England vs India, 2nd T20I Stats Review: Ravindra Jadeja’s highest score, Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s feat, and other stats

Ravindra Jadeja recorded his highest score of 46* in T20 internationals as his late flourish helped India in reaching a total of 170/8 in the second match against England before India won by 49 runs. With this victory, the Men in Blue sealed the series 2-0 with one game to go. Jadeja batted for 29 deliveries, including five fours as he remained unbeaten to take his side to a competitive total.

Earlier, Jos Buttler won the toss and opted to field first. The 34-year-old debutant Richard Gleeson made a solid start to his international career as he dismissed Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant and Virat Kohli. The pacer registered the second-best figures for England on debut (3/15).

Captain Rohit made 31 off 20 while Pant, who opened the innings, amassed 26 off 15. Kohli’s poor form continued as he got out for just one run, while Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya mustered 15 and 12 runs respectively, with both getting dismissed to Chris Jordan, who scripted his second-best figures of 4/27 in the format.

Chasing 171, Bhuvneshwar Kumar this time got rid of Jason Roy for a golden duck on the very first delivery of the innings. Captain Buttler also fell prey to the Indian pacer for just four and the hosts never really looked in the run-chase as they kept losing wickets at regular intervals.

Moeen Ali top-scored for them with his knock of 35 off 21, while David Willey tried his best as he scored an unbeaten 33 off 22. Bhuvneshwar finished with figures of 3/15 with all Indian bowlers chipping in with wickets except for Jadeja. The English side got bundled for just 121 in 17 overs with India registering yet another convincing win. Rohit has now won 16 consecutive matches across formats. after becoming a full-time captain. For his tight economical spell, Bhuvneshwar Kumar won the Player of the Match award.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers from the 2^nd T20I between England and India:

 2 – Richard Gleeson registered the second-best figures of 3/15 for England on debut in T20Is. Jon Lewis tops the list for picking up 4/24 against Australia in the year 2005.

3 – Gleeson became the third oldest debutant (34y 219d) for England in T20 internationals. Paul Nixon (36y 80d) against Australia in 2007 and Darren Gough (34y 268d) against the same opposition in 2005 are at the top.

4/27 – Chris Jordan scripted his second-best figures of 4/27 in the shortest international format. His best spell of 4/6 came against the West Indies in 2019.

1 – Bhuvneshwar Kumar has now taken the most wickets (14) among full-members in the first over in T20Is. He surpassed David Willey’s tally of 13 scalps.

46* – Ravindra Jadeja recorded his highest score of 46* in 30 T20I innings. His previous best was 45* which came against Sri Lanka this year.

22 – Rohit Sharma has now gone 22 innings without a half-century in T20 cricket.

5 – Bhuvneshwar dismissed Jos Buttler for the fifth time in eight T20I innings.

4 – India registered their fourth consecutive T20I series victory over England.

86 – With 86 wickets, Jordan has now taken the fourth-most wickets by a pacer in T20Is. Tim Southee (111), Lasith Malinga (107), and Mustafizur Rahman (87) occupy the first three spots.

14 – Rohit scripted his 14^th consecutive T20I victory as a skipper.

16 – Rohit also recorded his 16^th successive win as a captain across formats as full-time captain of the team.

111.00 – Jadeja has struck 444 runs in nine innings at a staggering average of 111.00 with two centuries across formats in 2022.

152 – Jordan also reached the landmark of 150 wickets in international cricket.

301 – Rohit completed 300 fours in the format.