16 Feb 2018
33 AJ Finch 172 1 Aus Zim Harare 03 Jul 2018
34 KL Rahul 101* 2 Ind Eng Manchester 03 Jul 2018

KL Rahul of India scored 101 not out against England at Manchester on 03 Jul 18 to provide the fifth occasion of an Indian  batsman scoring a century in T20Is. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 SK Raina 101 1 Ind RSA Gros Islet 02 May 2010
2 RG Sharma 106 1 Ind RSA Dharamsala 02 Oct 2015
3 KL Rahul 110* 2 Ind Win Lauderhill 27 Aug 2016
4 RG Sharma 118 1 Ind Srl Indore 22 Dec 2017
5 KL Rahul 101* 2 Ind Eng Manchester 03 Jul 2018

KL Rahul of India scored 101 not out against England at Manchester on 03 Jul 18 to provide the fourth occasion of a batsman scoring a century against England in T20Is. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 AJ Finch 156 1 Aus Eng Southampton 29 Aug 2013
2 CH Gayle 100* 2 Win Eng Mumbai 16 Mar 2016
3 GJ Maxwell 103* 2 Aus Eng Hobart 07 Feb 2018
4 KL Rahul 101* 2 Ind Eng Manchester 03 Jul 2018

KL Rahul’s 101 not out against England at Manchester on 03 Jul 18 was his second century in T20Is. His first century was on his T20I debut against West Indies  at Lauderhill on 27 Aug 16 when he made  110 not  out.He  joined  the select band of eight batsman who have scored two or more centuries in T20Is to become the ninth batsman. The perforamce of these nine batsmen are tabulated below

No No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 1 C Munro 101 1 NZl Ban Mt Maunganui 06 Jan 2017
  2 C Munro 109* 1 NZl Ind Rajkot 04 Nov 2017
  3 C Munro 104 1 NZl Win Mt Maunganui 03 Jan 2018
                 
2 1 AJ Finch 156 1 Aus Eng Southampton 29 Aug 2013
  1 AJ Finch 172 1 Aus Zim Harare 03 Jul 2018
                 
3 1 BB McCullum 116* 1 NZl Aus Christchurch 28 Feb 2010
  2 BB McCullum 123 1 NZl Ban Pallekele 21 Sep 2012
                 
4 1 CH Gayle 117 1 Win RSA Johannesburg 11 Sep 2007
  2 CH Gayle 100* 2 Win Eng Mumbai 16 Mar 2016
                 
5 1 E Lewis 100 1 Win Ind Lauderhill 27 Aug 2016
  2 E Lewis 125* 2 Win Ind Kingston 09 Jul 2017
                 
6 1 GJ Maxwell 145* 1 Aus Srl Pallekele 06 Sep 2016
  2 GJ Maxwell 103* 2 Aus Eng Hobart 07 Feb 2018
                 
7 1 KL Rahul 110* 2 Ind Win Lauderhill 27 Aug 2016
  2 KL Rahul 101* 2 Ind Eng Manchester 03 Jul 2018
                 
8 1 MJ Guptill 101* 2 NZl RSA East London 23 Dec 2012
  2 MJ Guptill 105 1 NZl Aus Auckland 16 Feb 2018
                 
9 1 RG Sharma 106 1 Ind RSA Dharamsala 02 Oct 2015
  2 RG Sharma 118 1 Ind Srl Indore 22 Dec 2017

KL Rahul became the second Indian batsman to score centuries  on two occasions in T20Is  after RG Sharma, The performance of these two batsmen are listed below.

No No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 1 KL Rahul 110* 2 Ind Win Lauderhill 27 Aug 2016
  2 KL Rahul 101* 2 Ind Eng Manchester 03 Jul 2018
                 
2 1 RG Sharma 106 1 Ind RSA Dharamsala 02 Oct 2015
  2 RG Sharma 118 1 Ind Srl Indore 22 Dec 2017

The following table lists the nine occasions of batsmen who have scored T20I centuries in second innings of the match.

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 RE Levi 117* 2 RSA NZl Hamilton 19 Feb 2012
2 MJ Guptill 101* 2 NZl RSA East London 23 Dec 2012
3 AD Hales 116* 2 Eng Srl Chittagong 27 Mar 2014
4 Babar Hayat 122 2 HKG Oman Fatullah 19 Feb 2016
5 CH Gayle 100* 2 Win Eng Mumbai 16 Mar 2016
6 KL Rahul 110* 2 Ind Win Lauderhill 27 Aug 2016
7 E Lewis 125* 2 Win Ind Kingston 09 Jul 2017
8 GJ Maxwell 103* 2 Aus Eng Hobart 07 Feb 2018
8 KL Rahul 101* 2 Ind Eng Manchester 03 Jul 2018

KL Rahul is the only batsmen in the history of T20Is to score two unbeaten centuries in the second innings of the match. Both his centuries are tabulated beloww

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 KL Rahul 110* 2 Ind Win Lauderhill 27 Aug 2016
2 KL Rahul 101* 2 Ind Eng Manchester 03 Jul 2018

 

Indian batsmen share the second place with England for most three figure partnerships in T20Is

Indian batsmen share the second place with England for most three figure partnerships in T20Is

As many as 125 three figure partnerships have been posted by batsmen of various teams in T20Is. Indian batsmen have posted 15 three figure partnerships. KL Rahul and RG Sharma of India posted 123 runs partnership for the second wicket against England at Manchester on 03 Jul 18 to provide the 15th occasion. All such occasions are tabulated below in the descending order of runs.

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 KL Rahul, RG Sharma 1 165 1 v Sri Lanka Indore 22 Dec 2017
2 S Dhawan, RG Sharma 1 160 2 v Ireland Dublin {M} 27 Jun 2018
3 S Dhawan, RG Sharma 1 158 1 v New Zealand Delhi 01 Nov 2017
4 V Kohli, RG Sharma 2 138 1 v South Africa Dharamsala 02 Oct 2015
5 G Gambhir, V Sehwag 1 136 1 v England Durban 19 Sep 2007
6 V Kohli, SK Raina 3 134 1 v Australia Adelaide 26 Jan 2016
7 KL Rahul, RG Sharma 2 123 1 v England Manchester 03 Jul 2018
8 V Kohli, MK Pandey 3 119 2 v Sri Lanka Colombo (RPS) 06 Sep 2017
9 MS Dhoni, KL Rahul 4 107 2 v West Indies Lauderhill 27 Aug 2016
10 V Kohli, RG Sharma 2 106 2 v West Indies Dhaka 23 Mar 2014
11 KL Rahul, SK Raina 2 106 1 v Ireland Dublin {M} 29 Jun 2018
12 Mandeep Singh, KL Rahul 1 103* 2 v Zimbabwe Harare 20 Jun 2016
13 MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh 5 102* 2 v Australia Rajkot 10 Oct 2013
14 SK Raina, RG Sharma 2 102 1 v Bangladesh Colombo (RPS) 14 Mar 2018
15 V Kohli, RG Sharma 2 100 2 v Bangladesh Dhaka 28 Mar 2014

India and England share the second place among the teams which have  posted most  three  figure partnerships in T20Is. Both the teams have posted 15 three figure partnerships. Australia with 17 three  figure partnerships  owns the first place.

KL Rahul and RG Sharma of India posted 123  runs partnership for the second wicket against England at Manchester on 03 Jul 18 to provide the sixth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure  partnership for the second wicket in T20Is. All such occasions are tabulated below

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 KL Rahul, RG Sharma 2 123 1 v England Manchester 03 Jul 2018
3 V Kohli, RG Sharma 2 106 2 v West Indies Dhaka 23 Mar 2014
4 KL Rahul, SK Raina 2 106 1 v Ireland Dublin {M} 29 Jun 2018
5 SK Raina, RG Sharma 2 102 1 v Bangladesh Colombo (RPS) 14 Mar 2018
6 V Kohli, RG Sharma 2 100 2 v Bangladesh Dhaka 28 Mar 2014

KL Rahul and RG Sharma of India posted 123  runs partnership for the second wicket against England at Manchester on 03 Jul 18 to provide the second  occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure  partnership against England. Both the occasions are tabulated below

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
5 G Gambhir, V Sehwag 1 136 1 v England Durban 19 Sep 2007
7 KL Rahul, RG Sharma 2 123 1 v England Manchester 03 Jul 2018

 

 

Bowlers capturing five or more wickets in T20Is

Bowlers capturing five or more wickets in T20Is

Kuldeep Yadav of India captured 5 for 24 against England at Manchester on 03 Jul 18 to provide the 24th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings in the history of Twenty20 Internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No Player O M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Umar Gul 3.0 0 6 5 1 Pak NZl The Oval 13 Jun 2009
2 NN Odhiambo 4.0 0 20 5 1 Ken Sco Nairobi (Gym) 04 Feb 2010
3 DJG Sammy 3.5 0 26 5 1 Win Zim Port of Spain 28 Feb 2010
4 R McLaren 3.5 0 19 5 2 RSA Win North Sound 19 May 2010
5 TG Southee 4.0 1 18 5 1 NZl Pak Auckland 26 Dec 2010
6 BAW Mendis 4.0 1 16 6 2 Srl Aus Pallekele 08 Aug 2011
7 Elias Sunny 4.0 1 13 5 2 Ban Ire Belfast 18 Jul 2012
8 BAW Mendis 4.0 2 8 6 2 Srl Zim Hambantota 18 Sep 2012
9 SL Malinga 4.0 0 31 5 2 Srl Eng Pallekele 01 Oct 2012
10 Umar Gul 2.2 0 6 5 2 Pak RSA Centurion 03 Mar 2013
11 Samiullah Shenwari 4.0 0 13 5 2 Afg Ken Sharjah 24 Nov 2013
12 Ahsan Malik 4.0 0 19 5 1 Net RSA Chittagong 27 Mar 2014
13 HMRKB Herath 3.3 2 3 5 2 Srl NZl Chittagong 31 Mar 2014
14 D Wiese 4.0 0 23 5 2 RSA Win Durban 14 Jan 2015
15 AC Evans 4.0 0 24 5 1 Sco Net Edinburgh 11 Jul 2015
16 MRJ Watt 4.0 0 27 5 2 Sco Net ICCA Dubai 05 Feb 2016
17 JP Faulkner 4.0 0 27 5 2 Aus Pak Mohali 25 Mar 2016
18 Mustafizur Rahman 4.0 0 22 5 1 Ban NZl Kolkata 26 Mar 2016
19 Imad Wasim 4.0 0 14 5 1 Pak Win Dubai (DSC) 23 Sep 2016
20 YS Chahal 4.0 0 25 6 2 Ind Eng Bengaluru 01 Feb 2017
21 Imran Tahir 3.5 0 24 5 2 RSA NZl Auckland 17 Feb 2017
22 Rashid Khan 2.0 1 3 5 2 Afg Ire Greater Noida 10 Mar 2017
23 B Kumar 4.0 0 24 5 2 Ind RSA Johannesburg 18 Feb 2018
24 Kuldeep Yadav 4.0 0 24 5 1 Ind Eng Manchester 03 Jul 2018

Kuldeep Yadav of India captured 5 for 24 against England at Manchester on 03 Jul 18 to provide the third occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings in the history of Twenty20 Internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No Player O M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 YS Chahal 4.0 0 25 6 2 Ind Eng Bengaluru 01 Feb 2017
2 B Kumar 4.0 0 24 5 2 Ind RSA Johannesburg 18 Feb 2018
3 Kuldeep Yadav 4.0 0 24 5 1 Ind Eng Manchester 03 Jul 2018

India became the fourth team in the history of T20Is to have bowlers who have captured five or more wickets  on three or more occasions. Other teams are – Sri Lanka {04}, Pakistan {03} and South Africa {03}. The following table liss all such occasions

No No Player O M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 1 YS Chahal 4.0 0 25 6 2 Ind Eng Bengaluru 01 Feb 2017
  2 B Kumar 4.0 0 24 5 2 Ind RSA Johannesburg 18 Feb 2018
  3 Kuldeep Yadav 4.0 0 24 5 1 Ind Eng Manchester 03 Jul 2018
                       
2 1 Umar Gul 3.0 0 6 5 1 Pak NZl The Oval 13 Jun 2009
  2 Umar Gul 2.2 0 6 5 2 Pak RSA Centurion 03 Mar 2013
  3 Imad Wasim 4.0 0 14 5 1 Pak Win Dubai (DSC) 23 Sep 2016
                       
3 1 R McLaren 3.5 0 19 5 2 RSA Win North Sound 19 May 2010
  2 D Wiese 4.0 0 23 5 2 RSA Win Durban 14 Jan 2015
  3 Imran Tahir 3.5 0 24 5 2 RSA NZl Auckland 17 Feb 2017
                       
4 1 BAW Mendis 4.0 1 16 6 2 Srl Aus Pallekele 08 Aug 2011
  2 BAW Mendis 4.0 2 8 6 2 Srl Zim Hambantota 18 Sep 2012
  3 SL Malinga 4.0 0 31 5 2 Srl Eng Pallekele 01 Oct 2012
  4 HMRKB Herath 3.3 2 3 5 2 Srl NZl Chittagong 31 Mar 2014

Kuldeep Yadav of India captured 5 for 24 against England at Manchester on 03 Jul 18 to provide the fourth occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings against England in the history of Twenty20 Internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No Player O M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 BAW Mendis 4.0 1 16 6 2 Srl Aus Pallekele 08 Aug 2011
2 SL Malinga 4.0 0 31 5 2 Srl Eng Pallekele 01 Oct 2012
3 YS Chahal 4.0 0 25 6 2 Ind Eng Bengaluru 01 Feb 2017
4 Kuldeep Yadav 4.0 0 24 5 1 Ind Eng Manchester 03 Jul 2018

Kuldeep Yadav of India captured 5 for 24 against England at Manchester on 03 Jul 18 to provide the second occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings against England in the history of Twenty20 Internationals. Both such occasions are tabulated below.

No Player O M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 YS Chahal 4.0 0 25 6 2 Ind Eng Bengaluru 01 Feb 2017
2 Kuldeep Yadav 4.0 0 24 5 1 Ind Eng Manchester 03 Jul 2018

 

MS Dhoni now owns the record for most stumping dismissals in the history of T20 Internationals

MS Dhoni now owns the record for most stumping dismissals in the history of T20 Internationals

MS Dhoni now owns the record for most stumping dismissals in the history of T20Is. At the end of the first T20I against England at Manchester on 03.07.18, MS Dhoni’s stumping dismissals read a record 33. He went past Kamran Akmal who had owned the record previously with 32 stumping dismissals.

MS Dhoni had 31 stumping dismissals to his credit prior to the start of T20I series against England. He needed two more  dismissals to own the record. His first  stumping dismissal in the first  T20I against England at Manchester – that of  JM Bairstow for zero of K Yadav made him to equal the world record. A delivery later MS Dhoni was destined to own the record when he stumped  JE Root for zero of K Yadav which fetched him his 33rd stumping dismissal The following table lists the 33 stumping dismissals made  by MS Dhoni in T20 Internationals

No Batsman MoD Bowler Runs Inns Oppn Ground Date
1 Tamim Iqbal st YK Pathan 15 2 Ban Nottingham 06.06.09
2 JP Duminy st SK Raina 10 1 RSA Nottingham 16.06.09
3 BJ Haddin st Yuvraj Singh 8 1 Aus Bridgetown 07.05.10
4 KP Pietersen st V Kohli 33 2 Eng Manchester 31.08.11
5 MR Marsh st R Sharma 13 1 Aus Melbourne 03.02.12
6 GP Swann st Harbhajan Singh 0 2 Eng Col-RPS 23.09.12
7 MJ Lumb st Yuvraj Singh 50 2 Eng Mumbai 22.12.12
8 Ahmed Shehzad st Yuvraj Singh 31 2 Pak Ahmedabad 28.12.12
9 Ahmed Shehzad st A Mishra 22 1 Pak Dhaka 21.03.14
10 MN Samuels st A Mishra 18 1 Win Dhaka 23.03.14
11 Nasir Hossain st A Mishra 16 1 Ban Dhaka 28.03.14
12 GJ Maxwell st Yuvraj Singh 1 2 Aus Melbourne 29.01.16
13 JP Faulkner st RA Jadeja 10 2 Aus Melbourne 29.01.16
14 TM Dilshan st R Ashwin 0 2 Srl Ranchi 12.02.16
15 LD Chandimal st RA Jadeja 31 2 Srl Ranchi 12.02.16
16 N Dickwella st R Ashwin 1 1 Srl Vizag 14.02.16
17 NLTC Perera st R Ashwin 17 1 Srl Dhaka 01.03.16
18 KS Williamson st SK Raina 8 1 NZl Nagpur 15.03.16
19 Tamim Iqbal st RA Jadeja 35 2 Ban Bengaluru 23.03.16
20 Sabbir Rahman st SK Raina 26 2 Ban Bengaluru 23.03.16
21 DA Warner st R Ashwin 6 1 Aus Mohali 27.03.16
22 LMP Simmons st R Ashwin 19 1 Win Lauderhill 28.08.16
23 CJ Jordan st YS Chahal 0 2 Eng Bengaluru 01.02.17
24 AD Mathews st YS Chahal 7 1 Srl Col-RPS 06.09.17
25 TWM Latham st YS Chahal 39 2 NZl Delhi 01.11.17
26 DAS Gunaratne st YS Chahal 4 2 Srl Cuttack 20.12.17
27 NLTC Perera st YS Chahal 3 2 Srl Cuttack 20.12.17
28 DAS Gunaratne st K Yadav 0 2 Srl Indore 22.12.17
29 S Samarawickrama st YS Chahal 5 2 Srl Indore 22.12.17
30 A Balbirnie st YS Chahal 11 2 Ire Dublin (M) 27.06.18
31 GC Wilson st YS Chahal 5 2 Ire Dublin (M) 27.06.18
32 JM Bairstow st K Yadav 0 1 Eng Manchester 03.07.18
33 JE Root st K Yadav 0 1 Eng Manchester 03.07.18

 

AJ Finch becomes the only batsman. captain and captain opening batsman to be dismissed hit wicket after scoring a century in the history of T20Is

AJ Finch becomes the only batsman. captain and captain opening batsman to be dismissed hit wicket after scoring a century in the history of T20Is

AJ Finch was dismissed hit wicket for 172 against Zimbabwe at Harare on 03 Jul 18 to provide the eleventh occasion  of a batsman dismissed  hit wicket in the history of T20Is. All such occasions are listed below.

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 DO Obuya 0 1 Ken NZl Durban 12 Sep 2007
2 AB de Villiers 0 2 RSA Aus Melbourne 11 Jan 2009
3 GJ Hopkins 36 1 NZl Aus Christchurch 28 Feb 2010
4 Misbah-ul-Haq 0 2 Pak Win Gros Islet 21 Apr 2011
5 LD Chandimal 11 1 Srl Aus Pallekele 06 Aug 2011
6 Mohd Hafeez 86 1 Pak RSA Centurion 03 Mar 2013
7 Amjad Javed 3 2 UAE Ban Dhaka 26 Feb 2016
8 CS MacLeod 20 1 Sco Net Abu Dhabi 17 Jan 2017
9 MS Chapman 16 1 NZl Aus Auckland 16 Feb 2018
10 KL Rahul 18 2 Ind Srl Colombo (RPS) 12 Mar 2018
11 AJ Finch 172 1 Aus Zim Harare 03 Jul 2018

AJ Finch was dismissed hit wicket for 172 against Zimbabwe at Harare on 03 Jul 18 to provide the third occasion  of a captain dismissed  hit wicket in the history of T20Is. All such occasions are listed below.

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Mohd Hafeez 86 1 Pak RSA Centurion 03 Mar 2013
2 Amjad Javed 3 2 UAE Ban Dhaka 26 Feb 2016
3 AJ Finch 172 1 Aus Zim Harare 03 Jul 2018

AJ Finch was dismissed hit wicket for 172 against Zimbabwe at Harare on 03 Jul 18 to provide the only occasion  of a captain opening batsman dismissed  hit wicket in the history of T20Is.

AJ Finch was dismissed hit wicket for 172 against Zimbabwe at Harare on 03 Jul 18 to provide the only occasion  of a batsman, captain, captain opening batsman dismissed hit wicket after scoring a century in the history of T20Is.

 

 

Australian batsmen post the first ever 200 runs partnership in the history of T20 Internationals

Australian batsmen post the first ever 200 runs partnership in the history of T20 Internationals

Australian batsmen posted the first ever 200 runs partnership in the history of T20 Internationals when AJ Finch and DJM Short added 223 runs for the first wicket against Zimbabwe at Harare on 03 Jul 18. The previous bestnership was 171 runs unfinished partnership for the first wicket between MJ Guptil and KS Williamson of New Zeland against  Pakistan at Hamilton on 17 Jan 16. The following table lists the eleven partnerships of 150 plus  runs posted by tems for various wicket s in the history of  T20 Internationals

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 AJ Finch/DJM Short 1 223 1 Aus Zim Harare 03 Jul 2018
2 MJ Guptill/KS Williamson 1 171* 2 NZl Pak Hamilton 17 Jan 2016
3 LE Bosman/GC Smith 1 170 1 RSA Eng Centurion 15 Nov 2009
4 M Jayawardene/KC Sangakkara 2 166 1 Srl Win Bridgetown 07 May 2010
5 KL Rahul/RG Sharma 1 165 1 Ind Srl Indore 22 Dec 2017
6 GJ Maxwell/DA Warner 4 161 2 Aus RSA Jo’burg 06 Mar 2016
7 S Dhawan/RG Sharma 1 160 1 Ind Ire Dublin (M) 27 Jun 2018
8 RS Bopara/AD Hales 2 159 2 Eng Win Nottingham 24 Jun 2012
9 S Dhawan/RG Sharma 1 158 1 Ind NZl Delhi 01 Nov 2017
10 AD Hales/EJG Morgan 3 152 2 Eng Srl Chittagong 27 Mar 2014
11 CH Gayle/MN Samuels 2 152 2 Win RSA Jo’burg 11 Jan 2015
India in Twenty20 Internationals prior to the start of the T20I series against England

India in Twenty20 Internationals prior to the start of the T20I series against England

India has played 101 T20Is so far. It has won 63 games, lost 35, one game was tied and 2 games have ended as No result games.

India’s highest team total in T20Is is 260 for 5 against Sri Lanka at Indore on 22 Dec 17. This total is one of the three team totals in excess of 260 runs posted by a team in the history of T20 Internationals. Other two are – Australia’s 263 for 3 against Sri  Lanka at Pallekele on 06 Sep 16 and Sri Lanka’s 260 for 6 against Kenya at Johannesburg on 14 Sep 07.

India’s lowest team total in a completed innings in 74 against Australia at Melbourne on  01 Feb 2018. This total is  one of three team totals  less than 100 runs  in a completed innings by India in T20 internationals. Other two are – 92 against South Africa at Cuttack on 05 Oct 2015 and 79 against New Zealand at Nagpur  on 15 Mar 16

V Kohli has amassed 1992 runs in T20Is and is the top run getter in T20Is. He is also one of the five  Indian batsmen who  have an aggregate of 1000 plus  runs. Others are – RG Sharma {1949}, SK Raina {1578}, MS Dhoni {1455} and Yuvraj Singh {1177}

V Kohli has an aggregate of 1992 runs and RG Sharma has  an aggregate of 2949 runs prior the T20I against England on 03 Jul 18. They need eight and 51 more runs for their 2000 runs. If they get it, they would then become the fourth and fifth batsman in the history of 20Is to total 2000 plus runs. Others are – MJ Guptill {2271} and BB McCullum {2140} and Shoib Malik {2039}

There are 78 occasions of Indian batsmen scoring fifties in T20Is which contains four centuries. The centuries are listed below

No Player Runs Mins BF 4s 6s Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 RG Sharma 118 61 43 12 10 1 v Sri Lanka Indore 22 Dec 2017
2 KL Rahul 110* 84 51 12 5 2 v West Indies Lauderhill 27 Aug 2016
3 RG Sharma 106 79 66 12 5 1 v South Africa Dharamsala 02 Oct 2015
4 SK Raina 101 85 60 9 5 1 v South Africa Gros Islet 02 May 2010

There are nine occasions of Indian batsmen scoring fifties against England. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 G Gambhir 58 1 v England Durban 19 Sep 2007
2 V Sehwag 68 1 v England Durban 19 Sep 2007
3 Yuvraj Singh 58 1 v England Durban 19 Sep 2007
4 AM Rahane 61 1 v England Manchester 31 Aug 2011
5 RG Sharma 55* 1 v England Colombo (RPS) 23 Sep 2012
6 V Kohli 66 2 v England Birmingham 07 Sep 2014
7 KL Rahul 71 1 v England Nagpur 29 Jan 2017
8 SK Raina 63 1 v England Bengaluru 01 Feb 2017
9 MS Dhoni 56 1 v England Bengaluru 01 Feb 2017

V Kohli has scored 18 fifties which is a record for most fifties by a batsman in the history of T20 Internationals

RG Sharma is one of the seven batsmen to score two or more centuries in T20Is. Others are – C Munro {03}, CH Gayle {02}, MJ Guptil {02}, E Lewis {02}, BB McCulllum {02} and GJ Maxwell {02}. He is the only Indian batsman to achieve the feat of scoring two centuries in T20Is.

R Ashwin has an aggregate of 52 wickets in T20Is and is the only Indian bowler who has captured 50 plus wickets in T20Is. He is one of the 23 bowlers who have captured 50 plus wickets in T20 Internationals.

There are 150 occasions  of bowlers capturing four or more wickets in T20Is. Indian bowlers have performed the  feat  on 14 occasions. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player O M R W Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 RP Singh 4.0 0 13 4 2 v South Africa Durban 20 Sep 2007
2 PP Ojha 4.0 0 21 4 2 v Bangladesh Nottingham 06 Jun 2009
3 Z Khan 3.0 0 19 4 1 v Ireland Nottingham 10 Jun 2009
4 AB Dinda 3.0 1 19 4 2 v Sri Lanka Pallekele 07 Aug 2012
5 Harbhajan Singh 4.0 2 12 4 2 v England Colombo (RPS) 23 Sep 2012
6 R Ashwin 3.2 0 11 4 2 v Australia Dhaka 30 Mar 2014
7 R Ashwin 4.0 1 8 4 1 v Sri Lanka Visakhapatnam 14 Feb 2016
8 BB Sran 4.0 0 10 4 1 v Zimbabwe Harare 20 Jun 2016
9 YS Chahal 4.0 0 25 6 2 v England Bengaluru 01 Feb 2017
10 YS Chahal 4.0 0 23 4 2 v Sri Lanka Cuttack 20 Dec 2017
11 YS Chahal 4.0 0 52 4 2 v Sri Lanka Indore 22 Dec 2017
12 B Kumar 4.0 0 24 5 2 v South Africa Johannesburg 18 Feb 2018
13 SN Thakur 4.0 0 27 4 1 v Sri Lanka Colombo (RPS) 12 Mar 2018
14 Kuldeep Yadav 4.0 1 21 4 2 v Ireland Dublin (Malahide) 27 Jun 2018

Harbhajan Singh and YS Chahal are the two Indian bowlers who have captured four or more wickets in T20Is against England. Both the occasions are listed below

No Player O M R W Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 Harbhajan Singh 4.0 2 12 4 2 v England Colombo (RPS) 23 Sep 2012
2 YS Chahal 4.0 0 25 6 2 v England Bengaluru 01 Feb 2017

YS Chahal has captured four plus wickets on three occasions, while R Ashwin has captured four plus wickets on two occasions.

No Player Overs M Runs W Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 R Ashwin 3.2 0 11 4 2 v Australia Dhaka 30 Mar 2014
2 R Ashwin 4.0 1 8 4 1 v Sri Lanka Visakhapatnam 14 Feb 2016
                   
1 YS Chahal 4.0 0 25 6 2 v England Bengaluru 01 Feb 2017
2 YS Chahal 4.0 0 23 4 2 v Sri Lanka Cuttack 20 Dec 2017
3 YS Chahal 4.0 0 52 4 2 v Sri Lanka Indore 22 Dec 2017

YS Chahal’s 6 for 25 against England at Bengaluru on 01 Feb 17 is the best bowling effort by an Indian bowler in T20Is. He is also the only Indian bowler to capture four plus wickets on three occasions in T20Is. He is also one of the ten bowlers who have captured four plus wickets on three  or  more  occasions  in the history of T20Is.

YS Chahal is the second bowler to capture six wickets in an innings in T20Is after BAW Mendis of Sri Lanka. His effort of 6 for 25 against England at Bengaluru on 01 Feb 17 provides the third occasion of a bowler capturing six wickets in an innings. All such occasions are listed below

No Player O M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 BAW Mendis 4.0 2 08 6 2 Srl Zim Hambantota 18 Sep 2012
2 BAW Mendis 4.0 1 16 6 2 Srl Aus Pallekele 08 Aug 2011
3 YS Chahal 4.0 0 25 6 2 Ind Eng Bengaluru 01 Feb 2017

MS Dhoni of India is one of the six wicket keeper batsmen who have an aggregate of 1000 plus runs in T20Is. He has an aggregate of 1455 runs which is the highest aggregate by an Indian batsman

No Player Team Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C HC 0 4s 6s
1 Mohammad Shahzad Afg 62 62 3 1888 118* 32.00 1 12 3 212 70
2 MS Dhoni Ind 90 79 39 1455 56 36.37 0 2 1 102 46
3 KC Sangakkara Srl 56 53 9 1382 78 31.40 0 8 2 139 20
4 BB McCullum NZl 42 42 6 1352 123 37.55 1 9 1 124 58
5 Mushfiqur Rahim Ban 67 59 11 1042 72* 21.70 0 4 3 90 28
6 JC Buttler Eng 46 42 7 1022 73* 29,20 0 6 3 73 48

As many as 124 three figure partnerships have been posted by batsmen of various teams in T20Is. Indian batsmen have posted 14 three figure partnerships. All such occasions are tabulated below in the descending order of runs.

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 KL Rahul, RG Sharma 1 165 1 v Sri Lanka Indore 22 Dec 2017
2 S Dhawan, RG Sharma 1 160 2 v Ireland Dublin {M} 27 Jun 2018
3 S Dhawan, RG Sharma 1 158 1 v New Zealand Delhi 01 Nov 2017
4 V Kohli, RG Sharma 2 138 1 v South Africa Dharamsala 02 Oct 2015
5 G Gambhir, V Sehwag 1 136 1 v England Durban 19 Sep 2007
6 V Kohli, SK Raina 3 134 1 v Australia Adelaide 26 Jan 2016
7 V Kohli, MK Pandey 3 119 2 v Sri Lanka Colombo (RPS) 06 Sep 2017
8 MS Dhoni, KL Rahul 4 107 2 v West Indies Lauderhill 27 Aug 2016
9 V Kohli, RG Sharma 2 106 2 v West Indies Dhaka 23 Mar 2014
10 KL Rahul, SK Raina 2 106 1 v Ireland Dublin {M} 29 Jun 2018
11 Mandeep Singh, KL Rahul 1 103* 2 v Zimbabwe Harare 20 Jun 2016
12 MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh 5 102* 2 v Australia Rajkot 10 Oct 2013
13 SK Raina, RG Sharma 2 102 1 v Bangladesh Colombo (RPS) 14 Mar 2018
14 V Kohli, RG Sharma 2 100 2 v Bangladesh Dhaka 28 Mar 2014

Indian batsmen have posted three partnerships of 150 plus runs in T20Is. Such partnerships are listed below. It is  interesting  to note that these three partnerships are for the opening wicket.

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 KL Rahul, RG Sharma 1 165 1 v Sri Lanka Indore 22 Dec 2017
2 S Dhawan, RG Sharma 1 160 2 v Ireland Dublin {M} 27 Jun 2018
3 S Dhawan, RG Sharma 1 158 1 v New Zealand Delhi 01 Nov 2017

136 runs partnership for the first wicket between G Gambhir  and V Sehwag at Durban on 19 Sep 2007 is the only three figure partnership posted by England against England in T20Is.

The 165 runs partnership between KL Rahul and RG Sharma against Sri Lanka at Indore is the best partnership posted by Indian batsmen in T20Is.

SK Raina with 41 catches to his credit holds the  record  for most catches by an Indian fieldsman. He is one of the five fieldsmen who have pouched 40 plus catches in T20Is. Others are – AB de Villiers {44}, LRPL Taylor {44}, DA Warner {41} and Shoaib Malik {40}

MS Dhoni of India holds the record for most dismissals by a wicket keeper in T20Is.with 80 dismissals to his credit. He  is one  of the five wicket keepers who have  effected 50 plus  dismissals in T20Is. Others are – Kamran Akmal {60}, Mohammad Shahzad {54}, D Ramdin {53} and Mushfiqur Rahim {52}

MS Dhoni has pouched 49 catches prior to the game against England He  needs one more catch for his 50 catches. If he pouches one catch, he would then become the first ever wicket keeper in the history of T20Is to pouch 50 catches.

MS Dhoni has effected 31 stumping dismissals prior to the game against England today. He needs one more stumping dismissal for 32 stumping dismissals. If he effects it, he would then share  the record for most stumping dismissal in  the history of T20Is.  Kamran Akmal of Pakistan has effected 32 stumping dismissals.

There are 14 occasion of bowlers conceding 60 plus runs in an innings in T20Is. YS Chahal is the only Indian bowler to concede 60 plus runs in T20I. He returned with figures of none for 64 against South Africa at Centurion on 21 Feb 18

There are seven occasion of bowlers conceding 60 plus runs without capturing a wicket in an innings in T20Is. YS Chahal is the only Indian bowler to concede 60 plus runs without capturing a wicket in T20I. He returned with figures of none for 64 against South Africa at Centurion on 21 Feb 18

 

AJ Finch of Australia posts the highest individual score in Twenty20 Internationals

AJ Finch of Australia posts the highest individual score in Twenty20 Internationals

AJ Finch of Australia scored 172 against Zimbabwe at Harare on 03 Jul 18 to provide the fourth occasion of a captain opening batsman scoring a century in the history of T20Is. All the four occasions are listed below

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 AJ Finch 172 1 Aus Zim Harare 03 Jul 2018
2 SR Watson 124* 1 Aus Ind Sydney 31 Jan 2016
3 RG Sharma 118 1 Ind Srl Indore 22 Dec 2017
4 TM Dilshan 104* 1 Srl Aus Pallekele 06 Aug 2011

AJ Finch of Australia scored 172 against Zimbabwe at Harare on 03 Jul 18 to provide the second occasion of an Australian captain opening batsman scoring a century in  the history of T20Is. Both the occasions are listed below

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 AJ Finch 172 1 Aus Zim Harare 03 Jul 2018
2 SR Watson 124* 1 Aus Ind Sydney 31 Jan 2016

AJ Finch of Australia scored 172 against Zimbabwe at Harare on 03 Jul 18 which represents the highest individual score by a captain opening batsman in the history of T20Is. The previous best was 124 not out by SR Watson against  India at Sydney on 31 Jan 16.

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 AJ Finch 172 1 Aus Zim Harare 03 Jul 2018
2 SR Watson 124* 1 Aus Ind Sydney 31 Jan 2016

AJ Finch of Australia scored 172 against Zimbabwe at Harare on 03 Jul 18 to provide the 33rd occasion of a batsmen scoring a century in T20Is. It represents the highest individual score by a batsman in the history of T20Is. The previous best was his own 156 against England at Southampton 29 Aug 2013

AJ Finch of Australia scored 172 against Zimbabwe at Harare on 03 Jul 18 to provide the 24th occasion of an opening batsmen scoring a century in T20Is. It represents the highest individual score by an opening batsman in the history of T20Is. The previous best was his own 156 against England at Southampton 29 Aug 2013

AJ Finch of Australia scored 172 against Zimbabwe at Harare on 03 Jul 18 to provide the fifth occasion of a captain scoring a century in T20Is. It represents the highest individual score by a captain opening batsman in the history of T20Is. The previous best was 124 not out by SR Watson against India at Sydney on 31 Jan 16.

AJ Finch of Australia scored 172 against Zimbabwe at Harare on 03 Jul 18 which represents his fifth fifty as captain opening batsman in T20Is. He became the third captain opening batsman to score five fifties in T20Is after CH Gayle and KS Wiliiamson. The performance of these three captains is tabulated below.

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 CH Gayle 61 1 Win Eng The Oval 29 Jun 2007
2 CH Gayle 67 2 Win NZl Auckland 26 Dec 2008
3 CH Gayle 88 2 Win Aus The Oval 06 Jun 2009
4 CH Gayle 63* 2 Win Srl The Oval 19 Jun 2009
5 CH Gayle 98 1 Win Ind Bridgetown 09 May 2010
               
1 KS Williamson 53 1 NZl Srl Mt Maunganui 07 Jan 2016
2 KS Williamson 70 2 NZl Pak Auckland 15 Jan 2016
3 KS Williamson 72* 2 NZl Pak Hamilton 17 Jan 2016
4 KS Williamson 73* 2 NZl Ban Napier 03 Jan 2017
5 KS Williamson 60 1 NZl Ban Mt Maunganui 08 Jan 2017
               
1 AJ Finch 74 2 Aus Ind Melbourne 29 Jan 2016
2 AJ Finch 53 1 Aus Srl Adelaide 22 Feb 2017
3 AJ Finch 84 2 Aus Eng Birmingham 27 Jun 2018
4 AJ Finch 68* 2 Aus Pak Harare 02 Jul 2018
5 AJ Finch 172 1 Aus Zim Harare 03 Jul 2018

AJ Finch’s 172 in this game was his second century in T20Is. He joined the select band of batsmen who have scored two or more centuries in T20Is to become the eighth batsman. Others are – C Munro {03}, CH Gayle {02}, MJ Guptil {02}, E Lewis {02}, BB McCullum {02}, GJ Maxwell {02} and RG Sharma {02}

No No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 1 C Munro 101 1 NZl Ban Mount Maunganui 06 Jan 2017
  2 C Munro 109* 1 NZl Ind Rajkot 04 Nov 2017
  3 C Munro 104 1 NZl Win Mount Maunganui 03 Jan 2018
                 
2 1 AJ Finch 156 1 Aus Eng Southampton 29 Aug 2013
  2 AJ Finch 172 1 Aus Zim Harare 03 Jul 2018
                 
3 1 CH Gayle 117 1 Win RSA Johannesburg 11 Sep 2007
  2 CH Gayle 100* 2 Win Eng Mumbai 16 Mar 2016
                 
4 1 MJ Guptill 101* 2 NZl RSA East London 23 Dec 2012
  2 MJ Guptill 105 1 NZl Aus Auckland 16 Feb 2018
                 
5 1 E Lewis 100 1 Win Ind Lauderhill 27 Aug 2016
  2 E Lewis 125* 2 Win Ind Kingston 09 Jul 2017
                 
6 1 BB McCullum 116* 1 NZl Aus Christchurch 28 Feb 2010
  2 BB McCullum 123 1 NZl Ban Pallekele 21 Sep 2012
                 
7 1 GJ Maxwell 145* 1 Aus Srl Pallekele 06 Sep 2016
  2 GJ Maxwell 103* 2 Aus Eng Hobart 07 Feb 2018
                 
8 1 RG Sharma 106 1 Ind RSA Dharamsala 02 Oct 2015
  2 RG Sharma 118 1 Ind Srl Indore 22 Dec 2017

AJ Finch became the first batsman in the history of T20 Internationals to score 150 plus runs in an innings on two occasions. Both the  scores of 150 plus runs  are listed below

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 AJ Finch 156 1 Aus Eng Southampton 29 Aug 2013
2 AJ Finch 172 1 Aus Zim Harare 03 Jul 2018

AJ Finch became the  third batsman to score a century against Zimbabwe in T20Is. Others are Mohd Shahzad of Afghanistan and M Jayawardene of Sri Lanka. The centuries  scored by these three batsmen are tabulated below

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 AJ Finch 172 1 Aus Zim Harare 03 Jul 2018
2 Mohd Shahzad 118* 1 Afg Zim Sharjah 10 Jan 2016
3 M Jayawardene 100 1 Srl Zim Providence 03 May 2010

AJ Finchs’ 172 in this game represents the highest individual score  by a batsman against Zimbabwe. The previous best was 118  not out by Mohammad Shahzad of Afghanistan at Sharjah on 10 Jan 16.

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 AJ Finch 172 1 Aus Zim Harare 03 Jul 2018
2 Mohd Shahzad 118* 1 Afg Zim Sharjah 10 Jan 2016

 

Captain opening batsmen scoring fifties in Twenty20 Internationals

Captain opening batsmen scoring fifties in Twenty20 Internationals

AJ Finch of Australia scored 68 not out against Pakistan at Harare on 02 Jul 18 to provide the 35th occasion of captain opening batsman scoring a fifty in the history of T20 Internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 GC Smith 61 1 RSA NZl Johannesburg 21 Oct 2005
2 GC Smith 89* 1 RSA Aus Johannesburg 24 Feb 2006
3 GC Smith 71* 2 RSA Pak Johannesburg 02 Feb 2007
4 CH Gayle 61 1 Win Eng The Oval 29 Jun 2007
5 RR Watson 54 2 Sco Afg Belfast 04 Aug 2008
6 CH Gayle 67 2 Win NZl Auckland 26 Dec 2008
7 TM Dilshan 61 1 Srl Ind Colombo (RPS) 10 Feb 2009
8 CH Gayle 88 2 Win Aus The Oval 06 Jun 2009
9 BB McCullum 57 2 NZl RSA Lord’s 09 Jun 2009
10 CH Gayle 63* 2 Win Srl The Oval 19 Jun 2009
11 GC Smith 88 1 RSA Eng Centurion 15 Nov 2009
12 CH Gayle 98 1 Win Ind Bridgetown 09 May 2010
13 TM Dilshan 104* 1 Srl Aus Pallekele 06 Aug 2011
14 WTS Porterfield 56* 2 Ire Afg Dubai (DSC) 14 Mar 2012
15 DPMD Jayawardene 65* 2 Srl Win Pallekele 29 Sep 2012
16 MR Swart 89 1 Net Afg Windhoek 19 Apr 2013
17 CO Obuya 60* 1 Ken Afg Sharjah 11 Oct 2013
18 KS Williamson 53 1 NZl Srl Mt Maunganui 07 Jan 2016
19 KS Williamson 70 2 NZl Pak Auckland 15 Jan 2016
20 KS Williamson 72* 2 NZl Pak Hamilton 17 Jan 2016
21 AJ Finch 74 2 Aus Ind Melbourne 29 Jan 2016
22 SR Watson 124* 1 Aus Ind Sydney 31 Jan 2016
23 WTS Porterfield 72 2 Ire UAE Abu Dhabi 16 Feb 2016
24 LD Chandimal 58 1 Srl Pak Dhaka 04 Mar 2016
25 Rohan Mustafa 58 2 UAE Afg ICCA Dubai 18 Dec 2016
26 KS Williamson 73* 2 NZl Ban Napier 03 Jan 2017
27 KS Williamson 60 1 NZl Ban Mt Maunganui 08 Jan 2017
28 AJ Finch 53 1 Aus Srl Adelaide 22 Feb 2017
29 RG Sharma 118 1 Ind Srl Indore 22 Dec 2017
30 DA Warner 59 2 Aus NZl Auckland 16 Feb 2018
31 RG Sharma 89 1 Ind Ban Colombo (RPS) 14 Mar 2018
32 RG Sharma 56 2 Ind Ban Colombo (RPS) 18 Mar 2018
33 KJ Coetzer 54 1 Sco Ire Deventer 17 Jun 2018
34 AJ Finch 84 2 Aus Eng Birmingham 27 Jun 2018
35 AJ Finch 68* 2 Aus Pak Harare 02 Jul 2018

AJ Finch of Australia scored 68 not out against Pakistan at Harare on 02 Jul 18 to provide the sixth occasion of an Australian captain opening batsman scoring a fifty in the history of T20 Internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 AJ Finch 74 2 Aus Ind Melbourne 29 Jan 2016
2 SR Watson 124* 1 Aus Ind Sydney 31 Jan 2016
3 AJ Finch 53 1 Aus Srl Adelaide 22 Feb 2017
4 DA Warner 59 2 Aus NZl Auckland 16 Feb 2018
5 AJ Finch 84 2 Aus Eng Birmingham 27 Jun 2018
6 AJ Finch 68* 2 Aus Pak Harare 02 Jul 2018

AJ Finch of Australia scored 68 not out against Pakistan at Harare on 02 Jul 18 to provide the 35th occasion of captain opening batsman scoring a fifty against Pakistan in the history of T20 Internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 GC Smith 71* 2 RSA Pak Johannesburg 02 Feb 2007
2 KS Williamson 70 2 NZl Pak Auckland 15 Jan 2016
3 KS Williamson 72* 2 NZl Pak Hamilton 17 Jan 2016
4 LD Chandimal 58 1 Srl Pak Dhaka 04 Mar 2016
5 AJ Finch 68* 2 Aus Pak Harare 02 Jul 2018

AJ Finch of Australia scored 68 not out against Pakistan at Harare on 02 Jul 18 which represents his fourth fifty as captain opening batsman in T20Is. He became the fourth captain opening batsman to score four or more fifties in T20Is after CH Gayle, KS Wiliiamson and GC Smith. The performance of these four captains is tabulated below.

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 CH Gayle 61 1 Win Eng The Oval 29 Jun 2007
2 CH Gayle 67 2 Win NZl Auckland 26 Dec 2008
3 CH Gayle 88 2 Win Aus The Oval 06 Jun 2009
4 CH Gayle 63* 2 Win Srl The Oval 19 Jun 2009
5 CH Gayle 98 1 Win Ind Bridgetown 09 May 2010
               
1 KS Williamson 53 1 NZl Srl Mt Maunganui 07 Jan 2016
2 KS Williamson 70 2 NZl Pak Auckland 15 Jan 2016
3 KS Williamson 72* 2 NZl Pak Hamilton 17 Jan 2016
4 KS Williamson 73* 2 NZl Ban Napier 03 Jan 2017
5 KS Williamson 60 1 NZl Ban Mt Maunganui 08 Jan 2017
               
1 AJ Finch 74 2 Aus Ind Melbourne 29 Jan 2016
2 AJ Finch 53 1 Aus Srl Adelaide 22 Feb 2017
3 AJ Finch 84 2 Aus Eng Birmingham 27 Jun 2018
4 AJ Finch 68* 2 Aus Pak Harare 02 Jul 2018
               
1 GC Smith 61 1 RSA NZl Johannesburg 21 Oct 2005
2 GC Smith 89* 1 RSA Aus Johannesburg 24 Feb 2006
3 GC Smith 71* 2 RSA Pak Johannesburg 02 Feb 2007
4 GC Smith 88 1 RSA Eng Centurion 15 Nov 2009