MS Dhoni won the toss and inserted the opposition providing the 66th occasion of team inviting the opposition to bat first after it had won the toss in the history of T20 Internationals.
MS Dhoni won the toss and inserted the opposition providing the fourth occasion of India inviting the opposition to bat first after it had won the toss. The other three occasions were – vs Ireland at Nottingham on 10.06.09, vs New Zealand at Johannesburg on 16.09.07 and vs England at Lord’s on 14.06.09
MS Dhoni and KC Sangakkara were leading India and Sri Lanka with dual roles – as captain-cum-wicket keepers in this game providing the fourth occasion of such an instance in the history of T20 Internationals. The other occasions are – MS Dhoni {India} and AC Gilchrist {Aus} at Durban on 22.09.07, TM Dilshan {Srl} and MS Dhoni {Ind} at Col-RPS on 10.02.09, KC Sangakkara {Srl} and D Ramdin {Win} at Nottingham on 10.06.09
Sri Lanka’s 215 for 5 in this game provide the 15th occasion of a team posting a total of 200 plus runs in T20 Internationals.
Sri Lanka’s 215 for 5 in this game provide the second occasion of a Sri Lanka posting a total of 200 plus runs in T20 Internationals. The other occasion was its 260 for 6 vs Kenya at Jo’burg on 14.09.07.
Sri Lanka’s 215 for 5 in this game provide the second occasion of a team posting a total of 200 plus runs against India in T20 Internationals. The other occasion was England posting 200 for 6 at Durban on 19.09.07.
KC Sangakkara’s 78 in this game provide the 131st occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty in T20 Internationals. His knock represents the 15th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman registering a fifty in T20I games.
KC Sangakkara’s 78 in this game represent his fourth fifty in T20I games. The other three fifties are – 55* vs Aus at Nottingham on 08.06.09, 64* vs Pakistan at Lord’s on 21.06.09 and 69 vs NZl at Col-RPS on 04.09.09.
KC Sangakkara’s 78 in this game represent his highest individual socre in T20I games. His previous best was 69 vs NZl at Col-RPS on 04.09.09
KC Sangakkara and ST Jayasuriya are the two Sri Lankan batsman who have scored four fifties in T20I games. Only TM Dilshan with five fifties to his credit has scored most fifties by Sri Lankan batsman in T20 I games.
KC Sangakkara with his four fifties became the ninth batsman in T20I games to register four or more fifties. Others are TM Dilshan {05}, G Gambhir {06}, CH Gayle {05}, BB McCullum {05}, ML Hayden {04}, ST Jayasuriya {04}, GC Smith {04}, Yuvraj Singh {04}
KC Sangakkara’s 78 in this game provide the 26th occasion of a captain registering fifty in T20 games. His knock also provides the sixth occasion of a Sri Lankan captain registering fifty in T20I games.
KC Sangakkara’s 78 in this game represent the highest individual score by a Sri Lankan captain in T20I games. The previous best was 69 by KC Sangakkara himself against New Zealand at Col-RPS on 04.09.09.
KC Sangakkara with his four fifties while leading Sri Lanka became the third captain in T20I games to register four fifties. The other two are CH Gayle of West Indies and GC Smith of South Africa. Thus these three captain share the record for most fifties as captain,
KC Sangakkara’s 78 in this game provide the fifth occasion of a captain-cum-wicket keeper registering fifty in T20I games. The five occasions are – TM Dilshan {61 vs India at Col-RPS on 10.02.09} and KC Sangakkar’s four fifties – 55* vs Aus at Nottingham on 08.06.09, 64* vs Pakistan at Lord’s on 21.06.09 and 69 vs NZl at Col-RPS on 04.09.09 and 78 vs India at Nagpur on 09.09.09
KC Sangakkara’s 78 in this game represent the highest individual score by a captain-cum-wicket keeper batman in T20I games. The previous best was 69 by KC Sangkkara himself agaist New Zealamd at Col-RPS on 04.09.09.
KC Sangakkara’s 78 in this game represent the 12th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman registering fifty in T20I games.
KC Sangakkara with his 78 in this game which was his fourth T20I fifty shares the record for most fifties in T20I game with BB McCullum of New Zealand who has also scored four fifties.
| BB McCullum of New Zealand |
| No |
Runs |
Team |
Opp |
Ground |
Date |
| 1 |
59 |
NZl |
Win |
Hamilton |
28.12.08 |
| 2 |
61 |
NZl |
Aus |
Sydney |
15.02.09 |
| 3 |
56* |
NZl |
Ind |
Christchurch |
25.02.09 |
| 4 |
69* |
NZl |
Ind |
Wellington |
27.02.09 |
| KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka |
| No |
Runs |
Team |
Opp |
Ground |
Date |
| 1 |
55* |
Srl |
Aus |
Nottingham |
08.06.09 |
| 2 |
64* |
Srl |
Pak |
Lord’s |
21.06.09 |
| 3 |
69 |
Srl |
NZl |
Col-RPS |
04.09.09 |
| 4 |
78 |
Srl |
Ind |
Nagpur |
09.12.09 |
KC Sangakkara’s 78 in this game represent the highest individual score by a wicket keeper batsman in T20I games. The previous best was 69 not out by BB McCullum against India at Wellington on 27.02.09
TM Dilshan and KC Sangakkara added 74 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the 27th occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership for the second wicket in T20I games.
TM Dilshan and KC Sangakkara added 74 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the fourth occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership by Sri Lankan batsmen against various oppositions for the second wicket in T20I games.
TM Dilshan and KC Sangakkara added 74 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the record partnership by Sri Lankan batsmen against India for the second wicket in T20I games. The previous best was 28 runs partnership between TM Dilshan and J Mubarak at Col-RPS on 10.02.09
G Gambhir’s 55 in this game was his sixth T20I fifty. He now holds the record for most fifties by a batsman in T20I games. He wrested the record from TM Dilshan of Sri Lanka, CH Gayle of West Indies and BB McCullum of New Zealand. G Gambhir’s six fifties are listed below
| No |
Runs |
Opp |
Ground |
Date |
| 1 |
51 |
NZl |
Johannesburg |
16.09.07 |
| 2 |
58 |
Eng |
Durban |
19.09.07 |
| 3 |
75 |
Pak |
Johannesburg |
24.09.07 |
| 4 |
63 |
Aus |
Mumbai (BS) |
20.10.07 |
| 5 |
50 |
Ban |
Nottingham |
06.06.09 |
| 6 |
55 |
Srl |
Nagpur |
09.12.09 |
A Nehra {1 for 52} and Yousuf Pathan {1 for 54} conceded 50 plus runs in this game providing the 20th and 21st occasion of a bowler conceding 50 plus runs in T20I games
A Nehra {1 for 52} and Yousuf Pathan {1 for 54} conceded 50 plus runs in this game providing the third occasion of two or more bowlers conceding 50 plus runs in T20I games. The other two occasions are – Bangladesh bowlers M Mortaza {0 for 53} and Ferhad Reza {1 for 55} vs Pakistan at Nairobi on 02.09.07 and Kenya bowlers PJ Ongondo {0 for 53}, N Odhiambo {1 for 57} and LN Onyango {0 for 61} vs Sri Lanka at Johannesburg on 14.02.07
A Nehra conceded 52 runs on his T20I debut {he had figures of 4.0-0-52-1 in this game} to become the fifth bowler to concede 50 plus runs on T20I debut. The other four bowlers are – DR Tuffey of New Zealand {1 for 50 vs Australia at Auckland on 17.02.05}, JM Anderson of England {1 for 64 vs Australia at Sydney on 09.01.07}, MN Samuels of West Indies {0 for 52 vs England at The Oval on 28.06.07} and Joginder Sharma of India {0 for 57 vs England at Durban on 19.09.07}
CU Jayasinghe and M Pushpakumara were capped by Sri Lanka for this game, while India capped A Nehra and AB Dinda in this game, With these four cricketers making their first appearance in this game, the total number of cricketers who have represented T20I games stands as 447
AB Dinda and A Nehra who were capped by India for this game became the 24th and 25th cricketers to represent India in T20I games
M Pushpakumara and CU Jayasinghe who were capped by Sri Lanka for this game became the 31st and 32nd cricketers to represent Sri Lanka in T20I games
India lost this T20I game after inserting the opposition providing the 25th occasion of a team losing the match after it has invited the opposition to bat after winning the toss
YK Pathan’s scored zero in this game providing the tenth occasion of an Indian batsman scoring zero in T20I games. This was the third duck by Yousuf Pathan, the other two being against New Zealand at Wellington on 27.02.09 and against South Africa at Nottingham on 16.06.09
Yousuf Pathan with three zeroes to his credit has now the record for most zeroes by an Indian batsman in T20I games.
Yousuf Pathan became the 12th batsman in T20I games to register three or more zeroes, Others are HH Gibbs of South Africa {04}, Abdur Razzak of Bangladesh {03}, AB de Villers of South Africa {03}, TM Dilshan of Sri Lanka {03}, JP Duminy of South Africa {03}, ADS Fletcher of West Indies {03}, ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka {03}, Kamran Akmal of Pakistan {03}, AD Mascarenhas {03}, SM Pollock of South Africa {03} and CJO Smith of Scotland {03}
KC Sangakkara was dismissed run out for 78 in this game providing the sixth occasion of a batsman run out after scoring a fifty. The complete list read thus
| No |
Batsmen |
Runs |
Team |
Opp |
Ground |
Date |
| 1 |
METrescothick |
72 |
Eng |
Srl |
Southampton |
15.06.06 |
| 2 |
PDCollingwood |
79 |
Eng |
Win |
The Oval |
28.06.07 |
| 3 |
Misbah-ul-Haq |
53 |
Pak |
Ind |
Durban |
14.09.07 |
| 4 |
DLMaddy |
50 |
Eng |
NZl |
Durban |
18.09.07 |
| 5 |
HMasakadza |
53 |
Zim |
Pak |
King City |
12.10.09 |
| 6 |
KCSangakkara |
78 |
Srl |
Ind |
Nagpur |
09.12.09 |
KC Sangakkara’s run out dismissal for 78 in this game provides the 26th occasion of a captain dismissed run out in T20I games. Sangakkara becomes the first captain to be dismissed run out against India in T20I game.
KC Sangakkara’s run out dismissal for 78 in this game provides the fifth occasion of a captain-cum-wicket keeper batsman dismissed run out in T20I games. The other four occasions are MS Dhoni’s run out – for 24 vs NZl at Jo’burg on 16.09.07, for 45 vs RSA at Durban on 20.09.07, for 36 vs Aus at Durban on 22.09.07 and for 5 vs RSA at Nottingham on 16.06.09.
KC Sangakkara’s run out dismissal for 78 in this game provides the 16th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman dismissed run out in T20I games. Sangakkara became the second wicket keeper batsman to be dismissed run out against India after Kamran Akmal of Pakistan who was dismissed run out for 15 at Durban on 14.09.07.
India lost this match by 29 runs providing its eighth loss in T20I games. Out of the 19 games it has played, it has won nine games, lost eight games, one game was tied and one game ended as a No result game.
Sri Lanka has played 24 T20I games at the conclusion of this game. It has won 15 games and lost nine games
This game was the second T20I game between India and Sri Lanka and both teams have won one game each.
TM Dilshan completed 600 runs in T20I games when he was on 28 during his knock of 34 in this game. At the end of this game he has an aggregate of 606 runs. TM Dilshan became the third batsman in T20I games to aggregate 600 plus runs, after BB McCullum of New Zealand {813} and GC Smith of South Africa {642}.
At the end of this game, KC Sangakkara {513} and G Gambhir {531} took their aggregate past 500 runs. Others to have 500 plus runs aggregate in T20I games are – BB McCullum of New Zealand {813} and GC Smith of South Africa {642}, TM Dilshan of Sri Lanka {606}, ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka {575}, KP Pietersen of England {558}, Shoaib Malik of Pakistan {554} and Misba-ul-Huq of Pakistan {509}.
G Gambhir and MS Dhoni added 61 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the 28th occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership for the second wicket in T20I games.
G Gambhir and MS Dhoni added 61 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the third occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership for the second wicket in T20I games. Other two occasions are – 82 runs stand between G Gambhir and RV Uthappa vs Australia at Mumbai {BS} on 20.10.07 and 53 runs stand between RV Uthappa and MS Dhoni vs Bangladesh at Nottingham on 06.06.09
G Gambhir and MS Dhoni added 61 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the record partnership for the second wicket against Sri Lanka. The previous best was zero runs between G Gambhir and SK Raina at Col-RPS on 10.02.09