India vs South Africa, 1st T20I: Statistical Highlights

India vs South Africa, 1st T20I: Statistical Highlights: The most awaited India-South Africa series started off with a thrilling T20I which went down till last over where South Africa edged out over India by 7 wickets. The picturesque HPCA Stadium at Dharamsala hosted the high scoring game. Here we look at all the possible stats recorded during the match.

India vs South Africa, 1st T20I: Statistical Highlights:

1 – For the first time, a team chased down a target of 200 against India in T20Is. This was the 2nd time South Africa chased down a 200 and more target.

200 – South Africa scored 200 in a T20I innings for the 7th time. Only Australia managed to record 7 totals of 200+ in T20Is.

48 – This was South Africa’s 48th win in T20Is. Only Pakistan (56) has more wins in T20Is.

399 – Total runs scored in the match. Only in 12 other T20I matches, more than 399 runs have been scored.

27 – Innings taken by Virat Kohli to complete 1000 runs in T20Is. He is now the fastest batsman to complete 1000 runs in T20Is

50 – This is MS Dhoni’s 50th match as captain in T20Is. Most by any player in T20I format as captain.

106 – Rohit Sharma’s score in the game in the highest individual score by an Indian in T20Is. Overall it is the 10th highest individual total in the format.

13 – Rohit Sharma now became the 13th player to score 3 or more centuries in Twenty20 format. Suresh Raina is only other Indian among those 13 players with 3 centuries in Twenty20 format.

3 – Rohit Sharma’s century was the 3rd century in T20Is which came in losing cause. Highest scores in losing cause in T20I format are Faf du Plessis (119), Chris Gayle (117), Rohit Sharma (106).

78 – Runs scored by Rohit Sharma in his innings in boundaries. Jointly 7th most runs in boundaries in a T20I innings by a player and most by an Indian.

62 – Balls taken by Rohit Sharma to complete his century. His century is 4th slowest in T20Is.

66 – Balls faced by Rohit Sharma in this innings. Most balls faced by an Indian in a T20I innings and jointly 4th most in overall.

12 – Fours struck by Rohit Sharma in this innings. Only 5 other batsmen managed to hit more fours in an innings in T20Is. However, these are the most fours hit by an Indian in a T20I innings.

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138 – Partnership stand between Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli for 2nd wicket is the highest stand for any wicket for India in T20Is.

2 – Rohit-Kohli pair became only the 2nd pair to record 3 century stands in T20I format. Shane Watson-David Warner pair is the other.

4 – 50+ stands by Rohit-Kohli pair. Most by any other pair for India. Interestingly, all those 4 came during their last 4 partnership stands.

3 – Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli pair became only the 3rd in T20I history to record 4 consecutive 50+ stands in T20Is. Afghanistan’s Mohammad Shahzad-Asghar Stanikzai and Zimbabwe’s Hamilton Masakadza-Visu Sibanda are the other two pair to record 4 consecutive 50+ stands in T20Is.

58.25 – Average partnership per dismissal of Rohit-Kohli pair. 2nd best among the pair with a minimum of 450 partnership runs.

7 – Number of sixes hit by JP Duminy in this game. He is only the 4th South African to hit 7 or more sixes in a T20I innings.

He is also the 5th player to hit 7 or more sixes in a T20I innings against India.

1498 – JP Duminy’s runs in T20Is. He is the highest run scorer in T20I format after Brendon McCullum (2140).

5 – 5th man of the match award for JP Duminy in T20Is. Jointly most by a South African in T20Is.

40 – 4 Indian bowlers conceded more than 40 runs with the ball, first time for India in T20Is. Overall, it is only the 5th time when 4 bowlers conceded more than 40 runs in T20Is.

248 – Runs came in boundaries during the game. Jointly, 2nd most on Indian soil. Highest was during India-Australia T20I in 2013 (262 runs).

20 – Number of sixes been hit during the game. The most sixes recorded in a T20I game on Indian soil.

100 – For only the 7th time, 2 century stands have been recorded in a same T20I match. Last instance was during England-Australia T20I in August, 2015.

75 – 3 stands of more than 75 runs have been recorded in this match. This is only the 3rd match where 3 partnership stands of 75+ were recorded. Last instance was during England-Australia 1st T20I in August, 2013.

31y 177d – Sreenath Aravind’s age on his T20I debut. He is the 3rd oldest Indian after Rahul Dravid (38y 232d) and Sachin Tendulkar (33y 221d).

44 – Runs conceded by Sreenath Aravind on his T20I debut. Only Joginder Sharma (57) and Ashish Nehra (52) conceded more on T20I debut among Indians.