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AJ Finch scored 74 against India at Melbourne on 29.01.16 to provide the 19^th occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty against India while batting second – that is while chasing. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AJ Finch	74	2	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	29 Jan 2016
2	JH Kallis	73	2	RSA	Ind	Gros Islet	02 May 2010
3	SR Watson	72	2	Aus	Ind	Col-RPS	28 Sep 2012
4	BB McCullum	69*	2	NZl	Ind	Wellington	27 Feb 2009
5	JP Duminy	68*	2	RSA	Ind	Dharamsala	02 Oct 2015
6	MN van Wyk	67	2	RSA	Ind	Durban	09 Jan 2011
7	DJ Bravo	66*	2	Win	Ind	Lord’s	12 Jun 2009
8	F du Plessis	65	2	RSA	Ind	Col-RPS	02 Oct 2012
9	DA Warner	63*	2	Aus	Ind	Col-RPS	28 Sep 2012
10	ML Hayden	62	2	Aus	Ind	Durban	22 Sep 2007
11	Mohammad Hafeez	61	2	Pak	Ind	Bangalore	25 Dec 2012
12	Shoaib Malik	57*	2	Pak	Ind	Bangalore	25 Dec 2012
13	BB McCullum	56*	2	NZl	Ind	Christchurch	25 Feb 2009
14	Mohammad Hafeez	55	2	Pak	Ind	Ahmedabad	28 Dec 2012
15	Misbah-ul-Haq	53	2	Pak	Ind	Durban	14 Sep 2007
16	KP Pietersen	53	2	Pak	Ind	Kolkata	29 Oct 2011
17	KC Sangakkara	52*	2	Srl	Ind	Dhaka	06 Apr 2014
18	AB de Villiers	51	2	RSA	Ind	Dharamsala	02 Oct 2015
19	MJ Lumb	50	2	Eng	Ind	Mumbai	22 Dec 2012

AJ Finch scored 74 against India at Melbourne on 29.01.16 to provide the fourth occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a fifty against India while batting second – that is while chasing. All such occasions are listed below. It also represents the highest score by an Australian batsman against India while batting second in T20I. Previous best was 72 by SR Watson against India at Col-RPS on 28.09.12

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AJ Finch	74	2	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	29 Jan 2016
3	SR Watson	72	2	Aus	Ind	Col-RPS	28 Sep 2012
3	DA Warner	63*	2	Aus	Ind	Col-RPS	28 Sep 2012
4	ML Hayden	62	2	Aus	Ind	Durban	22 Sep 2007

AJ Finch scored 74 against India at Melbourne on 29.01.16 to provide the highest score by a batsman against India while batting second in T20I. Previous best was 73 by JH Kallis of South Africa at Gros Islet on 02.05.10

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AJ Finch	74	2	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	29 Jan 2016
2	JH Kallis	73	2	RSA	Ind	Gros Islet	02 May 2010

AJ Finch scored 74 against India at Melbourne on 29.01.16 to provide the sixth occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty in a losing cause against India while batting second – that is while chasing. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AJ Finch	74	2	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	29 Jan 2016
2	JH Kallis	73	2	RSA	Ind	Gros Islet	02 May 2010
3	MN van Wyk	67	2	RSA	Ind	Durban	09 Jan 2011
4	F du Plessis	65	2	RSA	Ind	Col-RPS	02 Oct 2012
5	ML Hayden	62	2	Aus	Ind	Durban	22 Sep 2007
6	Mohammad Hafeez	55	2	Pak	Ind	Ahmedabad	28 Dec 2012

AJ Finch scored 74 against India at Melbourne on 29.01.16 to provide the second occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a fifty in a losing cause against India while batting second – that is while chasing. Both the occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AJ Finch	74	2	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	29 Jan 2016
2	ML Hayden	62	2	Aus	Ind	Durban	22 Sep 2007

AJ Finch scored 74 against India at Melbourne on 29.01.16 to provide the highest score by a batsman against India in a losing cause while batting second in T20I. Previous best was 73 by JH Kallis of South Africa at Gros Iselt on 02.05.10

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AJ Finch	74	2	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	29 Jan 2016
2	JH Kallis	73	2	RSA	Ind	Gros Islet	02 May 2010

 

Australia capped three cricketers – SM Boland, NM Lyon and AJ Tye for this game. They became the 75^th, 76^th and 77^tt cricketers to represent Australia in T20Is. They also became the seventh, eighth and ninth Australian cricketers to make their T20I debut against India   

Australia capped three cricketers in this game to provide the 99^th occasion of a team capping three or more cricketers in the history of T20I games. These occasions include the team’s debut in T20Is

Australia capped three cricketers in this game to provide the tenth occasion of Australia capping three or more cricketers in a T20I. This includes Australia’s debut in T20Is

Australia won the toss and inserted the opposition in this game to provide the 17^th occasion of Australia doing so against all oppositions and it also provides the third such occasion against India.

Australia won the toss and inserted the opposition and lost this game to provide the tenth occasion of Australia losing a T20I game after winning the toss and inserting the opposition against various oppositions in T20Is. It also provides the third such occasion against India.

RG Sharma and AJ Finch scored 60 and 74 respectively in this game to provide the 39th occasion of rival openers scoring fifties in the history of T20I games. It also provides the third such occasion in Australia-India T20I series

RG Sharma and AJ Finch scored 60 and 74 respectively and were dismissed run out in this game to provide the very first occasion of rival openers dismissed run out after scoring fifties in the history of T20I games

RG Sharma and AJ Finch scored 60 and 74 respectively and were dismissed run out in this game to provide the 17^th and 18th occasion of openers dismissed run out after scoring fifties in the history of T20I games.

RG Sharma scored 60 and was dismissed run out in this game to provide the first occasion of an Indian opener dismissed run out after scoring fifty in a T20I game.

AJ Finch scored 74 and was dismissed run out in this game to provide the third occasion of an Australian opener dismissed run out after scoring fifty in a T20I game.

AJ Finch scored 74 in this game to provide the 77th occasion of a captain scoring a fifty in the history of T20Is. It also provides the seventh occasion of an Australian captain scoring a fifty in a T20I

AJ Finch scored 74 in this game to provide the 21st occasion of a captain opener scoring a fifty in the history of T20Is. It also provides the first occasion of an Australian captain opener scoring a fifty in a T20I

AJ Finch scored 74 and was dismissed run out in this game to provide the third occasion of a captain opener scoring a fifty in the history of T20Is. It also provides the first occasion of an Australian captain opener dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in a T20I. All the three such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	CH Gayle	98	1	Win	Ind	Bridgetown	09 May 2010
2	MR Swart	89	1	Net	Ken	Windhoek	19 Apr 2013
3	AJ Finch	74	2	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	29 Jan 2016

AJ Finch became the second captain opener to be dismissed runout after scoring a fifty against India. CH Gayle was dismissed for 98 at Bridgetown on 09.05.10.

RG Sharma was dismissed run out for 60 in this game to provide the second occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in T20I. V Kohli was the other batsman. He was dismissed run out for 77 against Sri Lanka at Dhaka on 06.04.14

RG Sharma completed 900 runs in T20Is when he was on 2 during the course of his knock of 60 in this game. His run aggregate read 958 at the end of this game. He became the fifth Indian batsman to total 900 plus runs in T20Is. Others are – V Kohli {1165}, SK Raina {1024}, Yuvraj Singh {968} an G Gambhir {932}. MS Dhoni is on the threshold of joining the five elite batsman. He has an aggregate of 899 runs and need one more run for his 900 runs.

V Kohli’s 59 not out in this game provides his eleventh fifty in T20Is. He became the fifth batsman in the history of T20Is to score eleven or more fifties. Others are – BB McCullum {15}, CH Gayle {14}, TM Dilshan {12} and DA Warner {11}

AJ Finch-SE Marsh posted 94 runs for the first wicket and RG Sharma-S Dhawan added 97 runs for the first wicket in this game to provide the first occasion of rival teams posting 90 plus runs partnership for the first wicket in the history of T20Is

AJ Finch-SE Marsh posted 94 runs for the first wicket a to provide the third occasion of Australian batsmen posting 90 plus runs partnership for the first wicket in T20Is

RG Sharma-S Dhawan added 97 runs for the first wicket in this game to provide the first occasion of Indian batsmen posting 90 plus runs partnership for the first wicket in T20Is

V Kohli became the first batsman in T20Is to total 1000 plus runs while batting at number three. He reached the landmark when he was on 51 during the course of his knock of 59 not out in this game. At the end of this game, his run aggregate read 1008.

V Kohli became the first batsman in T20Is to score ten fifties while batting at number three. His 59 not out in this game represent his tenth fifty while batting at number three.

V Kohli became the first batsman in T20Is to score 100 plus boundary fours while batting at number three. He scored seven boundary fours in his knock of 59 not out in this game. His fifth boundary four gave him the land mark of 100 boundary fours. At the end of this game, his boundary fours aggregate read 102.

V Kohli is the only batsman in the history of T20Is – as on date – to total 1000 plus runs, score ten fifties and score 100 plus boundary fours while batting at number three.

AJ Finch’s 74 in this game was in a losing cause to provide the 183rd occasion of a batsman’s fifty going in vain in the history of T20Is.  It also provides the 19th occasion of an Australian batsman’s fifty in a losing cause

AJ Finch’s 74 was in a losing cause in this game. It was his third fifty in a losing cause. He became the second Australian batsman to witness three or more fifties going in vain in T20Is. DA Warner is  the other batsman to witness his five fifties going in vain in T20Is. AJ Finch became the 16th batsman in the history of T20Is to witness three of more fifties in a losing cause

AJ Finch’s 74 in this game was in a losing cause to provide the 33rd occasion of a captain’s fifty going in vain in the history of T20Is.  It also provides the fourth occasion of an Australian captain’s fifty in a losing cause

AJ Finch’s 74 in this game was in a losing cause to provide the eighth occasion of a captain opener’s fifty going in vain in the history of T20Is.  It also provides the first occasion of an Australian captain opener’s fifty in a losing cause

AJ Finch’s 74 in this game was in a losing cause to provide the 76th occasion of an opener’s fifty going in vain in the history of T20Is.  It also provides the eleventh occasion of an Australian opener’s fifty in a losing cause

India capped JJ Bumrah and HH Pandya for this game. They became the 57^th and 58^th cricketers to represent India in T20Is. They also became the sixth and seventh Indian cricketers to make their T20I debut against Australia

Australia capped TM Head for this game. He became the 74^th cricketer to represent Australia in T20Is. They also became the sixth Australian cricketer to make his T20I debut against India

Australia won the toss and inserted the opposition to provide the 16^th occasion of Australia doing so against various oppositions in T20Is. It also provides the second such occasion against India. The first occasion was at Dhaka on 30.03.14

V Kohli scored 90 not out in this game to provide the 21^st occasion of a batsman scoring an individual ninety in T20Is. It also provides the first occasion of an Indian batsman scoring an individual ninety in T20Is. It also provides the fourth occasion of a batsman scoring a ninety against Australia in T20Is

V Kohli’s 90 not out in this game was his tenth fifty of his T20I career. It also represents his best score in T20Is. The previous best was 78 not out against Pakistan at Col-RPS on 30.09.12

V Kohli became the ninth batsman in the history of T20Is to score ten or more fifties. He also became the first Indian batsman to earn the distinction of scoring ten fifties

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	3	199	91
2	MJ Guptill	NZl	57	55	7	1666	101*	34.70	1	9	2	154	68
3	TM Dilshan	Srl	68	67	10	1618	104*	28.38	1	11	9	191	27
4	M Jayawardene	Srl	55	55	8	1493	100	31.76	1	9	4	173	33
5	DA Warner	Aus	54	54	3	1465	90*	28.72	0	11	5	139	67
6	CH Gayle	Win	45	43	3	1406	117	35.15	1	13	2	122	87
7	H Masakadza	Zim	44	44	2	1320	93*	31.42	0	10	0	120	46
8	SR Watson	Aus	50	48	3	1176	81	26.13	0	10	3	90	70
9	V Kohli	Ind	31	29	6	1106	90*	48.08	0	10	0	115	25

V Kohli’s aggregate of boundary sixes at the end of this game read 25. He became the 44^th batsman in the history of T20Is to total 25 or more sixes. He also became the fifth Indian batsman to score 25 or more sixes in T20Is. Others are – Yuvraj Singh {63}, SK Raina {37}, RG Sharma {33} and MS Dhoni {26}

V Kohli and SK Raina added 134 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the 89th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership in T20Is. It also provides the 18th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the third wicket in T20Is

V Kohli and SK Raina added 134 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the sixth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in T20Is. It also provides the first occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the third wicket in T20Is

V Kohli and SK Raina added 134 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the record stand by Indian batsmen for the third wicket in T20Is. The previous best was the 88 runs partnership against South Africa at Gros Islet on 02.05.10

India posted 188 for 3 in this game which represent the highest team total by India against Australia in Australia. The previous best was 140 for 6 at Sydney on 01.02.12

India posted 188 for 3 in this game which represent the fifth occasion of India posting a total of 150 plus against Australia

SK Raina completed 1000 runs in T20Is when he was on 17 during his knock of 41 in this game. At the end of this game his run aggregate in T20Is read 1024. He became the second Indian batsman to total 1000 runs in T20Is after V Kohli. V Kohli’s run aggregate at the end of this game 1106

SK Raina completed 1000 runs in T20Is when he was on 17 during his knock of 41 in this game. At the end of this game his run aggregate in T20Is read 1024. He became the 22^nd batsman to total 1000 runs in the history of T20Is

SR Watson was making his 50^th appearance in T20Is. He became the 29^th cricketer in the history of T20Is to play 50 T20Is. He also became the second Australian cricketer to achieve this distinction after DA Warner. DA Warner has played 54 T20Is.

JJ Bumrah returned with figures of 3 for 23 to provide the 51^st occasion of a bowler capturing three or more wickets on debut in T20Is. It also provides the fourth occasion of an Indian bowler capturing three or more wickets on T20I debut. All the four occasions are listed below

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	PP Ojha	4.0	0	21	4	2	Ban	Nottingham	06 Jun 2009
2	B Kumar	4.0	0	09	3	2	Pak	Bangalore	25 Dec 2012
3	AR Patel	4.0	0	17	3	2	Zim	Harare	17 Jul 2015
4	JJ Bumrah	3.3	0	23	3	2	Aus	Adelaide	26 Jan 2016

Australia was dismissed all out for 151 in this game to provide the 12^th occasion of Australia dismissed all out in T20Is. It also provides the seventh occasion of Australia dismissed all out while batting second – that is while chasing the target.

Australia was dismissed all out for 151 in this game to provide the third occasion of Australia dismissed all out against India in T20Is. It also provides the second occasion of Australia dismissed all out while batting second against India – that is while chasing the target. The first such occasion was at Dhaka on 30.03.14 when Australia was dismissed all out for 86 by India.

India won this game by 37 runs to provide the 32^nd occasion of India winning a T20I game. It also provides India’s sixth win against Australia

V Kohli’s 90 not out in this game provide the 41^st occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty against various oppositions in T20Is. It also provides the seventh occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty against Australia in T20Is. It also represents the highest individual score by an Indian batsman against Australia in T20Is. The previous best was 79 not out by RG Sharma at Bridgetown on 07.05.10

The Result summary between the two teams at the end of this game read thus

Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Tie+W	Tie+L	NR
Australia	10	4	6	0	0	0	0
India	10	6	4	0	0	0	0

R Ashwin captured two wickets conceding 28 runs in this game and took his tally of wickets to 31 in T20Is. He became the first Indian bowler to capture 30 plus wickets in T20Is. He also became the 39^th bowler in the history of T20Is to capture 30 plus wickets.

South Africa lost its half side with the score card reading 5 for 45 in its second innings in the just concluded test against India at Mohali to provide the seventh occasion of South Africa losing its five wickets for 50 and less than 50 runs in a test innings. All such occasions are listed below.

No	FoW	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	5/45	3	Eng	Cape Town	19 Mar 1892
2	5/45	4	Ind	Mohali	05 Nov 2015
3	5/46	4	Aus	Melbourne	31 Dec 1910
4	5/49	2	Eng	Leeds	29 Jul 1907
5	5/49	3	Aus	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1936
6	5/50	1	Eng	The Oval	12 Aug 1912
7	5/50	4	Eng	Nottingham	14 Aug 2003

South Africa lost its half side with the score card reading 5 for 45 in its second innings in the just concluded test against India at Mohali to provide the second occasion of South Africa losing its five wickets for exact 45 runs in a test innings. The first such occasions was against England at Cape Town in Mar 1892 in the third innings of the test.

No	FoW	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	5/45	3	Eng	Cape Town	19 Mar 1892
2	5/45	4	Ind	Mohali	05 Nov 2015

Thus It took 123 years to have South Africa reeling at 5 for 45 in a test Innings for another team after being in such a position against England in Mar 1892 against England at Cape Town. The difference between 2015 and 1892 is 123.

The following table lists out all occasions of a team losing its five wickets in a test innings for exact 45 runs. It is also observed that for the first time India had a team losing its half side for 45 runs

No	Team	FoW	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Eng	5/45	2	Aus	Melbourne	30 Dec 1882
2	SAF	5/45	3	Eng	Cape Town	19 Mar 1892
3	Eng	5/45	1	Aus	Lord’s	15 Jun 1899
4	Win	5/45	2	Eng	Port of Spain	28 Jan 1960
5	NZl	5/45	2	Eng	Nottingham	07 Jun 1973
6	Aus	5/45	1	Win	Port of Spain	03 Mar 1978
7	Ind	5/45	2	Eng	Lord’s	10 Jun 1982
8	NZl	5/45	4	Pak	Faisalabad	26 Oct 1990
9	Ind	5/45	4	Win	Bridgetown	27 Mar 1997
10	Win	5/45	1	Pak	Peshawar	17 Nov 1997
11	Zim	5/45	4	Srl	Galle	12 Jan 2002
12	Win	5/45	3	Eng	Bridgetown	01 Apr 2004
13	NZl	5/45	2	SAF	Centurion	15 Apr 2006
14	Ban	5/45	3	NZl	Wellington	12 Jan 2008
15	Pak	5/45	2	Eng	Nottingham	29 Jul 2010
16	Zim	5/45	3	Pak	Bulawayo	01 Sep 2011
17	SAF	5/45	4	Ind	Mohali	05 Nov 2015

 

MS Dhoni has scored 68 fifties prior to the start of this series. He needs two more fifties for his 70 fifties. If he gets it, he would then become the 17^th batsman in the annals of one day games to score 70 plus fifties.

MS Dhoni has scored 59 half centuries prior to the start of this series. He needs one more half century for his 60 half centuries If he gets it he would then become the 13^th batsman in the annals of one day games to score 60 plus half centuries

MS Dhoni has scored 68 fifties as wicket keeper prior to the start of this series. He needs two more fifties for his 70 fifties. If he gets it he would then become the second wicket keeper batsman in the annals of one day games to score 70 plus fifties.  KC Sangakkara has scored 114 fifties. MS Dhoni would go past AC Gilchrist who has scored 69 fifties on his way to second place.

MS Dhoni has scored 45 half centuries as captain prior to the start of this series. He needs five more half centuries for his 50 half centuries. If he gets it he would then become the second batsman in the annals of one day games to score 50 plus half centuries. RT Ponting is the other captain to score 50 half centuries. He has scored 51 half centuries.

India has won 147 one day games when MS Dhoni was keeping wickets prior to the start of this series. Three more wins would give India 150 wins. If India wins three games, then it would the third team in the history of one day games to win 150 plus games under a wicket keeper.  Others two teams are – Australia {AC Gilchirst – 199 games} and Sri Lanka {KC Sangakkara – 195 games}

MS Dhoni has scored 6143 runs as captain prior to the start of this series. He needs 153 more runs to overhaul the aggregate of SP Fleming who has scored 6295 runs as captain and is occupying the second place amongst the captains who have scored most runs in one day games. If MS Dhoni overhauls the aggregate of SP Fleming, then he would occupy the second place after RT Ponting. RT Ponting has an aggregate of 8197 runs as captain

MS Dhoni has scored 19 fifties while leading India on home soil. He needs one more fifty for his 20^th fifty. If he gets it, he would then become the third captain in the annals of one day games to score 20 plus fifties on home soil. Others are – RT Ponting {25} and GC Smith {25}

MS Dhobi has scored four centuries while leading India on home soil. One more hundred would fetch him his fifth hundred and with it he would share the second place amongst the captains who have scored most centuries on home soil with GC Smith. GC Smith scored five centuries. RT Ponting with ten centuries to his credit occupies the first place.

MS Dhoni has scored 19 fifties as captain wicket keeper on home soil He needs one more fifty for his 20^th fifty. If he gets it, he would then own the record of becoming the first wicket keeper captain to score 20 fifties on home soil in the annals of one day games

MS Dhoni has played 95 one day games as wicket keeper batsman on home soil. He needs five more games for his 100^th game. If he appears in all the five games of the ensuing series, he would be playing his 100^th game in the last one-day game of the series. He would then become the fourth wicket keeper batsman to appear in 100 one day games on home soil. Others are – MV Boucher {133}, KC Sangakkara {129} and AC Gilchrist {115}

MS Dhoni has scored 3407 runs as wicket keeper batsman on home soil. He needs 93 more runs for his 3500 runs. If he gets them, then he would become the third batsman in the annals of one day games to score 3500 plus runs on home soil. Others are – KC Sangakkara [4520} and AC Gilchrist {3960}

MS Dhoni has scored 2271 runs as captain on home soil. He needs 106 runs to overhaul the aggregate of 2376 by GC Smith. If he gets it, then he would occupy the third place in the list of captains who have scored most runs on home soil. Others are – RT Ponting {3093} and AR Border {2647}.

MS Dhoni has scored 2271 runs as captain on home soil. He needs 377 runs to overhaul the Aggregate of 2647 by AR Border. If he gets it, then he would occupy the second place in the list of captains who have scored most runs on home soil. RT Ponting with 3093 runs to his credit occupies the first place.

MS Dhoni and GC Smith share the record for the fourth place amongst the captains who have led their teams on most occasions on home soil. Both have led on 63 occasions. The first ODI at Kanpur would be the 64^th captaincy assignment for MS Dhoni. He would then occupy the fourth place amongst the captains who have led their teams on most occasions on home soil. AR Border {114}, RT Ponting {89} and SP Fleming {81} occupy the first three places  

MS Dhoni has effected 98 dismissals on home soil prior to the start of this series. He needs two more dismissals for his 100 dismissals. If he effects them, then he would become the sixth wicket keeper in the annals of one day games to effect 100 plus dismissals. Others are – MV Boucher {204}, AC Gilchrist {194}, KC Sangakkara {194}, IA Healy {128} and BB McCullum {106}

MS Dhoni has pouched 246 catches as a wicket keeper prior to the start of this series. He needs four more catches for his 250 catches. If he takes then, he would then become the fourth wicket keeper in the annals of one day games to pouch 250 plus catches. Others are – AC Gilchrist {417}, MV Boucher {402} and KC Sangakkara {383}

MS Dhoni has effected 85 stumping dismissals prior to the start of this series. He needs five more stumping dismissals for his 90 stumping dismissals. If he effects them, he would then become the second wicket keeper to effect 90 plus stumping dismissals in the annals of one day games after KC Sangakkara. KC Sangakkara has effected 99 stumping dismissals.

 

India and South Africa T20I game at Kolkota on 08.10.15 was abandoned without a ball being bowled to provide the 14^th occasion of a T20I game abandoned without a ball being bowled in the history of T20 Internationals. All such occasions are listed below.

No	Team 1	Team 2	Ground	Match Date
1	England	South Africa	Chester-le-Street	20 Aug 2008
2	England	Australia	Manchester	01 Sep 2009
3	India	New Zealand	Visakhapatnam	08 Sep 2012
4	South Africa	Pakistan	Durban	01 Mar 2013
5	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	Pallekele	19 Nov 2013
6	South Africa	Australia	Port Elizabeth	09 Mar 2014
7	Hong Kong	Nepal	Dambulla	19 Nov 2014
8	Hong Kong	Nepal	Dambulla	20 Nov 2014
9	Hong Kong	Nepal	Dambulla	21 Nov 2014
10	Hong Kong	Nepal	Dambulla	22 Nov 2014
11	Hong Kong	P.N.G.	Bready	13 Jul 2015
12	Ireland	Hong Kong	Dublin	26 Jul 2015
13	Netherlands	Scotland	Dublin	26 Jul 2015
14	India	South Africa	Kolkata	08 Oct 2015

India and South Africa T20I game at Kolkota on 08.10.15 was abandoned without a ball being bowled to provide the fourth occasion of a T20I game abandoned without a ball being bowled involving South Africa in the history of T20 Internationals. All such occasions are listed below.

No	Team 1	Team 2	Ground	Match Date
1	England	South Africa	Chester-le-Street	20 Aug 2008
2	South Africa	Pakistan	Durban	01 Mar 2013
3	South Africa	Australia	Port Elizabeth	09 Mar 2014
4	India	South Africa	Kolkata	08 Oct 2015

India and South Africa T20I game at Kolkota on 08.10.15 was abandoned without a ball being bowled to provide the second occasion of a T20I game abandoned without a ball being bowled involving India in the history of T20 Internationals. All such occasions are listed below.

No	Team 1	Team 2	Ground	Match Date
1	India	New Zealand	Visakhapatnam	08 Sep 2012
2	India	South Africa	Kolkata	08 Oct 2015

India and South Africa T20I game at Kolkata on 08.10.15 was abandoned without a ball being bowled to provide the second occasion of a T20I game abandoned without a ball being bowled on Indian soil – the first one being the India-New Zealand encounter at Vishakhapatnam 08.09.12. Both the  occasions are listed below.

No	Team 1	Team 2	Ground	Match Date
1	India	New Zealand	Visakhapatnam	08 Sep 2012
2	India	South Africa	Kolkata	08 Oct 2015

 

 

 

South Africa will be playing its 83^rd T20I when it meets India in the third T20I at Kolkata. South Africa and New Zealand will share the second place among the teams which have played most T20Is in the history of T20 Internationals. The first place is occupied by Pakistan which has played 92 games

South Africa has won 49 T20Is so far. One more win would give South Africa its 50^th win and South Africa would become the second team to 50 T20I games.   Pakistan is the other team to win 50 T20Is. It has won 56 T20Is

SK Raina has an aggregate of 983 runs in T20Is. He needs 17 more runs for his 1000 runs. If he gets them, he would then become the 21^st batsman in the history of T20Is to total 1000 plus runs. He would also become the second Indian batsman after V Kohli to total 1000 plus runs.

V Kohli has scored nine fifties in T20Is prior to the start of this game. One more fifty would fetch him his tenth fifty. If he gets it, he would then become the first Indian batsman to score ten fifties in T20Is. He would also become the seventh batsman in the history of T20Is to score ten or more fifties. Others are – B McCullum {15}, CH Gayle {14}, DA Warner {11}, DPMD Jayawardene {10}, TM Dilshan {10} and SR Watson {10}

RG Sharma has scored eight fifties in T20Is. He needs one more fifty for his ninth fifty. If V Kohli does not get his tenth fifty and if RG Sharma gets a fifty, then V Kohli and RG Sharma share the record for most fifties by an Indian batsman in T20Is. Both the batsmen would have scored nine fifties.

R Ashwin who holds the record for most wickets by an Indian bowler in T20Is with 29 wickets to his credit needs one more wicket for his 30 wickets in T20Is. If he gets it, he would then become the first Indian bowler to capture 30 wickets in T20Is. He would also become the 36^th bowler to capture 30 plus wickets in the history of T20Is.

JP Duminy has pouched 28 catches in T20Is prior to the start of this game. He needs two more catches for his 30 catches. If he takes them he would then become the second South African fieldsman to pouch 30 plus catches. AB de Villiers has taken 37 catches.

AB de Villiers has taken 37 catches prior to the start of this game. He needs three more catches for his 40 catches. If he takes them, he would then become the first South African fieldsman to take 40 cathces. He would also become the first fieldsman to take 40 catches in T20Is. He would go past LRPL Taylor of New Zealand who has taken 39 catches in T20Is.

Q de Cock and AB de Villers share the record for most dismissals by a South African wicket keeper in T20Is. Both have effected 27 dismissals. One more dismissal for Q de Cock would fetch him the record for most dismissals by a South African wicket keeper in T20Is.

 

V Kohli was dismissed run out for a single after facing one delivery in the second T20I between India and Cuttack on 05.10.2015 to provide the 34^th occasion of a batsman dismissed run out for one after facing one delivery in the history of T20 Internationals. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	A Flintoff	1	1	2	Eng	NZl	Durban	18 Sep 2007
2	Mushfiqur Rahim	1	1	2	Ban	Srl	Johannesburg	18 Sep 2007
3	Mahmudullah	1	1	1	Ban	Pak	Cape Town	20 Sep 2007
4	Salman Butt	1	1	1	Pak	Ban	Karachi	20 Apr 2008
5	A Bagai	1	1	2	Can	Net	Belfast	02 Aug 2008
6	MA Ouma	1	1	2	Ken	Can	Belfast	03 Aug 2008
7	HS Baidwan	1	1	2	Can	Pak	King City (NW)	10 Oct 2008
8	V Sehwag	1	1	2	Ind	Srl	Col-RPS	10 Feb 2009
9	RM West	1	1	1	Ire	Ind	Nottingham	10 Jun 2009
10	WTS Porterfield	1	1	2	Ire	NZl	Nottingham	11 Jun 2009
11	RM West	1	1	2	Ire	Pak	The Oval	15 Jun 2009
12	PD McGlashan	1	1	1	NZl	Srl	Col-RPS	02 Sep 2009
13	Mirwais Ashraf	1	1	1	Afg	Ire	Dubai (DSC)	09 Feb 2010
14	GJ Hopkins	1	1	2	NZl	Srl	Providence	30 Apr 2010
15	SNJ O’Keefe	1	1	2	Aus	Srl	Pallekele	o8 Aug 2011
16	P Utseya	1	1	1	Zim	NZl	Harare	15 Oct 2011
17	XJ Doherty	1	1	1	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	03 Feb 2012
18	WTS Porterfield	1	1	2	Ire	Ken	Mombasa	22 Feb 2012
19	NN Odhiambo	1	1	1	Ken	Ire	Mombasa	23 Feb 2012
20	JO Ngoche	1	1	2	Ken	Sco	Dubai (CA)	13 Mar 2012
21	Mirwais Ashraf	1	1	1	Afg	Can	Dubai (CA)	18 Mar 2012
22	CS Baugh	1	1	1	Win	Aus	Gros Islet	27 Mar 2012
23	Sohail Tanvir	1	1	2	Pak	Srl	Hambantota	01 Jun 2012
24	Elias Sunny	1	1	1	Ban	Net	The Hague	26 Jul 2012
25	DAJ Bracewell	1	1	2	NZl	Win	Pallekele	01 Oct 2012
26	CS MacLeod	1	1	2	Sco	Afg	Sharjah	03 Mar 2013
27	TN de Grooth	1	1	1	Net	Ken	Windhoek	19 Apr 2013
28	G Goudie	1	1	2	Sco	Afg	Sharjah	16 Nov 2013
29	AS Dean	1	1	2	Can	Ken	Sharjah	26 Nov 2013
30	JC Tredwell	1	1	2	Eng	Win	Bridgetown	09 Mar 2014
31	SD Parry	1	1	2	Eng	Net	Chittagong	31 Mar 2014
32	D Ramdin	1	1	1	Win	NZl	Roseau	05 Jul 2014
33	Sohail Tanvir	1	1	2	Pak	Srl	Col-RPS	01 Aug 2015
34	V Kohli	1	1	1	Ind	RSA	Cuttack	05 Oct 2015

V Kohli was dismissed run out for a single after facing one delivery in the second T20I between India and Cuttack on 05.10.2015 to provide the second occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out for one after facing one delivery in the history of T20 Internationals. V Sehwag was the other batsman to be dismissed in such a manner. He was dismissed for one after facing one delivery against Sri Lanka at Col-RPS on 10.02.09. Both the occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	V Sehwag	1	1	2	Ind	Srl	Col-RPS	10 Feb 2009
2	V Kohli	1	1	1	Ind	RSA	Cuttack	05 Oct 2015

 

Second T20I – India vs South Africa at Cuttack on 05.10.2015 – South Africa won by six wickets.

South Africa won the toss and inserted the opposition in the game to provide the 17^th occasion of South Africa inserting the opposition in T20Is. It also provides the third such occasion against India.

South Africa and India share the fourth place in the list of teams which have inserted the opposition in T20Is. Both the teams have inserted the opposition on 17 occasions. New Zealand {26}, England {22} and Pakistan {18} are the teams to occupy the first three positions in this category of statistics

CK Nandan was making his international debut as an umpire in this game. He is from Karnataka. He became the tenth Indian umpire to officiate a T20I game and also the second umpire from Karnataka to officiate a T20I game. SK Tarapore is the other Karnataka Umpire to officiate a T20I game. He has officiated in three T20I games

V Kohli was dismissed run out for 1 in this game to provide the 36th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out in a T20I game. It also provides the ninth occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out against South Africa in a T20I game.

V Kohli was dismissed run out for 1 in this game to provide the third occasion his being dismissed run out in a T20I game. MS Dhoni {06}, G Gambhir {03}, RA Jadeja {03}, SK Raina {03} and V Sehwag {03} are the other Indian batsman to be dismissed run out in T20Is on three or more than three occasions.

RG Sharma was dismissed run out for 22 in this game to provide the 38^th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out in a T20I game. It also provides the tenth occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out in a T20I game against South Africa

RG Sharma was dismissed run out for 22 in this game to provide the 38^th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out in a T20I game. It also provides the tenth occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out in a T20I game against South Africa

RG Sharma was dismissed run out for 22 in this game to provide the third occasion his being dismissed run out in a T20I game. MS Dhoni {06}, G Gambhir {03}, RA Jadeja {03}, SK Raina {03}, V Kohli {03} and V Sehwag {03} are the other Indian batsman to be dismissed run out in T20Is on three or more than three occasions.

RG Sharma was dismissed run out for 22 in this game to provide the tenth occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed run out in a T20I game. It also provides the third occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out in a T20I game against South Africa.

AT Rayudu, Harbhajan Singh and B Kumar scored ducks in this game to provide the 25^th, 26^th and 27^th occasion of Indian batsman scoring ducks in T20Is. It also provides the 6^th, 7^th and 8^th occasion of Indian batsman scoring ducks against South Africa in T20Is.

AT Rayudu, Harbhajan Singh and B Kumar scored ducks in this game to provide the second occasion of three Indian batsmen scoring ducks in an innings. The other such occasion was against England at Kolkata on 29.10.11. Batsmen were – AM Rahane, RA Jadeja and P Kumar.

AT Rayudu, Harbhajan Singh and B Kumar scored ducks in this game to provide the 44th occasion of three or more batsmen scoring ducks in an innings in the history of T20Is. It also provides the fourth such occasion against South Africa. The other three occasion were – Scotland batsman at The Oval on 07.09.09, Sri Lankan batsmen at Col-RPS on 02.08.13 and Pakistan batsmen at Dubai {DSC} on 13.11.13.

Harbhajan Singh collected the first ball duck in this game to provide the 283^rd occasion of a batsman scoring a first ball duck in the history of T20 Internationals. It also provides the eleventh occasion of Indian batsmen collecting the first ball duck in T20Is. It also provides the fourth occasion of an Indian batsman collecting the first ball duck against South Africa in T20Is

India was dismissed all out 92 in this game to provide the 53rd occasion of a team dismissed all out for less than 100 runs in T20Is. It also provides the second occasion of India dismissed all out for less than 100 runs in T20Is. The first such occasion was against Australia at Melbourne on 01.02.08 when India was dismissed all out for 74.

India was dismissed all out 92 in this game to provide the eighth occasion of a team dismissed all out for less than 100 runs in T20Is on home soil.  It also provides the first occasion of India dismissed all out for less than 100 runs in T20Is at home.

The India and South Africa players were forced off the field in this game after 13 overs of South Africa’s chase due to crowd trouble. It was the third incident of spectators throwing bottles onto the field for the night.

While the first incident happened between innings – after India were bowled out for 92 – and so did not interrupt play, the second came after 11 overs of the chase and stopped play for 27 minutes. The players remained in the middle through the delay and play resumed at 10pm, with security personnel lining the boundaries, but a third wave of bottle throwing two overs later forced them off. South Africa were cruising at 70 for 3 at this stage and ahead on Duckworth-Lewis.

JA Morkel’s 3 for 12 in this game represent his best bowling effort in T20Is. His previous best was 2 for 12 against England at Cape Town on 16.09.07

JA Morkel was playing his 50^th T20I for South Africa. He became the 27^th cricketer to play 50 plus T20I games in the history of T20 Internationals. He is the third South African cricketer to play 50 plus T20Is. Others are AB de Villiers {63} and JP Duminy {63}

JP Duminy completed 1500 runs in T20Is when he was on 2 during the course of his knock of 30 not out in this game. At the end of this game, his run aggregate read 1528. He stands second in the list of batsmen who have scored most runs in T20Is. The first place is occupied by BB McCullum of New Zealand who has amassed 2140 runs

JP Duminy completed 1500 runs in T20Is when he was on 2 during the course of his knock of 30 not out in this game. At the end of this game, his run aggregate read 1528. He became the first South African batsman to total 1500 plus runs in T20Is.

South Africa won this game after it had inserted the opposition to provide the 13^th occasion of South Africa winning a game after it had inserted the opposition. It also provides the second such occasion against India.

JP Duminy of South Africa scored seven boundary sixes in his knock of 68 not out against India at Dharmsala on 02.10.15 in the first T20 International to provide the 22^nd occasion of a batsman scoring seven or more boundary sixes in an innings in the history of T20 Internationals. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	6s	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	AJ Finch	156	14	Australia	v England	Southampton	29 Aug 2013
2	RE Levi	117*	13	South Africa	v New Zealand	Hamilton	19 Feb 2012
3	CH Gayle	117	10	West Indies	v South Africa	Johannesburg	11 Sep 2007
4	LE Bosman	94	9	South Africa	v England	Centurion	15 Nov 2009
5	MN Samuels	85*	9	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	10 Dec 2012
6	BB McCullum	116*	8	New Zealand	v Australia	Christchurch	28 Feb 2010
7	CH Gayle	77	8	West Indies	v South Africa	Cape Town	09 Jan 2015
8	Yuvraj Singh	58	7	India	v England	Durban	19 Sep 2007
9	DA Warner	67	7	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	23 Feb 2010
10	DA Warner	72	7	Australia	v India	Bridgetown	07 May 2010
11	CH Gayle	98	7	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	09 May 2010
12	BB McCullum	123	7	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Pallekele	21 Sep 2012
13	SR Watson	72	7	Australia	v India	Colombo (RPS)	28 Sep 2012
14	Yuvraj Singh	72	7	India	v Pakistan	Ahmedabad	28 Dec 2012
15	RS Bopara	65*	7	England	v Australia	Hobart	29 Jan 2014
16	SJ Myburgh	63	7	Netherlands	v Ireland	Sylhet	21 Mar 2014
17	EJG Morgan	71	7	England	v India	Birmingham	07 Sep 2014
18	CH Gayle	90	7	West Indies	v South Africa	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2015
19	MN van Wyk	114*	7	South Africa	v West Indies	Durban	14 Jan 2015
20	Mohd Shahzad	75	7	Afghanistan	v Scotland	Edinburgh	12 Jul 2015
22	EJG Morgan	74	7	England	v Australia	Cardiff	31 Aug 2015
22	JP Duminy	68*	7	South Africa	v India	Dharamsala	02 Oct 2015

JP Duminy of South Africa scored seven boundary sixes in his knock of 68 not out against India at Dharmsala on 02.10.15 in the first T20 International to provide the fourth occasion of a South African batsman scoring seven or more boundary sixes in an innings in the history of T20 Internationals. All such occasions are listed below

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

The following table lists the five batsmen who have scored seven or more sixes in an innings on two or more occasions. CH Gayle of West Indies holds the record in this category. He has scored seven or more sixes in an innings on four occaions

No	Player	Runs	6s	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	CH Gayle	117	10	West Indies	v South Africa	Johannesburg	11 Sep 2007
2	CH Gayle	77	8	West Indies	v South Africa	Cape Town	09 Jan 2015
3	CH Gayle	98	7	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	09 May 2010
4	CH Gayle	90	7	West Indies	v South Africa	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2015
1	BB McCullum	116*	8	New Zealand	v Australia	Christchurch	28 Feb 2010
2	BB McCullum	123	7	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Pallekele	21 Sep 2012
1	DA Warner	67	7	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	23 Feb 2010
2	DA Warner	72	7	Australia	v India	Bridgetown	07 May 2010
1	EJG Morgan	71	7	England	v India	Birmingham	07 Sep 2014
2	EJG Morgan	74	7	England	v Australia	Cardiff	31 Aug 2015
1	Yuvraj Singh	58	7	India	v England	Durban	19 Sep 2007
2	Yuvraj Singh	72	7	India	v Pakistan	Ahmedabad	28 Dec 2012

JP Duminy became the fifth batsman to score seven sixes in an innings in a T20I game against India. Others are – DA Warner of Australia, CH Gayle of West Indies, SR Watson of Australia and EJG Morgan of England. The performance of these five batsmen are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	6s	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	DA Warner	72	7	Australia	v India	Bridgetown	07 May 2010
2	CH Gayle	98	7	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	09 May 2010
3	SR Watson	72	7	Australia	v India	Colombo (RPS)	28 Sep 2012
4	EJG Morgan	71	7	England	v India	Birmingham	07 Sep 2014
5	JP Duminy	68*	7	South Africa	v India	Dharamsala	02 Oct 2015