India vs Sri Lanka, 1st T20I Stats Review: Rohit Sharma’s feat, Ishan Kishan’s record and other stats

Ishan Kishan played a blistering inning of 89 runs off just 56 deliveries, after being criticized for a slow strike rate in the West Indies series where Shreyas Iyer also smashed 57 runs off 28 balls to help India in posting a big total of 199/2, eventually winning the first T20I against Sri Lanka by 62 runs at Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. Skipper Rohit Sharma chipped in with a 32-ball 44 runs knock as well. He now has scored the most T20I runs after surpassing Martin Guptill’s tally of 3299 runs.

Speaking about how the first T20I panned out, Sri Lanka’s captain Dasun Shanaka won the toss and opted to field first. India made as many as six changes from the last T20I against the Caribbean team with Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja marking their comebacks and Deepak Hooda making his T20I debut. Sanju Samson also got a place in the playing XI but he didn’t get the chance to bat. Openers Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan shared 111 runs partnership with Dushmantha Chameera and Chamika Karunaratne leaking 88 runs in eight overs between them without a wicket.

In reply to 200 runs target, the visitors got off to the worst possible start as Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled Pathum Nissanka on the very first ball of the chase. Charith Asalanka played a lone hand as he remained unbeaten on 53 runs. Chameera and Karunaratne played cameos of 24 and 21 runs respectively lower down the order with the hosts winning the encounter comfortably at the end. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Venkatesh Iyer took two wickets each in India’s convincing and clinical victory as the team took a 1-0 lead in the series. Ishan Kishan was declared the Player of the Match for his destructive knock of 89 runs.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers from India vs Sri Lanka, 1^st T20I:

3307 – Rohit Sharma has now scored the most runs (3307) in T20Is. He went past Martin Guptill’s tally of 3299 runs.

89 – Ishan Kishan recorded his highest score (89) in T20Is. His previous best was 56 against England in his debut match in 2021.

4 – India achieved their fourth-highest T20I total (199/2) against Sri Lanka.

3 – Kishan also registered the joint-third best T20I score for India against Sri Lanka. KL Rahul also scored 89 in 2017, Shikhar Dhawan 90 in 2018, and Rohit Sharma 118 in 2017.

2 – Sharma and Ishan registered the second-highest opening partnership (111) for India against Sri Lanka in T20Is. Sharma also holds the record for the highest opening partnership of 165 with KL Rahul in 2017.

200 – Bhuvneshwar Kumar appeared in his 200^th International match.

67 – With 67 wickets, Yuzvendra Chahal is now the highest wicket-taker for India in T20Is. He went past Jasprit Bumrah’s tally of 66 scalps.

10 – With ten fours in his knock of 89 runs, Ishan has now struck most fours by an Indian wicketkeeper in a T20I inning. Robin Uthappa had hit nine fours against Zimbabwe in 2015.

15 – Rohit Sharma is now joint-top with Eoin Morgan and Kane Williamson for most T20I wins (15) as a skipper at home.

1 – Kishan now holds the record for highest T20I score by an Indian wicketkeeper. He surpassed Rishabh Pant’s score of 65* against the West Indies in 2019.

10 – Team India won their tenth consecutive T20 international.

3 – With ten wickets, Bhuvneshwar Kumar is now the third bowler among full-members with the most wickets in the first over in T20Is. David Willey and Angelo Mathews have 13 and 11 scalps respectively.

3307 – Sharma also surpassed Virat Kohli’s tally of 3296 T20I runs and is now the highest run-getter (3307) for India in the format.

15 – With 15 wins against Sri Lanka in T20Is, India is now joint-second for most wins against an opposition. Pakistan has won 15 matches against New Zealand and West Indies while Afghanistan has also won 15 against Ireland. Pakistan also tops the list for 16 wins against Zimbabwe.

10 – With ten consecutive T20I victories, India broke their own record of nine straight wins which they achieved in the year 2020.

2 – Kishan became the second wicketkeeper batter with the highest score against Sri Lanka in T20Is. Jos Buttler tops the list for his 101* against the Lankan Lions in 2021.

3 – Ishan and Sharma also recorded the third-highest partnership for any wicket for India against Sri Lanka in T20Is.