India v Sri Lanka 3rd T20I - Statistical Highlights

India sealed the T20I series against Sri Lanka at Visakhapatnam following a brilliant bowling spell from Ravichandran Ashwin who was well supported by other bowlers. After winning the toss, India asked Sri Lanka to bat first. The visitors never looked in the game as they lost 2 wickets in first over itself. The wicket fall continued as they bundled up for just 82 runs.

India chased down the 83-run target inside 14 overs for the loss of Rohit Sharma’s wicket, which was followed by sensible batting from Shikhar Dhawan and Ajinkya Rahane. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the game and series.

82 – Sri Lanka’s total of 82 is their lowest T20I total. Their previous lowest is 87 vs Australia in 2010. This is also the 2nd lowest total against India. Lowest total vs India is 80 by England in 2012.

9 – This is the first time India has won a T20I match by 9 wickets. They have won matches by 8 wickets on 4 different instances.

4/8 – Ravi Ashwin’s figures of 4 wickets for 8 runs are the best bowling figures by an Indian in T20Is. 2nd best figures are also by Ashwin, who had 4/11 during World T20 game in 2014 vs Australia.

1 – This is the first time India has won a bilateral T20I series at home which has at least 2 matches.

2 – For the first time in a bilateral T20I series, 2 instances of 1st batting team getting all out have been recorded.

4 – Wickets taken by Ravi Ashwin in the powerplay during the game. Sulieman Benn is the only other spinner who has picked 4 wickets in a game during the powerplay. He did so against Zimbabwe in 2010.

50 – Stumpings made by MS Dhoni in Twenty20 format. Only Kamran Akmal has more stumpings than Dhoni.

3 – Rohit Sharma became the 3rd Indian after MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina to play in 50 T20Is.

8 – Suresh Raina now has taken 8 catches off Ravi Ashwin bowling in T20Is. Interestingly, even Rohit Sharma has taken 8 catches off Ashwin bowling. Out of the 3 bowler/fielder combinations in T20Is who have 8 dismissals, 2 are from India. Another is Netherlands pair of T van der Gugten and Peter Borren.

31 – Balls taken by India to pick Sri Lanka’s 1st 5 wickets. India’s previous best was in 60 balls vs England in 2012. Interestingly, in the 3rd T20I they have picked 6 wickets inside 50 balls itself.

15.85 – Sri Lanka scored 13 runs on 3rd ball of 8th over bowled by Yuvraj Singh. That single ball had about 15.85% runs of Sri Lankan total.

9 – Wickets taken by Ravi Ashwin in this series. These are the joint most wickets by a bowler in a 3-match bilateral T20I series. David Wiese picked 9 wickets vs West Indies in 2015. Ashan Malik picked 11 wickets for Netherlands vs Nepal in 2015 but it was 4-match series.

3.18 – Ravi Ashwin’s economy rate of 3.18 is the best by a bowler who has bowled at least 10 overs in a bilateral T20I series.

3.88 – Ashwin’s bowling average of 3.88 is the best by a bowler in a 3-match bilateral T20I series.

3 – Maiden overs bowled by Ravindra Jadeja in his T20I career. Among Indians, only Harbhajan Singh with 4 maidens, has more than Jadeja.

20 – Dot balls bowled by Ravindra Jadeja during the game. These are the most dot balls bowled by an Indian in a T20I game. RP Singh vs South Africa at Durban in 2007 and Bhuvneshwar Kumar in 2012 vs Pakistan at Bangalore have bowled 19 dot balls.

100 – Shikhar Dhawan’s strike rate of 100 during his 46-run innings is 2nd lowest by an Indian in a 40+ scored T20I innings. Lowest strike rate in a 40+ scored T20I innings for an Indian was by Gautam Gambhir who scored 56 off 60 balls, where his strike rate was 93.33 vs Australia in 2012.

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