Rival openers scoring fifties in the history of T20 Internationals

Rival openers scoring fifties in the history of T20 Internationals

S Dhawan of India and RR Hendricks of South Africa scored 72 and 70 in the first T20I between South Africa and India at Johannesburg on 18 Feb 18 to provide the 25th occasion of rival openers scoring fifties in a T20 game. All such occasions are tabulated below in the chronological order

No No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 1 H Masakadza 53 1 Zim Pak King City (NW) 12 Oct 2008
  2 Shoaib Khan jnr 50 2 Pak Zim King City (NW) 12 Oct 2008
                 
2 1 DA Warner 63 1 Aus Win The Oval 06 Jun 2009
  2 CH Gayle 88 2 Win Aus The Oval 06 Jun 2009
                 
3 1 TM Dilshan 96* 1 Srl Win The Oval 19 Jun 2009
  2 CH Gayle 63* 2 Win Srl The Oval 19 Jun 2009
                 
4 1 H Patel 88* 1 Can Ire Colombo (SSC) 03 Feb 2010
  2 NJ O’Brien 50 2 Ire Can Colombo (SSC) 03 Feb 2010
                 
5 1 H Masakadza 72 1 Zim RSA Bloemfontein 08 Oct 2010
  2 GC Smith 58 2 RSA Zim Bloemfontein 08 Oct 2010
                 
6 1 DPMD Jayawardene 86 1 Srl Aus Pallekele 08 Aug 2011
  2 SR Watson 57 2 Aus Srl Pallekele 08 Aug 2011
                 
7 1 H Masakadza 53 1 Zim NZl Auckland 11 Feb 2012
  2 MJ Guptill 91* 2 NZl Zim Auckland 11 Feb 2012
                 
8 1 H Masakadza) 62 1 Zim NZl Hamilton 14 Feb 2012
  2 RJ Nicol 56 2 NZl Zim Hamilton 14 Feb 2012
                 
9 1 DR Smith 63 1 Win Aus Bridgetown 30 Mar 2012
  2 DA Warner 58 2 Aus Win Bridgetown 30 Mar 2012
                 
10 1 DR Smith 70 1 Win Eng Nottingham 24 Jun 2012
  2 AD Hales 99 2 Eng Win Nottingham 24 Jun 2012
                 
11 1 Tamim Iqbal 50 1 Ban Net The Hague 26 Jul 2012
  2 MR Swart 61 2 Net Ban The Hague 26 Jul 2012
                 
12 1 RJ Nicol 58 1 NZl Srl Pallekele 27 Sep 2012
  2 TM Dilshan 76 2 Srl NZl Pallekele 27 Sep 2012
                 
13 1 CH Gayle 58 1 Win Eng Pallekele 27 Sep 2012
  2 AD Hales 68 2 Eng Win Pallekele 27 Sep 2012
                 
14 1 MJ Guptill 59 1 NZl Eng Wellington 15 Feb 2013
  2 MJ Lumb 53* 2 Eng NZl Wellington 15 Feb 2013
                 
15 1 H Masakadza 59 1 Zim Ban Bulawayo 11 May 2013
  2 Shamsur Rahman 53 2 Ban Zim Bulawayo 11 May 2013
                 
16 1 AD Hales 94 1 Eng Aus Chester-le-Street 31 Aug 2013
  2 DA Warner 53 2 Aus Eng Chester-le-Street 31 Aug 2013
                 
17 1 MDKJ Perera 84 1 Srl Pak Dubai (DSC) 13 Dec 2013
  2 Sharjeel Khan 50 2 Pak Srl Dubai (DSC) 13 Dec 2013
                 
18 1 TM Dilshan 56 1 Srl Win Pallekele 09 Nov 2015
  2 ADS Fletcher 57 2 Win Srl Pallekele 09 Nov 2015
                 
19 1 Mohammad Hafeez 61 1 Pak NZl Auckland 15 Jan 2016
  2 KS Williamson 70 2 NZl Pak Auckland 15 Jan 2016
                 
20 1 RG Sharma 60 1 Ind Aus Melbourne 29 Jan 2016
  2 AJ Finch 74 2 Aus Ind Melbourne 29 Jan 2016
                 
21 1 Zeeshan Maqsood 52 1 Oman Afg Fatullah 20 Feb 2016
  2 Noor Ali Zadran 63 2 Afg Oman Fatullah 20 Feb 2016
                 
22 1 V Sibanda 59 1 Zim HKG Nagpur 08 Mar 2016
  2 JJ Atkinson 53 2 HKG Zim Nagpur 08 Mar 2016
                 
23 1 J Charles 79 1 Win Ind Lauderhill 27 Aug 2016
  2 RG Sharma 62 2 Ind Win Lauderhill 27 Aug 2016
                 
24 1 Soumya Sarkar 51 1 Ban Srl Dhaka 15 Feb 2018
  2 BKG Mendis 53 2 Srl Ban Dhaka 15 Feb 2018
                 
25 1 S Dhawan 72 1 Ind RSA Johannesburg 18 Feb 2018
  2 RR Hendricks 70 2 RSA Ind Johannesburg 18 Feb 2018

 

B Kumar of India joins the list of bowlers who have captured five or more wickets in an innings in the history of Twenty20 Internationals

B Kumar of India joins the list of bowlers who have captured five or more wickets in an innings in the history of Twenty20 Internationals

B Kumar of India returned with figures of 5 for 24 against South Africa at  Johannesburg on 18 Feb 18 to provide the 23rd occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in the history of Twenty20 Internationals. All such occasions are listed below.

No Player O M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Umar Gul 3.0 0 06 5 1 Pak NZl The Oval 13 Jun 2009
2 NN Odhiambo 4.0 0 20 5 1 Ken Sco Nairobi (Gym) 04 Feb 2010
3 DJG Sammy 3.5 0 26 5 1 Win Zim Port of Spain 28 Feb 2010
4 R McLaren 3.5 0 19 5 2 RSA Win North Sound 19 May 2010
5 TG Southee 4.0 1 18 5 1 NZl Pak Auckland 26 Dec 2010
6 BAW Mendis 4.0 1 16 6 2 Srl Aus Pallekele 08 Aug 2011
7 Elias Sunny 4.0 1 13 5 2 Ban Ire Belfast 18 Jul 2012
8 BAW Mendis 4.0 2 08 6 2 Srl Zim Hambantota 18 Sep 2012
9 SL Malinga 4.0 0 31 5 2 Srl Eng Pallekele 01 Oct 2012
10 Umar Gul 2.2 0 06 5 2 Pak RSA Centurion 03 Mar 2013
11 Samiullah Shenwari 4.0 0 13 5 2 Afg Ken Sharjah 24 Nov 2013
12 Ahsan Malik 4.0 0 19 5 1 Net RSA Chittagong 27 Mar 2014
13 HMRKB Herath 3.3 2 03 5 2 Srl NZl Chittagong 31 Mar 2014
14 D Wiese 4.0 0 23 5 2 RSA Win Durban 14 Jan 2015
15 AC Evans 4.0 0 24 5 1 Sco Net Edinburgh 11 Jul 2015
16 MRJ Watt 4.0 0 27 5 2 Sco Net ICCA Dubai 05 Feb 2016
17 JP Faulkner 4.0 0 27 5 2 Aus Pak Mohali 25 Mar 2016
18 Mustafizur Rahman 4.0 0 22 5 1 Ban NZl Kolkata 26 Mar 2016
19 Imad Wasim 4.0 0 14 5 1 Pak Win Dubai (DSC) 23 Sep 2016
20 YS Chahal 4.0 0 25 6 2 Ind Eng Bengaluru 01 Feb 2017
21 Imran Tahir 3.5 0 24 5 2 RSA NZl Auckland 17 Feb 2017
22 Rashid Khan 2.0 1 03 5 2 Afg Ire Greater Noida 10 Mar 2017
23 B Kumar 4.0 0 24 5 2 Ind RSA Johannesburg 18 Feb 2018

B Kumar became the second Indian bowler to capture five or more wickets in a T20I after YS Chahal. YS Chahal has captured 6 for 25 against England at Bengaluru  on 01 Feb 17

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

B Kumar became the third bowler to capture five or more wickets against South Africa in a T20I. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player O M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Umar Gul 2.2 0 6 5 2 Pak RSA Centurion 03 Mar 2013
2 Ahsan Malik 4.0 0 19 5 1 Net RSA Chittagong 27 Mar 2014
3 B Kumar 4.0 0 24 5 2 Ind RSA Johannesburg 18 Feb 2018

The following are the six occasions of a bowler capturing five or more wickets conceding single  digit runs  in the history of Twenty20 Internationals. Umar Gul of Pakistan figures twice in the list. BAW Mendis has captured six wickets conceding eight runs  and  has the best bowling  figures in the history of T20Is

No Player O M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 HMRKB Herath 3.3 2 03 5 2 Srl NZl Chittagong 31 Mar 2014
2 Rashid Khan 2.0 1 03 5 2 Afg Ire Greater Noida 10 Mar 2017
3 Umar Gul 3.0 0 06 5 1 Pak NZl The Oval 13 Jun 2009
4 Umar Gul 2.2 0 06 5 2 Pak RSA Centurion 03 Mar 2013
5 BAW Mendis 4.0 2 08 6 2 Srl Zim Hambantota 18 Sep 2012

B Kumar of India returned  with figures of 5 for 24 against South Africa at  Johannesburg on 18 Feb 18 to provide  the 13th occasion of a pace bowler capturing  five or more wickets in the history of Twenty20 Internationals. All such occasions are listed below.

No Player O M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Umar Gul 3.0 0 06 5 1 Pak NZl The Oval 13 Jun 2009
2 NN Odhiambo 4.0 0 20 5 1 Ken Sco Nairobi (Gym) 04 Feb 2010
3 DJG Sammy 3.5 0 26 5 1 Win Zim Port of Spain 28 Feb 2010
4 R McLaren 3.5 0 19 5 2 RSA Win North Sound 19 May 2010
5 TG Southee 4.0 1 18 5 1 NZl Pak Auckland 26 Dec 2010
6 SL Malinga 4.0 0 31 5 2 Srl Eng Pallekele 01 Oct 2012
7 Umar Gul 2.2 0 06 5 2 Pak RSA Centurion 03 Mar 2013
8 Ahsan Malik 4.0 0 19 5 1 Net RSA Chittagong 27 Mar 2014
9 D Wiese 4.0 0 23 5 2 RSA Win Durban 14 Jan 2015
10 AC Evans 4.0 0 24 5 1 Sco Net Edinburgh 11 Jul 2015
11 JP Faulkner 4.0 0 27 5 2 Aus Pak Mohali 25 Mar 2016
12 Mustafizur Rahman 4.0 0 22 5 1 Ban NZl Kolkata 26 Mar 2016
13 B Kumar 4.0 0 24 5 2 Ind RSA Johannesburg 18 Feb 2018

BAW Mendis of Sri Lanka and Umar Gul of Pakistan are the two bowlers in the history of T20Is to capture five or more wickets in an innings on two occasions. BAW Mendis remains the only bowler to capture six wickets in an innings on two occasions, while  Umar Gul remains the only bowler to capture five wickets in an innings on two occasions.

No Player O M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 BAW Mendis 4.0 1 16 6 2 Srl Aus Pallekele 08 Aug 2011
2 BAW Mendis 4.0 2 08 6 2 Srl Zim Hambantota 18 Sep 2012
                     
1 Umar Gul 3.0 0 06 5 1 Pak NZl The Oval 13 Jun 2009
2 Umar Gul 2.2 0 06 5 2 Pak RSA Centurion 03 Mar 2013

 

Indian fieldsmen who have taken three or more catches in an innings in Twenty20 Internationals

Indian fieldsmen who have taken three or more catches in an innings in Twenty20 Internationals

SK Raina’s three catches against South Africa at Johannesburg on 18 Feb 2018 provides the seventh occasion of an Indian fieldsman taking three or more catches in an innings in a T20I. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No Player Ct Inns Oppn Ground Start Date
1 RG Sharma 3 1 RSA Johannesburg 30 Mar 2012
2 SK Raina 3 2 RSA Colombo (RPS) 02 Oct 2012
3 AM Rahane 3 1 Eng Pune 20 Dec 2012
4 SK Raina 3 1 Pak Dhaka 21 Mar 2014
5 AM Rahane 4 1 Eng Birmingham 07 Sep 2014
6 V Kohli 3 2 Eng Bengaluru 01 Feb 2017
7 SK Raina 3 2 RSA Johannesburg 18 Feb 2018

SK Raina and AM Rahane are the two Indian fieldsmen who have pouched three or more catches in an innings on two or more occasions. The performance of these two fieldsmen is detailed below.

No Player Ct Inns Oppn Ground Start Date
1 AM Rahane 3 1 Eng Pune 20 Dec 2012
2 AM Rahane 4 1 Eng Birmingham 07 Sep 2014
             
1 SK Raina 3 2 RSA Colombo (RPS) 02 Oct 2012
2 SK Raina 3 1 Pak Dhaka 21 Mar 2014
3 SK Raina 3 2 RSA Johannesburg 18 Feb 2018

SK Raina and AM Rahane are the two fieldsmen who have pouched three or more catches in an innings on two occasions against a specific opposition in the history of T20 Internationals. AM Rahane’s performance was against England while SK Raina performed the feat against South Africa. The performance of these two fieldsmen is detailed below.

No Player Ct Inns Oppn Ground Start Date
1 AM Rahane 3 1 Eng Pune 20 Dec 2012
2 AM Rahane 4 1 Eng Birmingham 07 Sep 2014
             
1 SK Raina 3 2 RSA Colombo (RPS) 02 Oct 2012
2 SK Raina 3 2 RSA Johannesburg 18 Feb 2018

SK Raina’s three catches against South Africa at Johannesburg on 18 Feb 2018 provides the fifth occasion of fieldsman taking three or more catches in an innings against South Africa in a T20I. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No Player Ct Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Nawroz Mangal 3 1 Ind RSA Bridgetown 05 May 2010
2 RG Sharma 3 1 Ind RSA Johannesburg 30 Mar 2012
3 SK Raina 3 2 Ind RSA Colombo (RPS) 02 Oct 2012
4 CJ Anderson 4 1 NZl RSA Port Elizabeth 26 Dec 2012
5 SK Raina 3 2 Ind RSA Johannesburg 18 Feb 2018

SK Raina became the only fieldsmen to pouch three catches in an innings on two occasions against South Africa in T20 Internationals. His performance is detailed below.

No Player Ct Inns Oppn Ground Start Date
1 SK Raina 3 2 RSA Colombo (RPS) 02 Oct 2012
2 SK Raina 3 2 RSA Johannesburg 18 Feb 2018

 

SK Raina owns the record for taking three or more catches in an innings on most occasions in the history of Twenty20 Internationals

SK Raina owns the record for taking three or more catches in an innings on most occasions in the history of Twenty20 Internationals

SK Raina of India took three catches against South Africa at Johannesburg on 18 Feb 18 in the first T20I to provide the 64th occasion of a fieldsman taking three or more catches in an innings in the history of T20 Internationals.  It also provides the third occasion of his taking three catches in an innings of a T20I. The other two occasions are – against South Africa at Col-RPS on 02.10.12 and against Pakistan at Dhaka on 21.03.14  SK Raina now owns the record of taking three or more catches in an innings on most occasions. The following table lists the ten fieldsmen who have taken three or more catches in an innings on two or more occasions.

No No Player Ct Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 1 DJ Bravo 3 2 Win Zim North Sound 03 Mar 2013
  2 DJ Bravo 3 2 Win Ban Dhaka 25 Mar 2014
                 
2 1 GH Dockrell 3 2 Ire Sco Dubai (DSC) 20 Jan 2017
  2 GH Dockrell 3 1 Ire Afg Greater Noida 12 Mar 2017
                 
3 1 MJ Guptill 3 1 NZl Zim Auckland 11 Feb 2012
  2 MJ Guptill 3 2 NZl Pak Mohali 22 Mar 2016
                 
4 1 JL Ontong 3 2 RSA NZl Port Elizabeth 26 Dec 2012
  2 JL Ontong 3 2 RSA Win Durban 14 Jan 2015
                 
5 1 AM Rahane 3 1 Ind Eng Pune 20 Dec 2012
  2 AM Rahane 4 1 Ind Eng Birmingham 07 Sep 2014
                 
6 1 SK Raina 3 2 Ind RSA Colombo (RPS) 02 Oct 2012
  2 SK Raina 3 1 Ind Pak Dhaka 21 Mar 2014
  3 SK Raina 3 2 Ind RSA Johannesburg 18 Feb 2018
                 
7 1 Sabbir Rahman 3 1 Ban Zim Khulna 20 Jan 2016
  2 Sabbir Rahman 3 1 Ban Pak Dhaka 02 Mar 2016
                 
8 1 LRPL Taylor 3 1 NZl Aus Perth 11 Dec 2007
  2 LRPL Taylor 3 2 NZl Srl Colombo (RPS) 04 Sep 2009
                 
9 1 Umar Akmal 3 1 Pak Eng Sharjah 30 Nov 2015
  2 Umar Akmal 3 2 Pak Win Dubai (DSC) 24 Sep 2016
                 
10 1 DA Warner 3 1 Aus Pak Gros Islet 14 May 2010
  2 DA Warner 3 1 Au Srk Colombo (RPS) 09 Sep 2016

 

India defeats South Africa by 28 runs at Johannesburg in First Twenty20 International

India defeats South Africa by 28 runs at Johannesburg in First Twenty20 International

First T20I – South Africa vs India at Johannesburg  on 18.02.18 – India won by 28 runs

India posted a total of 203 for 5 in this game to provide the ninth occasion of India posting a total of 200 plus runs in T20Is. All such occasions are tabulated below.

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

It also provides the first occasion of India posting a total of 200 plus runs in T20Is.  Thus this total becomes India’s highest team total against South Africa in T20Is. The previous best was 199 for 5 at Dharamsala on 02.10.15.

No Team Score Overs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 India 203/5 20.0 1 v South Africa Johannesburg 18 Feb 2018
2 India 199/5 20.0 1 v South Africa Dharamsala 02 Oct 2015

It also provides the seventh occasion of a team posting a total of 200 plus runs against South Africa in T20Is. All such occasions are listed below

No Team Score Overs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 West Indies 236/6 19.2 2 v South Africa Johannesburg 11 Jan 2015
2 England 230/8 19.4 2 v South Africa Mumbai 18 Mar 2016
3 Australia 209/3 20.0 1 v South Africa Brisbane 09 Jan 2006
4 West Indies 205/6 20.0 1 v South Africa Johannesburg 11 Sep 2007
5 Australia 205/5 20.0 2 v South Africa Johannesburg 06 Mar 2016
6 India 203/5 20.0 1 v South Africa Johannesburg 18 Feb 2018
7 England 202/6 20.0 1 v South Africa Johannesburg 13 Nov 2009

There are five occasions of a team posting a total of 200 plus runs against South Africa in South Africa. Interestingly all the five occasions are at Johannesburg and listed below

No Team Score Overs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 West Indies 236/6 19.2 2 v South Africa Johannesburg 11 Jan 2015
2 West Indies 205/6 20.0 1 v South Africa Johannesburg 11 Sep 2007
3 Australia 205/5 20.0 2 v South Africa Johannesburg 06 Mar 2016
4 India 203/5 20.0 1 v South Africa Johannesburg 18 Feb 2018
5 England 202/6 20.0 1 v South Africa Johannesburg 13 Nov 2009

S Dhawan scored 72 in this game to provide the 68th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides the sixth occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty against South Africa in T20Is.

It also provides the third occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty against South Africa in South Africa. The other  two occasions are – 50 not out by RG Sharma at Durban on 20.09.07 and 53 by RG Sharma at Durban  on 09.01.11. Thus S Dhawan’s 72 in this game represent the highest individual score by an Indian batsman against South Africa in  South Africa.

S Dhawan scored 72 in this game to provide the 29th occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides the second occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a fifty against South Africa in T20Is. The other occasion was RG Sharma’s 106 at Dharamsala on 02.10.15

It also represents the fourth occasion of S Dhawan scoring a fifty in T20Is. All his four fifties are tabulated below.

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 S Dhawan 51 1 v Sri Lanka Ranchi 12 Feb 2016
2 S Dhawan 60 2 v Bangladesh Dhaka 06 Mar 2016
3 S Dhawan 80 1 v New Zealand Delhi 01 Nov 2017
4 S Dhawan 72 1 v South Africa Johannesburg 18 Feb 2018

S Dhawan became the first Indian opening batsman to score a fifty against South Africa in South Africa. The previous best was 49 not out by G Gambhir at Johannesburg on 30.03.12

S Dhawan and V Kohli added 59 runs for the  third wicket in this game to provide the third occasion of Indian batsmen posting fifty plus runs for any wicket against South Africa in South Africa. All the three occasions are listed below.

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Oppn Ground Start Date
1 MS Dhoni, RG Sharma 5 85 1 RSA Durban 20 Sep 2007
2 G Gambhir, RV Uthappa 1 71* 2 RSA Johannesburg 30 Mar 2012
3 S Dhawan, V Kohli 3 59 1 RSA Johannesburg 18 Feb 2018

S Dhawan and V Kohli added 59 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the sixth occasion of Indian batsmen posting fifty plus runs for any wicket against South Africa in T20IS. All the six occasions are listed below.

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Oppn Ground Start Date
1 V Kohli, RG Sharma 2 138 1 RSA Dharamsala 02 Oct 2015
2 SK Raina, Yuvraj Singh 3 88 1 RSA Gros Islet 02 May 2010
3 MS Dhoni, RG Sharma 5 85 1 RSA Durban 20 Sep 2007
4 G Gambhir, RV Uthappa 1 71* 2 RSA Johannesburg 30 Mar 2012
5 S Dhawan, V Kohli 3 59 1 RSA Johannesburg 18 Feb 2018
6 V Kohli, Yuvraj Singh 3 56 2 RSA Dhaka 04 Apr 2014

S Dhawan and V Kohli added 59 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the third occasion of Indian batsmen posting fifty plus runs for the third wicket against South Africa in T20IS. All the six occasions are listed below.

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Oppn Ground Start Date
1 SK Raina, Yuvraj Singh 3 88 1 RSA Gros Islet 02 May 2010
2 S Dhawan, V Kohli 3 59 1 RSA Johannesburg 18 Feb 2018
3 V Kohli, Yuvraj Singh 3 56 2 RSA Dhaka 04 Apr 2014

RR Hendricks scored 70 in this game to provide the 66th occasion of a South African batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides the tenth occasion of a South African batsman scoring a fifty against India in one-day games.

RR Hendricks scored 70 in this game to provide the 31st occasion of a South African batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides the fifth occasion of a South African opening batsman scoring a fifty against India in one-day games.

S Dhawan of India and RR Hendricks of South Africa scored 72 and 70 in this game to provide the 25th occasion of rival openers scoring fifties in a T20 game.

RR Hendricks and F Behradein added 81 runs for the fourth wicket in this game to provide the 84th occasion of South African batsmen posting fifty plus runs partnership in T20Is. It also provides the eighth occasion of South African batsmen posting fifty plus runs partnership against India in T20Is.

RR Hendricks and F Behradein added 81 runs for the fourth wicket in this game to provide the 20th occasion of South African batsmen posting fifty plus runs partnership for the fourth wicket in T20Is. It also provides the second  occasion of South African batsmen posting fifty plus runs partnership for the fourth wicket against India in T20Is.

B Kumar returned with figures of 5 for 24 in this game to provide the 23rd occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in the history of T20Is. It also provides the 13th occasion of a pace bowler capturing five or more wickets in the history of T20Is.

B Kumar returned with figures of 5 for 24 in this game to provide the third occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets against South Africa in T20Is. By a coincidence all these three bowlers are pace bowlers

B Kumar returned with figures of 5 for 24 in this game to provide the second occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets in T20Is. The other occasion was YS Chahal’s 6 for 25 against England at Bengaluru on 01.02.17. It also provides the first occasion of an Indian pace bowler capturing five or more wickets in T20Is.

CH Morris was dismissed for a first ball duck in this game to provide the 21st occasion of a South African batsman collecting the  first ball duck in T20Is. He became the second South African batsman to collect the first ball duck against India in T20Is after SM Pollock. SM Pollock was dismissed first ball for a duck against  India at Durban on 20.09.07.

India won this game by 28 runs to provide India’s 56th win in T20Is. It also provides the 20th occasion of Indian win on away soil.

India won this game by 28 runs to provide India’s seventh win against South Africa in T20Is. It also provides the fourth occasion of Indian win against South Africa in South Africa.

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MJ Guptill of New Zealand owns the record for most runs in Twenty20 Internationals – goes past BB McCullum

MJ Guptill of New Zealand owns the record for most runs in Twenty20 Internationals – goes past BB McCullum

MJ Guptill now owns the record for most runs in the history of Twenty20 Internationals. His run-aggregate read 2188 at the end of the Auckland game against Australia on 16.02.18. He went past his teammate BB McCullum who had an aggregate of 2140 runs. MJ Guptill’s career figures opponent wise read thus

Opposition Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 4s 6s
v Australia 6 6 0 196 105 32.66 1 0 1 16 13
v Bangladesh 2 1 0 11 11 11.00 0 0 0 0 1
v England 8 8 0 252 65 31.50 0 2 0 22 8
v India 7 7 0 108 45 15.42 0 0 0 9 7
v Ireland 1 1 1 45 45* – 0 0 0 0 4
v Netherlands 1 1 0 9 9 9.00 0 0 0 1 0
v Pakistan 15 15 1 463 87* 33.07 0 4 1 43 22
v Scotland 1 – – – – – – – – – –
v South Africa 10 10 2 424 101* 53.00 1 2 0 45 16
v Sri Lanka 9 9 0 297 63 33.00 0 2 0 25 13
v West Indies 8 8 0 146 63 18.25 0 1 0 15 4
v Zimbabwe 5 5 3 237 91* 118.50 0 2 0 19 10
Total 73 71 7 2188 105 132.84 2 13 2 195 98
Twenty20 International Centurions

Twenty20 International Centurions

MJ Guptill of New Zealand scored 105 against Australia at Auckland on 16.02.18 to provide the 32nd occasion of a batsman scoring a century in the history of Twenty20 Internationals.  All such occasions are tabulated below in the chronological order

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

It also provides the seventh occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring century in T20Is. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 BB McCullum 116* 1 NZl Aus Christchurch 28 Feb 2010
2 BB McCullum 123 1 NZl Ban Pallekele 21 Sep 2012
3 MJ Guptill 101* 2 NZl RSA East London 23 Dec 2012
4 C Munro 101 1 NZl Ban Mt Maunganui 06 Jan 2017
5 C Munro 109* 1 NZl Ind Rajkot 04 Nov 2017
6 C Munro 104 1 NZl Win Mt Maunganui 03 Jan 2018
7 MJ Guptill 105 1 NZl Aus Auckland 16 Feb 2018

MJ Guptill’s 105 against Australia at Auckland on 16.02.18 represent his second T20I century. He became the third New Zealand batsman to score two or more centuries in T20Is. Others are – C Munro {03} and BB McCullum {02}

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 BB McCullum 116* 1 NZl Aus Christchurch 28 Feb 2010
2 BB McCullum 123 1 NZl Ban Pallekele 21 Sep 2012
               
1 C Munro 101 1 NZl Ban Mt Maunganui 06 Jan 2017
2 C Munro 109* 1 NZl Ind Rajkot 04 Nov 2017
3 C Munro 104 1 NZl Win Mt Maunganui 03 Jan 2018
               
1 MJ Guptill 101* 2 NZl RSA East London 23 Dec 2012
2 MJ Guptill 105 1 NZl Aus Auckland 16 Feb 2018

MJ Guptill’s 105 against Australia at Auckland on 16.02.18 represent his second T20I century. He became the seventh batsman to score two or more centuries in T20Is. Others are – C Munro {03}, BB McCullum {02}, CH Gayle {02}, E Lewis {02}, GJ Maxwell {02} and RG Sharma {02}

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

MJ Guptill’s 105 against Australia at Auckland on 16.02.18 represent the third occasion of a batsman scoring a century against Australia in T20Is. Others are BB McCullum and TM Dilshan. All the three occasions are listed below.

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 BB McCullum 116* 1 NZl Aus Christchurch 28 Feb 2010
2 TM Dilshan 104* 1 Srl Aus Pallekele 06 Aug 2011
3 MJ Guptill 105 1 NZl Aus Auckland 16 Feb 2018

 

V Kohli aggregates 500 plus runs in bilateral one day six or more matches series

V Kohli aggregates 500 plus runs in bilateral one day six or more matches series

V Kohli aggregated 558 runs in the just concluded bilateral one-day six-match series against South Africa to become the first batsman to total 500 plus runs in a six or more matches bilateral one-day series. He also became the eighth batsman to total 400 plus runs in a six or more matches bilateral one-day series. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Team Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C HC Opp Series
1 V Kohli Ind 6 6 3 558 160* 186.00 3 1 RSA 2017/18
2 RG Sharma Ind 6 6 2 491 209 122.75 2 1 Aus 2013/14
3 GJ Bailey Aus 6 6 1 478 156 95.60 1 3 Ind   2013/14
4 CH Gayle Win 7 7 0 455 140 65.00 3 1 Ind 2002/03
5 KP Pietersen Eng 7 6 3 454 116 151.33 3 1 RSA 2004/05
6 KC Sangakkara Srl 7 7 1 454 112 75.66 1 4 Eng 2014/15
7 RR Sarwan Win 7 7 3 436 99* 109.00 0 4 Ind 2002/03
8 IR Bell Eng 7 7 1 422 126* 70.33 1 2 Ind 2007
V Kohli becomes the ninth batsman to score three centuries in a bilateral one day series

V Kohli becomes the ninth batsman to score three centuries in a bilateral one day series

V Kohli of India scored three centuries – 112 at Durban, 160 not out at Cape Town and 129 not out at Centurion – against South Africa in the just concluded six-match one  day series to earn the distinction of becoming the ninth batsman to score three centuries in a bilateral one day series  irrespective of the matches played in the series in  the  annals of one day games. All such occasions are tabulated below in its chronological order.

No Batsman No Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Zaheer Abbas 1 118 1 Pak Ind Multan 17 Dec 1982
    2 105 1 Pak Ind Lahore 31 Dec 1982
    3 113 2 Pak Ind Karachi 21 Jan 1983
                 
2 DL Haynes 1 133* 2 Win Aus Albion 29 Feb 1984
    2 102* 2 Win Aus Castries 19 Apr 1984
    3 104* 2 Win Aus Kingston 26 Apr 1984
                 
3 CH Gayle 1 103 2 Win Ind Nagpur 09 Nov 2002
    2 140 1 Win Ind Ahmedabad 15 Nov 2002
    3 101 2 Win Ind Vadodara 18 Nov 2002
                 
4 KP Pietersn 1 108* 1 Eng RSA Bloemfontein 02 Feb 2005
    2 100* 2 Eng RSA East London 09 Feb 2005
    3 116 1 Eng RSA Centurion 13 Feb 2005
                 
5 Q de Kock 1 135 1 RSA Ind Johannesburg 05 Dec 2013
    2 106 1 RSA Ind Durban 08 Dec 2013
    3 101 1 RSA Ind Centurion 11 Dec 2013
                 
6 Mohd  Hafeez 1 122 1 Pak Srl Sharjah 18 Dec 2013
    2 140* 1 Pak Srl Sharjah 22 Dec 2013
    3 113* 2 Pak Srl Abu Dhabi 25 Dec 2013
                 
7 AB de Villiers 1 104* 1 RSA Ind Kanpur 11 Oct 2015
    2 112 2 RSA Ind Chennai 22 Oct 2015
    3 119 1 RSA Ind Mumbai 25 Oct 2015
                 
8 Babar Azam 1 120 1 Pak Win Sharjah 30 Sep 2016
    2 123 1 Pak Win Sharjah 02 Oct 2016
    3 117 1 Pak Win Abu Dhabi 05 Oct 2016
                 
9 V Kohli 1 112 2 Ind RSA Durban 01 Feb 2018
    2 160* 1 Ind RSA Cape Town 07 Feb 2018
    3 129* 2 Ind RSA Centurion 16 Feb 2018

 

V Kohli becomes the 52nd batsman overall and the eighth Indian batman to play 200 one day innings in the history of one day games

V Kohli becomes the 52nd batsman overall and the eighth Indian batman to play 200 one day innings in the history of one day games

V Kohli became the eighth Indian batsman to play 200 one day innings including the innings  they have played for Asia Eleven and also ICC Eleven. The following table lists the eight batsmen. He also became the 52nd batsman overall  to play 200 one day innings  in the history of one day games

No Player Team Team Team Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0
1 SR Tendulkar Ind     463 452 41 18426 200* 44.83 49 96 20
2 R Dravid Ind Asia ICC 344 318 40 10889 153 39.16 12 83 13
3 M Azharuddin Ind     334 308 54 9378 153* 36.92 7 58 9
4 SC Ganguly Ind Asia   311 300 23 11363 183 41.02 22 72 16
5 Yuvraj Singh Ind Asia   304 278 40 8701 150 36.55 14 52 18
6 MS Dhoni Ind Asia   318 272 78 9967 183* 51.37 10 67 8
7 V Sehwag Ind Asia ICC 251 245 09 8273 219 35.05 15 38 14
8 V Kohli Ind     208 200 35 9588 183 58.10 35 46 12

V Kohli became the eighth Indian batsman  to play 200 one day innings representing India only. The following table lists the eight batsmen.

No Player Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0
1 SR Tendulkar 463 452 41 18426 200* 44.83 49 96 20
2 R Dravid 340 314 39 10768 153 39.15 12 82 13
3 M Azharuddin 334 308 54 9378 153* 36.92 7 58 9
4 SC Ganguly 308 297 23 11221 183 40.95 22 71 16
5 Yuvraj Singh 301 275 39 8609 150 36.47 14 52 18
6 MS Dhoni 315 269 77 9793 183* 51.00 9 67 8
7 V Sehwag 241 235 9 7995 219 35.37 15 37 14
8 V Kohli 208 200 35 9588 183 58.10 35 46 12