Shoaib Malik of Pakistan became the first cricketer in the history of T20 Internationals to appear in 100 games

Shoaib Malik of Pakistan became the first cricketer in the history of T20 Internationals to appear in 100 games

Shoaib Malik of Pakistan became the first cricketer in the history of T20 Internationals to appear in 100 games.when he appeared for Pakistan against Australia at Harare on 02.07.18 in the Zimbabwe tri series. His 100 games include a T20I game in which he represented ICC World Eleven. His profile and career figures are furnished below

Shoaib Malik – Pakistan – Full name Shoaib Malik – Born February 1, 1982, Sialkot, Punjab – Current age 36 years – Major teams Pakistan, Asia XI, Barbados Tridents, Delhi Daredevils, Gloucestershire, Gujranwala Cricket Association, Hobart Hurricanes, ICC World XI, Karachi Kings, Multan Sultans, Pakistan International Airlines, Pakistan Reserves, Sialkot Cricket Association, Sialkot Stallions – Playing role Middle-order batsman – Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling style Right-arm off break

Career summary
Grouping Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C HC 0 4s 6s
ICC World XI 2018-2018 1 1 0 12 12 12.00 0 0 0 1 0
Pakistan 2006-2018 99 92 28 2027 75 31.67 0 7 1 162 57
overall 2006-2018 100 93 28 2039 75 31.36 0 7 1 163 57
                         
Opposition Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C HC 0 4s 6s
v Australia 2007-2018 12 11 6 160 52* 32.00 0 1 1 12 4
v Bangladesh 2007-2016 8 7 1 150 41 25.00 0 0 0 13 5
v Canada 2008-2008 1 1 0 9 9 9.00 0 0 0 1 0
v England 2006-2016 10 8 0 234 75 29.25 0 1 0 21 4
v India 2007-2016 8 8 2 164 57* 27.33 0 1 0 14 5
v Ireland 2009-2009 1 1 1 4 4* – 0 0 0 0 0
v Kenya 2007-2007 1 1 0 42 42 42.00 0 0 0 2 3
v Netherlands 2009-2009 1 1 0 30 30 30.00 0 0 0 2 0
v New Zealand 2007-2016 9 9 3 140 39 23.33 0 0 0 13 2
v Scotland 2007-2018 3 3 1 113 53 56.50 0 1 0 2 10
v South Africa 2007-2013 6 6 0 95 34 15.83 0 0 0 6 0
v Sri Lanka 2007-2017 16 16 6 397 57 39.70 0 2 0 35 5
v U.A.E. 2016-2016 1 1 1 63 63* – 0 1 0 7 3
v West Indies 2014-2018 12 10 5 225 43* 45.00 0 0 0 21 7
v World-XI 2017-2017 3 3 1 94 39 47.00 0 0 0 5 7
v Zimbabwe 2008-2018 8 7 1 119 37* 19.83 0 0 0 9 2
overall 2006-2018 100 93 28 2039 75 31.36 0 7 1 163 57

 He has  scored seven fifties in T20Is. They are listed below in the descending order of the runs scored

No Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 75 2 v England Sharjah 30 Nov 2015
2 63* 2 v U.A.E. Dhaka 29 Feb 2016
3 57* 2 v India Bengaluru 25 Dec 2012
4 57 1 v Sri Lanka Johannesburg 17 Sep 2007
5 53 1 v Scotland Edinburgh 12 Jun 2018
6 52* 2 v Australia Johannesburg 18 Sep 2007
7 51 1 v Sri Lanka Lahore 29 Oct 2017

 

Bowlers capturing four or more  wickets conceding single digit runs  in the history of  T20 Internationals.

Bowlers capturing four or more  wickets conceding single digit runs  in the history of  T20 Internationals.

B Stanlake of Australia captured four wickets conceding eight runs against Pakistan at Harare on 02.07.18 to provide the 13th occasion of a bowler capturing four or more  wickets conceding single digit runs  in the history of  T20 Internationals. All such occasions are listed  below

No Player O M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 MR Gillespie 2.5 0 7 4 1 NZl Ken Durban 12 Sep 2007
2 DW Steyn 3.0 0 9 4 2 RSA Win Port Elizabeth 16 Dec 2007
3 Umar Gul 4.0 0 8 4 1 Pak Aus Dubai (DSC) 07 May 2009
4 Umar Gul 3.0 0 6 5 1 Pak NZl The Oval 13 Jun 2009
5 SJ Benn 4.0 2 6 4 1 Win Zim Port of Spain 28 Feb 2010
6 BAW Mendis 4.0 2 8 6 2 Srl Zim Hambantota 18 Sep 2012
7 Umar Gul 2.2 0 6 5 2 Pak RSA Centurion 03 Mar 2013
8 SO Tikolo 1.2 0 2 4 2 Keen Sco ICCA Dubai 19 Nov 2013
9 HMRKB Herath 3.3 2 3 5 2 Srl NZl Chittagong 31 Mar 2014
10 Mudassar Bukhari 4.0 2 7 4 2 Net UAE ICCA Dubai 03 Feb 2016
11 R Ashwin 4.0 1 8 4 1 Ind Srl Visakhapatnam 14 Feb 2016
12 Rashid Khan 2.0 1 3 5 2 Afg Ire Greater Noida 10 Mar 2017
13 B Stanlake 4.0 0 8 4 1 Aus Pak Harare 02 Jul 2018

Umar Gul of Pakistan is the only bowler in the history of T20Is to capture  four or more  wickets conceding single digit runs  on three occasions. His performance is tabulated  below

No Player O M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Umar Gul 4.0 0 8 4 1 Pak Aus Dubai (DSC) 07 May 2009
2 Umar Gul 3.0 0 6 5 1 Pak NZl The Oval 13 Jun 2009
3 Umar Gul 2.2 0 6 5 2 Pak RSA Centurion 03 Mar 2013

The following is the list of bowlers who have captured  five or more  wickets conceding single digit runs in T20Is. All such occasions are listed 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 Umar Gul 2.2 0 6 5 2 Pak RSA Centurion 03 Mar 2013
3 HMRKB Herath 3.3 2 3 5 2 Srl NZl Chittagong 31 Mar 2014
4 Rashid Khan 2.0 1 3 5 2 Afg Ire Greater Noida 10 Mar 2017
5 BAW Mendis 4.0 2 8 6 2 Srl Zim Hambantota 18 Sep 2012

 

Shoaib Malik of Pakistan became the third batsman in the history of T20Is to aggregate 2000 plus runs

Shoaib Malik of Pakistan became the third batsman in the history of T20Is to aggregate 2000 plus runs

Shoaib Malik of Pakistan became the third batsman in the history of T20Is to aggregate 2000 plus runs after MJ Guptill and BB McCullum.  The following table lists the six batsmen who have totalled 1900 plus runs in  the history of T20 Internationals.

Shoaib Malik who was in need of eleven runs prior to the start of the Zimbabwe tri series involving Zimbabwe, Austrlia and Pakistan at Harare. He completed 2000 runs when he was on 11 against Zimbabwe at Harare on 01.07.18 during his knock of 37 not out. His  run aggregate read 2026 at the end of  the game

Shoaib Malik went past V Kohli and RG Sharma of India who had totalled 1992  and  1949 T20I runs respectively. It was wide believed that V Kohli would become the third batsman to reach the land mark of 2000 runs in T20Is, as he needed 17 runs prior to the start of T20I games against  Ireland. He scored a duck in the first game and nine runs in the second to reach  an aggregate of 1992 – eight runs shy of 2000 mark.

No Player Team Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C HC 0 4s 6s
1 MJ Guptill NZl 75 73 07 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 Pak/ICC 99 92 28 2026 075 31.65 0 07 1 162 57
                           
4 V Kohli Ind 59 55 14 1992 090* 48.58 0 18 2 211 41
5 RG Sharma Ind 81 74 12 1949 118 31.43 2 15 6 175 83
6 Mohd Shahzad Afg 63 63 03 1906 118* 31.76 1 12 3 216 70

Shoib Malik became  the third batsman to aggregate 2000 plus runs representing a nation in the history of T20 Internationals. He has an aggregate of 2014 runs representing Pakistan. He  has represented ICC World Eleven and has scored 12 runs. 

 

Six bowlers who have taken four wickets in four balls

Six bowlers who have taken four wickets in four balls

Picking up a hat-trick in cricket is quite a rare feat in itself,  but there have been few instances where the bowlers have gone a notch ahead and picked up 4 wickets in 4 balls. This is a feat so rare that it has happened only once in international cricket. People often refer to this as a “ double hat-trick” since it consists of two sets of overlapping pairs of hat-tricks.

Balls 1,2,3 consists of one set and balls 2, 3, 4 consists of the other hence the term double hat-trick.

Here we look at 6 such instances where the bowlers have managed to achieve this unthinkable feat and stunned their opponents in the process.

1) Lasith Malinga  – Malinga is the only cricketer to have picked 4 wickets in 4 balls in an international game

Who could forget this heart-stopping thriller from the 2007 World Cup! The Proteas almost choked yet again but managed to somehow scrape through to a one-wicket win in their Super Eight clash against Sri Lanka. The Proteas were cruising at 206/5 while chasing down just 210 to win and were at a striking distance from a comfortable win.

Lasith Malinga though had other plans. In the 45th over Malinga had Shaun Pollock clean bowled off his fifth ball and had Andrew Hall caught at covers of the final ball of that over. Coming back to bowl the 47th over Malinga struck off the first ball  to send Jacques Kallis on his way and completed his hat-trick in the process. Kallis was caught behind for a well made 86 and his dismissal really set the cat amongst the pigeons.

Malinga made it four in a row with the wicket of Makhaya Ntini who was castled by that famous yorker. South Africa huffed and puffed their way to get the remaining three runs and ended up on the winning side.

2) Andre Russell – Andre Russell picked 4 wickets in 4 balls in a List A game against India A

Turning up for West Indies A, Andre Russell, the flamboyant allrounder, managed this feat against India A in September 2013 and became the first bowler in T20 List A history to pick ‘4 in 4’. India A were playing West Indies A at Bangalore in a one-off T20 game when Russell got his act together in the 19th over of the innings dismissing four quality Indian batsmen.

Russell picked the wickets of skipper Yuvraj Singh, Kedar Jadhav, Naman Ojha and Yusuf Pathan to peg India back a wee bit. However, India A ended up scoring a mammoth 214 runs. Russell has since gone on to become a vital cog in the wheel of the West Indian unit and has played a stellar role in their recent success.

3) Al-Amin Hossain – Al-Amin Hossain picked 5 wickets in an over in a domestic T20 game in 2013

Hossain became the second bowler after Andre Russell to pick up 4 wickets in 4 balls in Twenty20s and is the first bowler to take five wickets in an over in a List A T20 match. The talented Bangladeshi who was playing for UCB-BCB Eleven wreaked havoc against Abahani Limited in the Victory Day T20 domestic tournament.

It was the final over of the innings and Al-Amin was entrusted with the responsibility of bowling the crucial over. He responded in style by picking up a wicket off the first ball and then picking 4 consecutive wickets off the last four balls of the over. His four scalps were Nazmul Hossain Milon, Naeem Islam Jr, Suhrawawadi Shuvo and Nabil Samad. UCB-BCB Eleven later clinched the thriller by 2 wickets.

4) Alfonso Thomas – In the 2014 County Championship, Alfonso Thomas picked up 4 in 4 against Sussex at Taunton and helped Somerset to a comfortable win. The South African was all over the Sussex batters as they found it extremely difficult to counter his swing.

Thomas picked up a hat-trick in the last three balls of an over and picked up another one in the first ball of his next. He bowled full and had the nightwatchman Jimmy Anyon bowled off an inside edge. He then caught Rory Hamilton-Brown in front, off his next ball and finished his hat-trick with the wicket of former Irish skipper, Ed Joyce who was caught fishing outside the off stump. His fourth victim was Matt Machan who was bowled in a similar fashion to Anyon.

5) Kevan James – Kevan James not only took 4 in 4 but also scored a century against the visiting Indians in 1996

It was the English summer of 1996 when India unearthed two of their greatest cricketers; Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly. Not many would remember a certain bloke called Kevan James though. James did the unthinkable for Hampshire when he picked up 4 wickets in 4 balls against the Indians and followed it up with a century in the practice game at Southampton leading up to the third test.

James with his left arm medium had Vikram Rathour’s wicket first up. Sachin Tendulkar walked out and was dismissed off an inside edge that carried to short leg. James then completed his hat-trick with the wicket of the then-young Rahul Dravid who was trapped in front.

Sanjay Manjrekar was the next victim when he was caught behind off a widish delivery. James later top-scored with 103 to propel Hampshire to 458 and the game ended in a draw.

6) Gary Butcher – Gary Butcher picked up 4 consecutive wickets for Surrey in the year 2000

Gary Butcher, the younger brother of former English opener Mark Butcher, created history by picking up 4 consecutive wickets for Surrey and dismantled the Derbyshire tail with his gentle seamers. Adam Hollioake who was the captain of Surrey those days decided to drop his brother Ben Hollioake and accommodated Gary into his side.

The decision yielded great results as Butcher picked the wicket of Paul Aldred off the last ball of an over followed by a hat-trick in the first three balls of his next over. He picked up the wickets Tim Munton, Kavin Dean, and Lian Wharton. With the ball seaming around, all three were caught at slips and Derbyshire were folded up for a paltry 118.

 Article penned by Sourav Choudhury – Information Source – Internet

FOUR WICKETS IN FOUR BALLS – FIVE IN SIX BALLS – IN FIRST CLASS CRICKET

FOUR WICKETS IN FOUR BALLS – FIVE IN SIX BALLS – IN FIRST CLASS CRICKET

It was a Thursday, June 28, 1862 in Victorian England, and a First-Class match was about to begin at Hove between Kent and hosts Sussex. English cricket was in a state of transition at the time, making the laborious and contentious change from the early underarm mode of bowling to round-arm and finally, to the over-arm form of bowling that we know today. Overs of the time consisted of 4 balls only, and there were many who sported top-hats and gaiters in the field. Pitches were far from perfect and there was always the anticipation of something unusual happening during the course of the game.

 From left: Bob Crisp, the only man to take 4-in-4 twice; Pat Pocock, who took 4 in 4, 5 in 6, 6 in 9, and 7 in 11; and Neil Wagner, the only one to take 5 wickets in an over in First-Class cricket © Getty Images

From left: Bob Crisp, the only man to take 4-in-4 twice; Pat Pocock, who took 4 in 4, 5 in 6, 6 in 9, and 7 in 11; and Neil Wagner, the only one to take 5 wickets in an over in First-Class cricket © Getty Images 

John Hale, skipper of the Sussex team and a former Rugby School alumnus, opted for first strike. He might have regretted the decision soon, because Sussex were bowled out for 101, off 82 overs.

Kent’s main wicket-taker was one Joseph Wells, from Penshurst Place, with figures of 28-13-35-6. It seems that Wells was a nephew of Timothy Duke, related to the Duke family of Penshurst that had been in the business of manufacturing their celebrated brand of six-seam cricket balls with a Royal Patent in 1775. His son, of course, earned more fame, and went by the name of HG Wells.

Bob Crisp: A once-in-a-generation character who also played cricket – Till date, there have been 44 instances of a bowler taking 4 wickets off 4 consecutive balls in First-Class cricket. Bob Crisp is the only bowler to perform the feat twice in his First-Class career, as follows:

– For Western Province (WP) against Griqualand West (GW) at Johannesburg in 1931-32 – Crisp took 8 for 31 in the GW first innings of 114, including a hat-trick. He also took 5 in 8 balls, 6 in 12, and 7 in 25.

– For WP against Natal at Durban in 1933-34 – Crisp took 9 for 64 in the Natal first innings of 214.

In this connection, perhaps a special mention should be made of Neil Wagner, born in 1986 at Pretoria, but whose magic figures materialised while playing for Otago against Wellington at Queenstown in Plunket Shield 2010-11.

Wagner captured a hat-trick in the Wellington first innings of 148, converted that into a 4-in-4, and completed the over by taking 5 wickets in the six-ball over, becoming the first ever, and to date, the only, bowler to do so in the history of First-Class cricket. Bowling the last over before lunch on the third day, Wagner picked up 4 wickets with the first 4 balls of the over, before finishing the over with another wicket off the sixth

Further scrutiny of the available data shows that there had been 8 instances up to the year 1899, 24 instances from 1900 to the year 1999, and 12 instances from the year 2000 till date.

There are only two Indians in this list: Sadanand Mohol and Shankar Saini, both of whom have played relatively few First-Class matches in their respective careers. Let us look at the careers of these two in a little detail.

A right-arm fast-medium bowler, Mohol played 45 matches, capturing 165 wickets at 21.32. His best innings bowling figures were 8 for 42. He had five or more wickets in an innings 9 times and 10 or more wickets in a match twice. He was one of the only two quick bowlers to be selected for the Indian team on the 1967 tour of England, the other being Subrata Guha. Mohol, however, was never awarded a Test cap.

He was playing for the Indian Board President’s XI against a team with the rather involved name of Maharashtra Small Savings Minister’s and Life Insurance Company Chairman’s Combined XI in a Defence Fund Match at the Club of Maharashtra Ground in Poona in 1965-66. Opening bowling with Maharashtra teammate Vasant Ranjane, Mohol captured 6 for 70 from his 29.5 overs (7 maidens) in the opponents’ first innings total of 220.

Mohol took a hat-trick with the wickets of Ajit Wadekar, Sudhakar Adhikari, and Madhukar Gupte, then followed up with the prize scalp of ML Jaisimha with his next ball to become the first Indian bowler to take a 4-in-4 in First-Class cricket.

There was a feeling among the cognoscenti that Mohol had turned out to be a bit of an underachiever as far as his First-Class career went, given his talent and the promise that he had shown in his early days.

Saini was a right arm medium paced bowler. He played 20 matches capturing 57 wickets. His best innings figures read 6 for 21, and his bowling average was 22.85. He had 5 wickets in an innings 4 times, but never 10 wickets in a match.

Saini succeeded in establishing his name in the record books against Himachal Pradesh at Delhi in 1988-89. Delhi declared their first innings closed at 448 for 3 after their first wicket had fallen without any runs on the board. Raman Lamba (118) and Manoj Prabhakar (229*) added 280 for the second wicket. Saini did not bat in the innings.

Himachal Pradesh, a relatively inexperienced and definitely weaker unit, were dismissed for 102 in the first innings, Saini capturing 6 for 21, his best ever innings bowling analysis. His last two deliveries of the first innings got him the wickets of Shakti Singh and Anil Sen.

When he came on to bowl in the second innings, his first delivery earned him the wicket of Shakti again, and Satish Mehra with his next ball. Saini thus became only the second, and till date, last, Indian bowler to capture a 4-in-4, with the added twist of doing this over two innings and capturing the wicket of one batsman (Shakti) twice in the sequence.

Shankar Saini takes four wickets in four balls; dismisses Shakti Singh twice in a hat-trick – In fact, Saini became only the second bowler to dismiss the same batsman twice in the same hat-trick. Back in 1844, William Clarke of all-England had done the same to John Fagge of Kent.

The last bowler till date to have accomplished this feat of a 4-in-4 has been Kelly Smuts, for Eastern Province (EP) against Boland at Paarl in 2015-16. Smuts had a magical game, scoring the only individual century of the game (108) in the only EP innings of 442, and capturing 7 for 36 and 6 for 35.

The feat occurred in the Boland second innings of 144, when Smuts took the wickets of Emile Kriek, Thomas Kannemeyer, wicketkeeper Junaid Cassiem, and Ferisco Adams. EP won by an innings and 93 runs.

Pat Pocock: An off-spinner in the classical mould – It would be a grave injustice to the enigmatic and brilliant Surrey off-break bowler Pat Pocock if we were to conclude this narrative without mentioning his wondrous deeds against Sussex at Eastbourne in August 1972. Pocock’s initial analysis of 2 for 69 in the first innings of 226 was but a prelude to the astounding occurrences to follow in the 2nd innings. The scorecard makes the bare statement that Pocock had a second-innings analysis of 7 for 67 from 16 overs.

The match notes elaborate further on the deeds, as follows: – With 3 overs left of the compulsory 20 in the last hour, Sussex were187 for 1. – Pocock’s penultimate over was w.w2.w

– The final over of the innings (with Sussex needing 5 to win) was bowled by Pocock and went as follows: www1ww, the final wicket being a run out. 5 wickets falling in the final over is unique in First-Class cricket.

Pocock set three world records: – 5 wickets in 6 balls, equalling Bill Copson (this record has, of course, been subsequently surpassed by Wagner as stated above, with his 5 wickets in the same 6-ball over), – 6 wickets in 9 balls, and – 7 in 11. In effect, then, Pocock’s 4-in-4 was also accomplished over 2 overs.

First Published on November 10, 2016 9:57 AM IST Last updated on November 10, 2016 1:02 PM IST – COMPILED BY PRADIP DHOLE IS A RETIRED MEDICAL PRACTITIONER WITH A LIFE-LONG INTEREST IN CRICKET HISTORY AND STATISTICS AND THE ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED IN CRICKET COUNTRY.COM

Global T20 Canada

Global T20 Canada

Glabal T20 Canada was off to a start on 28 Jun 18. Four matches of this tournament are over. Six teams are participating in the tournament. Most of the dailies are not covering this tournament. It is an ICC approved tournament. www.hrgcricstats.com brings the salient stats of the four matches  that are played so far for the benefit of its netizens

MATCH RESULTS
Team 1 Team 2 Winner Margin Ground Match Date
Nationals Knights Nationals 06 wkts King City (NW) Jun 28, 2018
Tigers Hawks Hawks 46 runs King City (NW) Jun 29, 2018
Nationals Royals Royals 08 wkts King City (NW) Jun 30, 2018
Tigers CWI B Team CWI B Team 02 wkts King City (NW) Jun 30, 2018

 

HIGHEST TOTALS – 200 PLUS RUNS
Team Score Overs Inns Opposition Ground Match Date
Nationals 231/4 19.2 2 v Knights King City (NW) 28 Jun 2018
Knights 227/4 20.0 1 v Nationals King City (NW) 28 Jun 2018
Hawks 203/4 20.0 1 v Tigers King City (NW) 29 Jun 2018

 

HIGH SCORES – 50 PLUS RUNS
No Player Runs Team Opposition Ground Match Date
1 E Lewis 96 Knights v Nationals King City (NW) 28 Jun 2018
2 AP Devcich 92* Nationals v Knights King City (NW) 28 Jun 2018
3 ADS Fletcher 68* Royals v Nationals King City (NW) 30 Jun 2018
4 BR McDermott 68 Hawks v Tigers King City (NW) 29 Jun 2018
5 SPD Smith 61 Nationals v Knights King City (NW) 28 Jun 2018
6 N Pooran 58 CWI B Team v Tigers King City (NW) 30 Jun 2018
7 BA King 56 CWI B Team v Tigers King City (NW) 30 Jun 2018
8 NR Kumar 55 Nationals v Royals King City (NW) 30 Jun 2018
9 AD Russell 54* Knights v Nationals King City (NW) 28 Jun 2018
10 DM Bravo 54 Hawks v Tigers King City (NW) 29 Jun 2018

 

BEST BOWLING FIGURES IN AN INNINGS – THREE WICKETS
Player O M R W Team Opposition Ground Match Date
DJ Bravo 4.0 0 24 3 Hawks v Tigers King City (NW) 29 Jun 2018
OC McCoy 4.0 0 31 3 CWI B Team v Tigers King City (NW) 30 Jun 2018
Junaid Siddiqui 3.5 0 35 3 Hawks v Tigers King City (NW) 29 Jun 2018
JS Louis 4.0 0 42 3 CWI B Team v Tigers King City (NW) 30 Jun 2018

 

HIGHEST PARTNERSHIPS BY RUNS – 50 PLUS RUNS
Partners Runs Wkt Team Opposition Ground Match Date
SPD Smith, AP Devcich 91 3rd Nationals v Knights King City (NW) 28 Jun 2018
E Lewis, HE van der Dussen 79 3rd Knights v Nationals King City (NW) 28 Jun 2018
BR McDermott, DM Bravo 76 3rd Hawks v Tigers King City (NW) 29 Jun 2018
BA King, N Pooran 76 3rd CWI B Team v Tigers King City (NW) 30 Jun 2018
E Lewis, AD Russell 75 4th Knights v Nationals King City (NW) 28 Jun 2018
ADS Fletcher, Aga Salman 73 2nd Royals v Nationals King City (NW) 30 Jun 2018
L Ronchi, ADS Fletcher 71 1st Royals v Nationals King City (NW) 30 Jun 2018
LMP Simmons, BR McDermott 69 2nd Hawks v Tigers King City (NW) 29 Jun 2018
NR Kumar, DJG Sammy 56 5th Nationals v Royals King City (NW) 30 Jun 2018
J Charles, SPD Smith 53 2nd Nationals v Knights King City (NW) 28 Jun 2018
SP Narine, DR Smith 51 1st Tigers v CWI B Team King City (NW) 30 Jun 2018

 

POINTS TABLE AS OF 30 JUN 2018
No Notation TEAM M W L T N/R PT NRR FOR AGAINST
1 Royals Edmonton Royals 1 1 0 0 0 2 +3.083 173/15.0 169/20.0
2 Hawka Winnipeg Hawks 1 1 0 0 0 2 +2.300 203/20.0 157/20.0
3 CWI B Team CWI B Team 1 1 0 0 0 2 +0.557 187/19.1 184/20.0
4 Nationals Toronto Nationals 2 1 1 0 0 2 -1.259 400/39.2 400/35.0
5 Knights Vancouver Knights 1 0 1 0 0 0 -0.598 227/20.0 231/19.2
6 Tigers Montreal Tigers 2 0 2 0 0 0 -1.432 341/40.0 390/39.1

 

Second T20I – Ireland vs India at Dublin {M} on 29 Jun 18 – India won by 143 runs

Second T20I – Ireland vs India at Dublin {M} on 29 Jun 18 – India won by 143 runs

KL Rahul and SK Raina posted 106 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide  the 14th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in T20Is. All such occasions are tabulated below

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 1 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

It provides the fourth occasion for KL Rahul partnering a three figure partnership in T20Is. All such occasions are tabulated below

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 MS Dhoni, KL Rahul 4 107 2 v West Indies Lauderhill 27 Aug 2016
3 KL Rahul, SK Raina 2 106 1 v Ireland Dublin {M} 29 Jun 2018
4 Mandeep Singh, KL Rahul 1 103* 2 v Zimbabwe Harare 20 Jun 2016

It provides the third occasion for SK Raina partnering a three figure partnership in T20Is. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 V Kohli, SK Raina 3 134 1 v Australia Adelaide 26 Jan 2016
2 KL Rahul, SK Raina 2 106 1 v Ireland Dublin {M} 29 Jun 2018
3 SK Raina, RG Sharma 2 102 1 v Bangladesh Colombo (RPS) 14 Mar 2018

It provides the  fifth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket  in T20Is. All such occasions are listed 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 V Kohli, RG Sharma 2 106 2 v West Indies Dhaka 23 Mar 2014
3 KL Rahul, SK Raina 2 106 1 v Ireland Dublin {M} 29 Jun 2018
4 SK Raina, RG Sharma 2 102 1 v Bangladesh Colombo (RPS) 14 Mar 2018
5 V Kohli, RG Sharma 2 100 2 v Bangladesh Dhaka 28 Mar 2014

India posted 213 for 4 in this game to provide the eleventh occasion of India posting a team total of 200 plus in T20Is. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Score Overs Inns Opposition Ground Match Date
1 260/5 20.0 1 v Sri Lanka Indore 22 Dec 2017
2 244/4 20.0 2 v West Indies Lauderhill 27 Aug 2016
3 218/4 20.0 1 v England Durban 19 Sep 2007
4 211/4 19.1 2 v Sri Lanka Mohali 12 Dec 2009
5 213/4 20.0 1 v Ireland Dublin (M) 29 Jun 2018
6 208/5 20.0 1 v Ireland Dublin (M) 27 Jun 2018
7 203/5 20.0 1 v South Africa Jo’burg 18 Feb 2018
8 202/4 19.4 2 v Australia Rajkot 10 Oct 2013
9 202/6 20.0 1 v England Bengaluru 01 Feb 2017
10 202/3 20.0 1 v New Zealand Delhi 01 Nov 2017
11 200/3 20.0 2 v Australia Sydney 31 Jan 2016

Ireland became the fourth opponent against whom India has posted a team total 200 plus runs in a T20I on two occasions. The following table lists all the four opponents.  The list is arranged in the descending order of the  team total

No Score Overs Inns Opposition Ground Match Date
1 202/4 19.4 2 v Australia Rajkot 10 Oct 2013
2 200/3 20.0 2 v Australia Sydney 31 Jan 2016
             
1 218/4 20.0 1 v England Durban 19 Sep 2007
2 202/6 20.0 1 v England Bengaluru 01 Feb 2017
             
1 213/4 20.0 1 v Ireland Dublin (M) 29 Jun 2018
2 208/5 20.0 1 v Ireland Dublin (M) 27 Jun 2018
             
1 260/5 20.0 1 v Sri Lanka Indore 22 Dec 2017
2 211/4 19.1 2 v Sri Lanka Mohali 12 Dec 2009

The following table lists the 13 occasions of a team winning a T20I game by 100 plus runs margin. India with this win of 143 runs shares the second place with Pakistan in the list of teams  which has won a T20I game by most runs margin

No Winner Margin Target Opposition Ground Match Date
1 Sri Lanka 172 runs 261 v Kenya Johannesburg 14 Sep 2007
2 Pakistan 143 runs 204 v West Indies Karachi 01 Apr 2018
3 India 143 runs 214 v Ireland Dublin (M) 29 Jun 2018
4 South Africa 130 runs 212 v Scotland The Oval 07 Jun 2009
5 New Zealand 119 runs 244 v West Indies Mount Maunganui 03 Jan 2018
6 England 116 runs 197 v Afghanistan Colombo (RPS) 21 Sep 2012
7 Scotland 115 runs 222 v Netherlands Amstelveen 20 Jun 2018
8 Zimbabwe 109 runs 185 v Canada King City (NW) 13 Oct 2008
9 Afghanistan 106 runs 163 v Kenya Sharjah 30 Sep 2013
10 Pakistan 103 runs 184 v New Zealand Christchurch 30 Dec 2010
11 Netherlands 103 runs 173 v Nepal Amstelveen 01 Jul 2015
12 Pakistan 102 runs 204 v Bangladesh Karachi 20 Apr 2008
13 England 100 runs 180 v Australia Southampton 13 Jun 2005

India’s win by 143 runs in this game provides its first win by 100 plus  runs margin and  thus represent its largest victory margin in terms of runs in T20Is. Its previous largest victory margin in terms of runs was its 93 runs victory against Sri Lanka at Cuttack on 20 Dec 17.

India’s win by 143 runs in this game provides its tenth win by 50 plus runs margin in T20Is. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No Winner Margin Target Opposition Ground Match Date
1 India 143 runs 214 v Ireland Dublin (M) 29 Jun 2018
2 India 93 runs 181 v Sri Lanka Cuttack 20 Dec 2017
3 India 90 runs 171 v England Colombo (RPS) 23 Sep 2012
4 India 88 runs 261 v Sri Lanka Indore 22 Dec 2017
5 India 76 runs 209 v Ireland Dublin (M) 27 Jun 2018
6 India 75 runs 203 v England Bengaluru 01 Feb 2017
7 India 73 runs 160 v Australia Dhaka 30 Mar 2014
8 India 69 runs 197 v Sri Lanka Ranchi 12 Feb 2016
9 India 54 runs 179 v Zimbabwe Harare 17 Jul 2015
10 India 53 runs 203 v New Zealand Delhi 01 Nov 2017

Ireland was dismissed sll out for 70 in this game to provide the 67th occasion of a team dismissed all out for a total less than 100 runs in the history of T20 Internationals. It also  provides the third occasion of Ireland dismissed for a total less than 100 runs in T20Is. All such occasions are listed below

No Team Score Overs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 Ireland 68 16.4 2 v West Indies Providence 30 Apr 2010
2 Ireland 70 12.3 2 v India Dublin (M) 29 Jun 2018
3 Ireland 71 13.2 1 v Afghanistan Dubai (DSC) 20 Jan 2017

Ireland was dismissed sll out for 70 in this game to provide the its second lowest team total in T20Is. Its lowest total is 68 against West Indies at Providence  on 30 Apr 10

No Team Score Overs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 Ireland 68 16.4 2 v West Indies Providence 30 Apr 2010
2 Ireland 70 12.3 2 v India Dublin (M) 29 Jun 2018

KL Rahul {70} and SK Raina {69} scored fifties in  this  game  to  provide  the 77th and 78th occasion of Indian batsmen scoring fifties in T20I. KL Rahul’s 70 in this game was his fifth fifty and SK Raina’s 69 was   his sixth fifty. The following table lists the fifties scored in T20Is by these two batsmen

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 KL Rahul 110* 2 v West Indies Lauderhill 27 Aug 2016
2 KL Rahul 71 1 v England Nagpur 29 Jan 2017
3 KL Rahul 61 1 v Sri Lanka Cuttack 20 Dec 2017
4 KL Rahul 89 1 v Sri Lanka Indore 22 Dec 2017
5 KL Rahul 70 1 v Ireland Dublin (M) 29 Jun 2018
             
1 SK Raina 61* 1 v New Zealand Christchurch 25 Feb 2009
2 SK Raina 101 1 v South Africa Gros Islet 02 May 2010
3 SK Raina 63 1 v Sri Lanka Gros Islet 11 May 2010
4 SK Raina 72* 2 v Zimbabwe Harare 13 Jun 2010
5 SK Raina 63 1 v England Bengaluru 01 Feb 2017
6 SK Raina 69 1 v Ireland Dublin (M) 29 Jun 2018

India carved its 63rd win in T20Is by winning this game, while Ireland lost its 33rd game in T20Is. India and Ireland have  played  101 and 67 T20I game respectively as at the end of this game.

KJ O”Brien collected his ninth duck in T20Is when he failed to score  in this game. He now shares the second place for most ducks by a batsman in T20Is with LJ Wright of England who has  also scored nine  ducks in T20Is. TM Dilshan wth ten  ducks to his credit owns the record for  most ducks in T20Is.

Two bowlers capturing four or more wickets in the same game in the history of Twenty20 Internationals

Two bowlers capturing four or more wickets in the same game in the history of Twenty20 Internationals

PKD Chase of Ireland and Kuldeep Yadav of India captured 4 for 35 and 4 for 21 in the  first  T20I at Dublin {M} on 27 Jun 18 to provide the tenth occasion of two bowlers capturing four or more wickets in the same game. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No No Player O M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 1 Umar Gul 4.0 0 25 4 2 Pak Sco Durban 12 Sep 2007
  2 Shahid Afridi 4.0 0 19 4 2 Pak Sco Durban 12 Sep 2007
                       
2 1 Umar Gul 3.0 0 13 4 1 Pak Srl King City (NW) 11 Oct 2008
  2 K Weeraratne 4.0 0 19 4 2 Srl Pak King City (NW) 11 Oct 2008
                       
3 1 Mudassar Bukhari 3.4 0 33 4 1 Net Ken Abu Dhabi 11 Feb 2010
  2 PM Seelaar 4.0 0 19 4 1 Net Ken Abu Dhabi 11 Feb 2010
                       
4 1 SJ Benn 4.0 2 6 4 1 Win Zim Port of Spain 28 Feb 2010
  2 DJG Sammy 3.5 0 26 5 1 Win Zim Port of Spain 28 Feb 2010
                       
5 1 CK Langeveldt 4.0 0 19 4 1 RSA Pak Gros Islet 10 May 2010
  2 Saeed Ajmal 4.0 0 26 4 2 Pak RSA Gros Islet 10 May 2010
                       
6 1 Ahsan Malik 4.0 0 19 5 1 Net RSA Chittagong 27 Mar 2014
  2 Imran Tahir 4.0 0 21 4 2 RSA Net Chittagong 27 Mar 2014
                       
7 1 Haseeb Amjad 4.0 0 16 4 1 HKG Nep Belfast 15 Jul 2015
  2 B Regmi 4.0 0 16 4 2 Nep HKG Belfast 15 Jul 2015
                       
8 1 PADLR Sandakan 4.0 0 23 4 1 Srl RSA Johannesburg 22 Jan 2017
  2 L Ngidi 4.0 0 19 4 2 RSA Srl Johannesburg 22 Jan 2017
                       
9 1 BJ McCarthy 4.0 0 33 4 1 Ire Afg Greater Noida 10 Mar 2017
  2 Rashid Khan 2.0 1 3 5 2 Afg Ire Greater Noida 10 Mar 2017
                       
10 1 PKD Chase 4.0 0 35 4 1 Ire Ind Dublin (M) 27 Jun 2018
  2 Kuldeep Yadav 4.0 1 21 4 2 Ind Ire Dublin (M) 27 Jun 2018

PKD Chase of Ireland and Kuldeep Yadav of India captured 4 for 35 and 4 for 21 in the  first  T20I at Dublin {M} on 27 Jun 18 to provide the seventh occasion of rival bowlers capturing four or more wickets in the same game. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No No Player O M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 1 Umar Gul 3.0 0 13 4 1 Pak Srl King City (NW) 11 Oct 2008
  2 K Weeraratne 4.0 0 19 4 2 Srl Pak King City (NW) 11 Oct 2008
                       
2 1 CK Langeveldt 4.0 0 19 4 1 RSA Pak Gros Islet 10 May 2010
  2 Saeed Ajmal 4.0 0 26 4 2 Pak RSA Gros Islet 10 May 2010
                       
3 1 Ahsan Malik 4.0 0 19 5 1 Net RSA Chittagong 27 Mar 2014
  2 Imran Tahir 4.0 0 21 4 2 RSA Net Chittagong 27 Mar 2014
                       
4 1 Haseeb Amjad 4.0 0 16 4 1 HKG Nep Belfast 15 Jul 2015
  2 B Regmi 4.0 0 16 4 2 Nep HKG Belfast 15 Jul 2015
                       
5 1 PADLR Sandakan 4.0 0 23 4 1 Srl RSA Johannesburg 22 Jan 2017
  2 L Ngidi 4.0 0 19 4 2 RSA Srl Johannesburg 22 Jan 2017
                       
6 1 BJ McCarthy 4.0 0 33 4 1 Ire Afg Greater Noida 10 Mar 2017
  2 Rashid Khan 2.0 1 3 5 2 Afg Ire Greater Noida 10 Mar 2017
                       
7 1 PKD Chase 4.0 0 35 4 1 Ire Ind Dublin (M) 27 Jun 2018
  2 Kuldeep Yadav 4.0 1 21 4 2 Ind Ire Dublin (M) 27 Jun 2018

 

England vs Australia – Only T20I – at Birmingham – England won  by  28 runs

England vs Australia – Only T20I – at Birmingham – England won  by  28 runs

England posted a total  of 221 for 5 in this game to provide the seventh occasion of England posting a total of 200 plus runs in T20Is. All such occasions are listed below

No Team Score Overs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 England 200/6 20.0 2 v India Durban 19 Sep 2007
2 England 202/6 20.0 1 v South Africa Johannesburg 13 Nov 2009
3 England 214/7 20.0 1 v New Zealand Auckland 09 Feb 2013
4 England 209/6 20.0 2 v Australia Southampton 29 Aug 2013
5 England 200/9 20.0 2 v Australia Hobart 29 Jan 2014
6 England 230/8 19.4 2 v South Africa Mumbai 18 Mar 2016
7 England 221/5 20.0 1 v Australia Birmingham 27 Jun 2018

It also provides the third occasion of England posting a total in excess of 200 plus runs against Australia in T20Is. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Team Score Overs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 England 209/6 20.0 2 v Australia Southampton 29 Aug 2013
2 England 200/9 20.0 2 v Australia Hobart 29 Jan 2014
3 England 221/5 20.0 1 v Australia Birmingham 27 Jun 2018

England’s 221 for 5 in this game represent its highest team total in T20Is. The previous best was 209 for 6 at Southampton on 29 Aus 13

No Team Score Overs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 England 221/5 20.0 1 v Australia Birmingham 27 Jun 2018
2 England 209/6 20.0 2 v Australia Southampton 29 Aug 2013

England’s 221 for 5 in this game represent its second best total in T20Is. It best total is 230 for 8 against South Africa at Mumbai on 18 Mar 16

No Team Score Overs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 England 230/8 19.4 2 v South Africa Mumbai 18 Mar 2016
2 England 221/5 20.0 1 v Australia Birmingham 27 Jun 2018

JC Buttler scored 61 in this game to provide the 85th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides the tenth occasion of an England wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides  the 82nd occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a half century in T20Is.

JC Buttler became the second England wicket keeper batsman to score a fifty against Australia in T20Is. Prior to this C Kieswetter had scored 63 at Bridgetown on 16 May 10.

AJ Finch scored 84 in this game to provide the 111th occasion of a captain scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides the 107th occasion of a captain scoring a half century in T20Is.

It also provides the 12th occasion of an Australian captain scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides the eleventh occasion of an Australian captain scoring a half century in T20Is. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 SR Watson 124* 1 v India Sydney 31 Jan 2016
2 RT Ponting 98* 1 v New Zealand Auckland 17 Feb 2005
3 SPD Smith 90 2 v England Cardiff 31 Aug 2015
4 AJ Finch 84 2 v England Birmingham 27 Jun 2018
5 RT Ponting 76 1 v India Mumbai (BS) 20 Oct 2007
6 AJ Finch 74 2 v India Melbourne 29 Jan 2016
7 MJ Clarke 67 2 v New Zealand Christchurch 28 Feb 2010
8 GJ Bailey 63 2 v West Indies Colombo (RPS) 05 Oct 2012
9 SPD Smith 61* 1 v Pakistan Mohali 25 Mar 2016
10 GJ Bailey 60* 2 v England Melbourne 31 Jan 2014
11 DA Warner 59 2 v New Zealand Auckland 16 Feb 2018
12 AJ Finch 53 1 v Sri Lanka Adelaide 22 Feb 2017

It also provides the third occasion of an Australian captain scoring a half century against in T20Is. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 SPD Smith 90 2 v England Cardiff 31 Aug 2015
2 AJ Finch 84 2 v England Birmingham 27 Jun 2018
3 GJ Bailey 60* 2 v England Melbourne 31 Jan 2014

AJ Finch’s 84 in this game represent his third fifty as Australian captain in T20Is. He now  owns the record for most fifties by an Australian captain in T20Is. Other captains to score two fifties are – GJ Bailey, RT Ponting and SPD Smith

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 AJ Finch 84 2 v England Birmingham 27 Jun 2018
2 AJ Finch 74 2 v India Melbourne 29 Jan 2016
3 AJ Finch 53 1 v Sri Lanka Adelaide 22 Feb 2017
             
1 GJ Bailey 63 2 v West Indies Colombo (RPS) 05 Oct 2012
2 GJ Bailey 60* 2 v England Melbourne 31 Jan 2014
             
1 RT Ponting 98* 1 v New Zealand Auckland 17 Feb 2005
2 RT Ponting 76 1 v India Mumbai (BS) 20 Oct 2007
             
1 SPD Smith 90 2 v England Cardiff 31 Aug 2015
2 SPD Smith 61* 1 v Pakistan Mohali 25 Mar 2016

AJ Finch’s 84 in this game represent his highest score as Australian captain in T20Is. Previous best was  his 74 against  India at Melbourne on 29 Jan 16

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 AJ Finch 84 2 v England Birmingham 27 Jun 2018
2 AJ Finch 74 2 v India Melbourne 29 Jan 2016
3 AJ Finch 53 1 v Sri Lanka Adelaide 22 Feb 2017

AJ Finch’s 84 in this game was in a losing cause to provide the  48th occasion of a captain’s fifty going in vain in the history of T20Is. It also provides the sixth occasion of Australian captain’s fifty going in vain in T20Is. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 RT Ponting 76 1 v India Mumbai (BS) 20 Oct 2007
2 GJ Bailey 63 2 v West Indies Colombo (RPS) 05 Oct 2012
3 SPD Smith 90 2 v England Cardiff 31 Aug 2015
4 AJ Finch 74 2 v India Melbourne 29 Jan 2016
5 SR Watson 124* 1 v India Sydney 31 Jan 2016
6 AJ Finch 84 2 v England Birmingham 27 Jun 2018

It also provides the sixth occasion of Australian captain’s fifty going in vain against England in T20Is. Both such occasions are listed below

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 SPD Smith 90 2 v England Cardiff 31 Aug 2015
2 AJ Finch 84 2 v England Birmingham 27 Jun 2018

England won this game by 28 runs to provide the 48th occasion of England winning a T20I game. It also provides England’s sixth win against Australia in T20Is

Australia lost this game by 28 runs to provide the 45th occasion of Australia losing a T20I game. It also provides the sixth occasion of Australia losing a T20I against England

First T20I – Ireland vs India at Dublin {M} – India won by 76 runs  

First T20I – Ireland vs India at Dublin {M} – India won by 76 runs  

India became the seventh team to play 100 T20Is. Others are – Pakistan {128), New Zealand {111}, Sri Lanka {108}, South Africa {103}, Australia {100} and England {100}

India posted  208 for 5 in this game to provide the tenth occasion of India posting a total of 200 plus in T20Is. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Score Overs Inns Opposition Ground Match Date
1 260/5 20.0 1 v Sri Lanka Indore 22 Dec 2017
2 244/4 20.0 2 v West Indies Lauderhill 27 Aug 2016
3 218/4 20.0 1 v England Durban 19 Sep 2007
4 211/4 19.1 2 v Sri Lanka Mohali 12 Dec 2009
5 208/5 20.0 1 v Ireland Dublin (M) 27 Jun 2018
6 203/5 20.0 1 v South Africa Jo’burg 18 Feb 2018
7 202/4 19.4 2 v Australia Rajkot 10 Oct 2013
8 202/6 20.0 1 v England Bengaluru 01 Feb 2017
9 202/3 20.0 1 v New Zealand Delhi 01 Nov 2017
10 200/3 20.0 2 v Australia Sydney 31 Jan 2016

India became the second team to post a total of 200 plus runs against Ireland in T20Is. Prior to this, Afghanistan had posted 233 for 8 at Greater Noida on 12 Mar 17

India’s 208 for 5 in  this game  is  its highest team total  against Ireland in T20Is. Its previous best was 113 for 2 at Nottingham on 10 Jun 09.

S Dhawan and RG Sharma posted 160 runs  for the first  wicket in this game to provide  the 122nd occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership in T20Is. It also provides the 47th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership fo the first wicket in T20Is.

S Dhawan and RG Sharma posted 160 runs for the first  wicket in this game to provide  the 13th  occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership in T20Is. All such occasions are tabulated below

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 1 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 Mandeep Singh, KL Rahul 1 103* 2 v Zimbabwe Harare 20 Jun 2016
11 MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh 5 102* 2 v Australia Rajkot 10 Oct 2013
12 SK Raina, RG Sharma 2 102 1 v Bangladesh Colombo (RPS) 14 Mar 2018
13 V Kohli, RG Sharma 2 100 2 v Bangladesh Dhaka 28 Mar 2014

It also provides the fifth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership fo the first wicket in T20Is. All such occasions are tabulated below

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 1 v Ireland Dublin {M} 27 Jun 2018
3 S Dhawan, RG Sharma 1 158 1 v New Zealand Delhi 01 Nov 2017
4 G Gambhir, V Sehwag 1 136 1 v England Durban 19 Sep 2007
5 Mandeep Singh, KL Rahul 1 103* 2 v Zimbabwe Harare 20 Jun 2016

RG Sharma has partnered seven three figure partnerships out of the 13 posted by Indian batsman. He has partnered three three figure partnerships for the first wicket and four for the second wicket. The following table lists the three figure partnerships partnered by RG Sharma

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 1 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 V Kohli, RG Sharma 2 106 2 v West Indies Dhaka 23 Mar 2014
6 SK Raina, RG Sharma 2 102 1 v Bangladesh Colombo (RPS) 14 Mar 2018
7 V Kohli, RG Sharma 2 100 2 v Bangladesh Dhaka 28 Mar 2014

S Dhawan and RG Sharma posted 160 runs for the first  wicket in this game to provide  the sixth occasion of batsmen posting 160 plus runs partnerships in the history of T20Is. All such occasions are listed below.

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 MJ Guptill/KS Williamson 1 171* 2 NZl Pak Hamilton 17 Jan 2016
2 LE Bosman/GC Smith 1 170 1 RSA Eng Centurion 15 Nov 2009
3 MJayawardene/KCSangakkara 2 166 1 Srl Win Bridgetown 07 May 2010
4 KL Rahul/RG Sharma 1 165 1 Ind Srl Indore 22 Dec 2017
5 GJ Maxwell/DAWarner 4 161 2 Aus RSA Johannesburg 06 Mar 2016
6 S Dhawan/RG Sharma 1 160 1 Ind Ire Dublin (M) 27 Jun 2018

S Dhawan and RG Sharma posted 160 runs for the first  wicket in this game to provide  the fourth occasion of batsmen posting 160 plus runs partnerships for the first wicket in the history of T20Is. All such occasions are listed below.

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 MJ Guptill/KS Williamson 1 171* 2 NZl Pak Hamilton 17 Jan 2016
2 LE Bosman/GC Smith 1 170 1 RSA Eng Centurion 15 Nov 2009
3 KL Rahul/RG Sharma 1 165 1 Ind Srl Indore 22 Dec 2017
4 S Dhawan/RG Sharma 1 160 1 Ind Ire Dublin (M) 27 Jun 2018

S Dhawan and RG Sharma posted 160 runs for the first  wicket in this game to provide  the second Indian occasion of batsmen posting 160 plus runs partnerships in the history of T20Is. Both such occasions are listed below. It is  interesting to note that these two partnerships are for the first wicket.

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 KL Rahul/RG Sharma 1 165 1 Ind Srl Indore 22 Dec 2017
2 S Dhawan/RG Sharma 1 160 1 Ind Ire Dublin (M) 27 Jun 2018

SR Thompson of Ireland took three catches in Indian innings to provide the 67th occasion of a fieldsman other than the wicket keeper taking three or more catches in an innings. It also provides the fifth occasion of an Ireland fieldsman taking three catches in an innings. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No Player Ct Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 DT Johnston 3 1 v Kenya Mombasa 22 Feb 2012
2 PR Stirling 3 2 v Afghanistan Abu Dhabi 30 Nov 2013
3 GH Dockrell 3 2 v Scotland Dubai (DSC) 20 Jan 2017
4 GH Dockrell 3 1 v Afghanistan Greater Noida 12 Mar 2017
5 SR Thompson 3 1 v India Dublin (M) 27 Jun 2018

RG Sharma scored 97 in this game to provide the 28th occasion of a batsman scoring ninety in an innings in the history of T20Is. It also provides the third occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a ninety in an innings in T20Is

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 V Kohli 90* 1 v Australia Adelaide 26 Jan 2016
2 S Dhawan 90 1 v Sri Lanka Colombo (RPS) 06 Mar 2018
3 RG Sharma 97 1 v Ireland Dublin (M 27 Jun 2018

RG Sharma scored 97 in this game to provide the 19th occasion of an opening batsman scoring ninety in an innings in the history of T20Is. It also provides the second occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a ninety in an innings in T20Is

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 S Dhawan 90 1 v Sri Lanka Colombo (RPS) 06 Mar 2018
2 RG Sharma 97 1 v Ireland Dublin (M 27 Jun 2018

RG Sharma {97} and S Dhawan {74} scored fifties in this game to provide the 35th occasion of both the openers scoring fifties in an in the history of T20Is. It also provides the fourth such occasion by Indian batsmen.

RG Sharma {97} and S Dhawan {74} scored half centuries in this game to provide the 31st occasion of both the openers scoring fifties in an in the history of T20Is. It also provides the third such occasion by Indian batsmen.

PKD Chase of Ireland captured four for 35 in this game to provide the ninth occasion of an Ireland bowler capturing four wickets in T20I. All such occasions are listed below.

No Player O M R W Opposition Ground Match Date
1 AR Cusack 4.0 1 11 4 v West Indies Kingston 21 Feb 2014
2 J Mulder 4.0 0 16 4 v Scotland Dubai (DSC) 20 Jan 2017
3 AR Cusack 3.0 0 18 4 v Sri Lanka Lord’s 14 Jun 2009
4 GH Dockrell 3.3 0 20 4 v Netherlands Dubai (DSC) 13 Feb 2010
5 AR Cusack 4.0 0 21 4 v Scotland Belfast 02 Aug 2008
6 DT Johnston 4.0 1 22 4 v Afghanistan Colombo (PSS) 01 Feb 2010
7 BJ McCarthy 4.0 0 33 4 v Afghanistan Greater Noida 10 Mar 2017
8 KJ O’Brien 4.0 0 45 4 v Afghanistan Greater Noida 12 Mar 2017
9 PKD Chase 4.0 0 35 4 v India Dublin {M} 27 Jun 2018

PKD Chase became the  tenth bowler to capture  four wickets against India in T20Is. The performance of these ten bowlers is shown below.

No Player O M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Mohammad Asif 4.0 0 18 4 1 Pak Ind Durban 14 Sep 2007
2 DL Vettori 4.0 0 20 4 2 NZl Ind Johannesburg 16 Sep 2007
3 DJ Bravo 4.0 0 38 4 1 Win Ind Lord’s 12 Jun 2009
4 DJG Sammy 4.0 0 16 4 1 Win Ind Port of Spain 04 Jun 2011
5 JW Dernbach 3.4 0 22 4 1 Eng Ind Manchester 31 Aug 2011
6 Umar Gul 4.0 0 37 4 1 Pak Ind Ahmedabad 28 Dec 2012
7 MJ Santner 4.0 0 11 4 2 NZl Ind Nagpur 15 Mar 2016
8 JP Behrendorff 4.0 0 21 4 1 Aus Ind Guwahati 10 Oct 2017
9 TA Boult 4.0 0 34 4 2 NZl Ind Rajkot 04 Nov 2017
10 PKD Chase 4.0 0 35 4 1 Ire Ind Dublin (M) 27 Jun 2018

MS Dhoni became the third batsman in the history of T20Is to appear in 90 plus games. Today’s game against Ireland will be his 90th game. Others to appear in 90 plus T20Is are – Shahid Afridi {99} and Shoaib Malik {98}

MS Dhoni  became the first wicket keeper batsman in the history of T20Is to appear in 90 plus games. Today’s game against Ireland will be his 90th game as wicket keeper batsman

RG Sharma has played 79 games prior to the game against Ireland.  Today’s game will be his 80th game. He became the second Indian batsman to appear in 80 plus T20Is after MS Dhoni. RG Sharma will become the eighth cricketer to appear in 80 plus T20Is. Others are – Shahid Afridi {99}, Shoaib Malik {98}, MS Dhoni {90}, Umar Akmal {82}, Mohammad  Hafeez {81}, LRPL Taylor {81} and TM Dilshan {80}

RG Sharma’s run aggregate in T20Is read 1949 at the end of this game. He became the sixth batsman in the history of T20Is to total 1900 plus runs. Others are – MJ Guptil {2271}, BB McCullum {2140}, Shoaid Malik {1989}, V Kohli {1983} and Mohammad Shazad {1906}.

RG Sharma’s boundary fours aggregate read 175 at the end of this  game. He became the seventh batsman in the history of T20Is to score 175 plus boundary fours. Others are – TM Dilshan {223], Mohammad Shaszad {216}, V Kohli {210}, MJ Guptil {200}, BB McCullum {199} and Mohammad Hafeez {178}

RG Sharma’s boundary sixes aggregate read 83 the end of this  game. He became the fifth batsman in the history of T20Is to score 80 plus boundary sixes. Others are – CH Gayle {103}, MJ Guptil {103}, BB McCullum {91} and SR Watson {83}. RG Sharma owns the record for most boundary sixes by a batsman in T20Is.

V Kohli scored a duck in this game to provide the 80th occasion of a captain scoring a duck in the history of T20Is. It also provides the third occasion of an Indian captain scoring a duck  in T20Is. Other two occasions are – V Kohli against Australia at Guwahati  on 10 Oct 2017 and RG Sharma against Sri Lanka at Col-RPS on 06  Mar 18

V Kohli’s two ducks as captain provides the 21st occasion of a captain scoring two or more ducks in the history of T20Is. He became the first Indian captain to collect two ducks in T20Is.

Yadav captured four for 21  in this game to provide the occasion of an Indian bowler capturing four or more wickets in T20Is. All such occasions are tabulated below

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

PKD Chase of Ireland captured four for 35 for Ireland and K Yadav captured 4 for 21 for India in this game to provide the seventh occasion of rival bowlers capturing four or more wickets in the same game in the history of T20Is. It also  provides the tenth occasion of two bowlers capturing four or more wickets n the same game in the history of T20Is

PKD Chase’s four for 35 this game was in a losing cause to provide the 31st occasion of a bowler’s four or more  wicket haul  going in vain in the history of T20Is. It also provides the occasion of a bowler’s four wicket haul going in vain against India in T20Is. All such occasions are listed below.

No Player O M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 DJG Sammy 4.0 0 16 4 1 Win Ind Port of Spain 04 Jun 2011
2 Umar Gul 4.0 0 37 4 1 Pak Ind Ahmedabad 28 Dec 2012
3 PKD Chase 4.0 0 35 4 1 Ire Ind Dublin (M) 27 Jun 2018

PKD Chase’s 4  for 34  in this game  was in a losing cause to  provide the fifth occasion of an Ireland bowler’s four wicket haul in a losing cause in T20Is. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player O M R W Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 AR Cusack 3.0 0 18 4 1 v Sri Lanka Lord’s 14 Jun 2009
2 AR Cusack 4.0 1 11 4 1 v West Indies Kingston 21 Feb 2014
3 BJ McCarthy 4.0 0 33 4 1 v Afghanistan Greater Noida 10 Mar 2017
4 KJ O’Brien 4.0 0 45 4 1 v Afghanistan Greater Noida 12 Mar 2017
5 PKD Chase 4.0 0 35 4 1 v India Dublin (Malahide) 27 Jun 2018

JNK Shannon scored 60 in this game to provide the 23rd occasion of an Ireland batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is. JNK Shannon’s 60 in this  game was in a losing cause to provide the eighth occasion of an Ireland batsman’s fifty in a losing cause in T20IS.

MS Dhoni effected two stumping dismissals in this game which fetched  him an aggregate of 31 stumping dismisslas in T20Is. He became the second wicket keeper in the history of T20I to effect 30 plus stumping dismissals. Kamran Akmal is  the  other wicket keeper who had effected 32 stumping  dismissals.

MS Dhoni effected two stumping dismissals in this game which fetched him an aggregate of 80 dismissals in T20Is. He became the first wicket keeper in the history of T20I to effect 80 dismissals. 

India won this game by 76 runs to provide the ninth occasion of India winning a T20I game by 50 plus runs margin. All such occasions are listed below

No Team Result Margin Opposition Ground Start Date
1 India won 93 runs v Sri Lanka Cuttack 20 Dec 2017
2 India won 90 runs v England Colombo (RPS) 23 Sep 2012
3 India won 88 runs v Sri Lanka Indore 22 Dec 2017
4 India won 76 runs v Ireland Dublin (M) 27 Jun 2018
5 India won 75 runs v England Bengaluru 01 Feb 2017
6 India won 73 runs v Australia Dhaka 30 Mar 2014
7 India won 69 runs v Sri Lanka Ranchi 12 Feb 2016
8 India won 54 runs v Zimbabwe Harare 17 Jul 2015
9 India won 53 runs v New Zealand Delhi 01 Nov 2017