V Kohli needs on more catch which would fetch him 42 catches as a fieldsman in T20Is. He would then share the record for most catches by an Indian fieldsman in T20Is with SK Raina. SK Raina has pouched 42 catches.

Two more catches for V Kohli would make him to own the record for most catches by an Indian fieldsman in T20Is.

Statistical highlights of the second T20I between New Zealand and India at Auckland on Jan 26 2020

RG Sharma was making his 75^th appearance in this game as an opening batsman in T20Is. He became the second opening batsman in T20Is to appear in 75 plus games after Tamim Iqbal. Tamim Iqbal has played 77 T20Is

RG Sharma was making his 75^th appearance in this game as an opening batsman in T20Is. He became the first opening batsman in T20Is to appear in 75 plus games representing a country. Tamim Iqbal is close behind with 73 appearances for Bangladesh. His 77 appearances include four games representing World Eleven.  PR Sterling is another opening  batsman who has made 71 appearances for Ireland.

Tamim Iqbal (77}, RG Sharma {75} and PR Sterling {71} are the three opening batsmen who have made 70 plus appearances in the history of T20Is.

KL Rahul scored 57 not out in this game which represents his tenth fifty as opening batsmen in T20Is. He became the 12^th opening batsman in the history of T20Is to score ten or more fifties.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	50+
1	RG Sharma	Ind	75	74	5	2248	118	32.57	19
2	MJ Guptill	NZl	67	67	5	2172	105	35.03	17
3	PR Stirling	Ire	71	70	6	1975	95	30.85	17
4	CH Gayle	Win	57	54	4	1627	117	32.54	15
5	DA Warner	Aus	69	69	8	1911	100*	31.32	15
6	TM Dilshan	Srl	66	66	9	1720	104*	30.17	14
7	AJ Finch	Aus	51	51	4	1728	172	36.76	12
8	SR Watson	Aus	38	38	3	1172	124*	33.48	11
9	Babar Azam	Pak	21	21	4	894	97*	52.58	10
10	S Dhawan	Ind	61	59	3	1588	92	28.35	10
11	Masakadza	Zim	56	56	1	1471	93*	26.74	10
12	KL Rahul	Ind	22	21	2	911	91	47.94	10

KL Rahul scored 57 not out in this game which represents his tenth fifty as opening batsmen in T20Is. He became the third Indian opening batsman in the history of T20Is to score ten or more fifties.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	50+
1	RG Sharma	Ind	75	74	5	2248	118	32.57	19
2	S Dhawan	Ind	61	59	3	1588	92	28.35	10
3	KL Rahul	Ind	22	21	2	0911	91	47.94	10

KL Rahul scored 57 not out in this game which represents his 13th fifty in T20Is. He is one of the 25^th batsman in the history of T20Is to score ten or more fifties. He is also one of the fourth Indian batsman in the history of T20Is to score ten or more fifties.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	50+
1	V Kohli	80	74	21	2745	094*	51.79	24
2	RGSharma	106	98	14	2648	118	31.52	23
3	KL Rahul	39	35	6	1350	110*	46.55	13
4	S Dhawan	61	59	3	1588	092	28.35	10

KL Rahul’s 57 not out in this game provide the 112^th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides the fifth occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is.

KL Rahul’s 57 not out in this game provide the seventh occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is against New Zealand. It also provides the second occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is against New Zealand.

KL Rahul’s 57 not out in this game provide the 57th occasion of a wicket keeper opening batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides the second occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is.

KL Rahul’s 57 not out in this game represent his highest individual score as a wicket keeper opening batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is. Previous best was his 56 against New Zealand in the first T20I of the ongoing series at Auckland on 24 Jan 20.

JJ Bumrah’s lone wicket in this game fetched him an aggregate of 55 wickets. He is now the leading wicket taker in T20Is for India. Next best is YS Chahal who has an aggregate of 53 wickets. JJ Bumrah also holds the record for most wickets captured by an Indian Pace bowler in the history of T20Is. Incidentally JJ Bumrah’s T20I debut was on the same date and month, but four years ago – 26 Jan 2016 – against Australia at Adelaide.

India won this game by seven wickets to carve its 82^nd win in T20Is. Only Pakistan has won more matches than India – 92 matches. Pakistan and India are the two  teams  which have won 80 plus  matches  in the history of T20Is

India won this game by seven wickets to carve its 31st win in T20Is on away soil. Only Pakistan has won more matches than India – 32 matches. Pakistan and India are the two teams which have won 30 plus matches on away soil in the history of T20Is

India posted its fifth win against New Zealand in T20Is. India became the sixth team to  post  five or more wins against New Zealand in T20Is. Others are – Pakistan {13}, England {12}, South Africa {11}, Australia {07} and Sri Lanka {07}

C Munro {59}, KS Williamson {51} and LRPL Taylor {54 not out} scored fifties in this game for New Zealand while KL Rahul {56} and SS Iyer {58 not out} scored fifties for India to provide the first occasion of five batsmen scoring a fifties in a match in the history of T20Is.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	C Munro	59	1	NZl	Ind	Auckland	24.01.20
2	Williamson	51	1	NZl	Ind	Auckland	24.01.20
3	L Taylor	54*	1	NZl	Ind	Auckland	24.01.20
4	KL Rahul	56	2	Ind	NZl	Auckland	24.01.20
5	SS Iyer	58*	2	Ind	NZl	Auckland	24.01.20

KS Willamson of New Zealand scored 51 in the first T20I against India at Auckland on 24 Jan 2020. This knock represents his eighth fifty as captain in T20Is. He now shares the record for most fifties by a captain in T20Is with F du Plessis and V Kohli. The following table lists the fifties scored by these three captains.

Player	No	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
du Plessis	1	63	RSA	NZl	East London	23 Dec 2012
du Plessis	2	85	RSA	Srl	Hambantota	06 Aug 2013
du Plessis	3	58*	RSA	Pak	Dubai-DSC	15 Nov 2013
du Plessis	4	58	RSA	Ind	Dhaka	04 Apr 2014
du Plessis	5	119	RSA	Win	Jo’burg	11 Jan 2015
du Plessis	6	79*	RSA	Ban	Dhaka	05 Jul 2015
du Plessis	7	79	RSA	Aus	Jo’burg	06 Mar 2016
du Plessis	8	78	RSA	Pak	Cape Town	01 Feb 2019
Player	No	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
V Kohli	1	82	Ind	Srl	Col-RPS	06 Sep 2017
V Kohli	2	65	Ind	NZl	Rajkot	04 Nov 2017
V Kohli	3	61*	Ind	Aus	Sydney	25 Nov 2018
V Kohli	4	72*	Ind	Aus	Bengaluru	27 Feb 2019
V Kohli	5	59	Ind	Win	Providence	06 Aug 2019
V Kohli	6	72*	Ind	RSA	Mohali	18 Sep 2019
V Kohli	7	94*	Ind	Win	Hyd-RGS	06 Dec 2019
V Kohli	8	70*	Ind	Win	Mumbai	11 Dec 2019
Player	No	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
Williamson	1	53	NZl	Srl	Mt Maunganui	07 Jan 2016
Williamson	2	70	NZl	Pak	Auckland	15 Jan 2016
Williamson	3	72*	NZl	Pak	Hamilton	17 Jan 2016
Williamson	4	73*	NZl	Ban	Napier	03 Jan 2017
Williamson	5	60	NZl	Ban	Mt Maunganui	08 Jan 2017
Williamson	6	72	NZl	Eng	Wellington	13 Feb 2018
Williamson	7	60	NZl	Pak	Dubai-DSC	04 Nov 2018
Williamson	8	51	NZl	Ind	Auckland	24 Jan 2020

New Zealand {203-5} and India {204-4} posted 200 plus runs in this game to provide the 20th occasion of both the teams posting 200 plus runs in a T20I. It also provides the second such occasion in the New Zealand-India T20I series. The first such occasion was witnessed at Hamilton on 10.02.19

New Zealand {203-5} and India {204-4} posted 200 plus runs in this game to provide the 108th and 109^th occasion of a team posting 200 plus runs in a T20I.

New Zealand {203-5} posted 200 plus runs in this game to provide the ninth occasion of a team posting 200 plus runs in a T20I. It also provides the third occasion of New Zealand posting 200 plus runs against India in a T20I

India {204-4} posted 200 plus runs in this game to provide the 17th occasion of India posting 200 plus runs in a T20I. It also provides the third occasion of India posting 200 plus runs against New Zealand] in a T20I

New Zealand {203-5} posted 200 plus runs in this game and lost the match to provide the 19^th occasion of a team losing a game after posting 200 plus runs in a T20I. It also provides the second occasion of New Zealand loosing a game after posting 200 plus runs in a T20I

C Munro {59}, KS Williamson {51} and LRPL Taylor {54 not out} scored fifties in this game to provide the 84^th, 85^th and 86^th occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring a fifty in T20I

C Munro {59}, KS Williamson {51} and LRPL Taylor {54 not out} scored fifties in this game to provide the eighth occasion of three of more batsmen scoring a fifties in the history of T20Is. It also provides the first such occasion by New Zealand batsmen.

C Munro {59}, scored fifty in this game to provide the 50th occasion of New Zealand opening batsmen scoring a fifty in the history of T20Is.

KS Williamson {51} scored fifty in this game to provide the 176th occasion of a captain scoring a fifty in the history of T20Is. It also provides the 14th such occasion by New Zealand batsmen.

KS Willamson’s 51 in this game represent his eighth fifty as captain in T20Is. He now shares the record for most fifties by a captain in T20Is with F du Plessis and V Kohli.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	50+
1	du Plessis	RSA	40	40	6	1273	119	37.44	1	7	8
2	V Kohli	Ind	34	32	9	1077	94*	46.82	0	8	8
3	Williamson	NZl	40	40	4	1134	73*	31.50	0	8	8

KS Willamson’s 51 in this game represent his eighth half century as captain in T20Is. He now shares the record for most half centuries by a captain in T20Is with  V Kohli.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	HC
1	V Kohli	Ind	34	32	9	1077	94*	46.82	8
2	KS Williamson	NZl	40	40	4	1134	73*	31.50	8

KS Willamson was leading New Zealand for the 40^th time in T20Is. He became the eighth captain in the history of T20Is to lead a team on 40 plus occasions. The following table lists all such captains.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC
1	MS Dhoni	Ind	72	62	32	1112	48*	37.06	0	0
2	WTS Porterfield	Ire	56	54	6	1002	72	20.87	0	3
3	DJG Sammy	Win	47	36	11	394	42*	15.76	0	0
4	Asghar Afghan	Afg	46	42	4	846	62	22.26	0	3
5	Shahid Afridi	Pak	44	41	2	608	50	15.58	0	1
6	EJG Morgan	Eng	43	42	8	1013	91	29.79	0	6
7	F du Plessis	RSA	40	40	6	1273	119	37.44	1	7
8	KS Williamson	NZl	40	40	4	1134	73*	31.50	0	8

V Kohli-KL Rahul added 99 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the fifth occasion of batsmen posting exact 99 runs in the history of T20Is. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Warner, Watson	1	99	2	Aus	Win	Sydney	23.02.10
2	Bravo, LSimmons	2	99	1	Win	Pak	Gros Islet	21.04.11
3	Hussey, Watson	2	99	2	Aus	RSA	Col-RPS	30.09.12
4	Handscomb,Maxwell	4	99*	2	Aus	Ind	Bengaluru	27.02.19
5	Kohli, Rahul	2	99	2	Ind	NZl	Auckland	24.01.20

KS Williamson’s 51 in this game were in a losing cause to provide the 71^st occasion of a captain’s fifty in a losing cause in T20Is. It also provides the fourth such occasion for a New Zealand captain.

KS Williamson’s 51 in this game were in a losing cause to provide the third occasion of his fifty as captain in a losing cause in T20Is. He became the fourth captain in the history of T20Is to witness three or more fifties in a losing cause. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	HC	C	50+
1	du Plessis	RSA	15	15	1	558	119	39.85	4	1	5
2	Sangakkara	Srl	9	9	1	282	69	35.25	3	0	3
3	BRM Taylor	Zim	14	14	3	266	75*	24.18	3	2	3
4	Williamson	NZl	20	20	0	450	70	22.50	3	2	3

KS Williamson’s run aggregate as captain read 1134 at the end of this game. He now occupies the second place in the list of captains who have scored most runs as captain in T20Is. The first place is occupied by F du Plessis who has an aggregate of 1273 runs. KS Williamson went past MS Dhoni’s aggregate of 1112 to occupy the second place.

C Munro {59}, KS Williamson {51} and LRPL Taylor {54 not out} scored fifties in this game for New Zealand.  KL Rahul {56} and SS Iyer {55 not out} scored fifties for India to provide the first occasion of five batsmen scoring a fifties in a match in the history of T20Is.

C Munro {59}, scored fifty in this game for New Zealand while KL Rahul {56} scored fifty for India to provide the 79th occasion of rival batsmen scoring a fifties in a match in the history of T20Is.

KL Rahul {56} scored fifties for India to provide the 59^th occasion of wicket keeper opening batsmen to score a fifty in a match in the history of T20Is. KL Rahul became the first Indian wicket keeper opening batsman to score a fifty in a T20I

KL Rahul {56} scored fifties for India to provide the 111th occasion of wicket keeper batsmen to score a fifty in a match in the history of T20Is. It also provides the fourth occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman to score a fifty in a match in the history of T20Is.