India v England 1st T20I – Statistical Highlights

After their first win over India on the tour, England continued their momentum with a big win in the first T20I at Kanpur by 7 wickets. After putting India into bat, England managed to restrict the hosts to 147/7 with some tight bowling. Scoring 42 runs in 3.1 overs helped England to chase down the target despite been slow in middle overs. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the game.

0 – Number of England spinners who won a man of the match award in T20Is only for bowling before this match. Moeen Ali is the first to win it in this format.

0.22 – India’s win/loss ratio after posting less than 150 in T20Is, worst for any team. (Min: 10 games) India won two games and lost 9 after posting less than 150 in T20Is. Another one in 2007 against Pakistan ended in a tie which was won by India in a bowl-out.

1 – Virat Kohli is now the first Indian captain to lose his first T20I as captain. 3 of the other 4 won their first match while MS Dhoni’s first game as T20I captain ended in a washout.

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3 – Virat Kohli is now only the 3rd Indian to captain in all the 3 formats. Overall, he is the 45th player to lead in at least one game in all the 3 formats.

3 – Yuzvendra Chahal is only the 3rd spinner to get both openers of opposition bowled in a T20I. Ajantha Mendis and Samuel Badree are the other two.

4 – Number of times MS Dhoni top scored for India in an innings in T20Is. India lost on all 4 occasions.

6 – Number of T20Is India lost against England, most against any team. India lost in 5 T20Is against New Zealand.

7 – This game is the only 7th in Twenty20s in which MS Dhoni played as non-captain.The last one was in 2012. He played 239 T20s as captain.

7 – Virat Kohli is now the first Indian captain and only the 7th to lose in his maiden game as captain in all the 3 formats. India lost in his first game as captain in ODIs and Tests.

29 – Runs scored by Virat Kohli in this game, the 2nd fewest by an Indian captain on his T20I captaincy debut among the 5 players. Highest is 34 by Virender Sehwag.

72.5 – Suresh Raina’s average in T20s at Green Park, Kanpur. He scored 53* and 58 in IPL before 34 in this game.

1511 – Runs scored by Eoin Morgan in T20Is, he became the first England player to go past 1500 T20I runs. He is the 12th player in overall to score over 1500 runs in T20I format.