India vs Sri Lanka, 2nd T20I Stats Preview: Players records and approaching milestones

After defeating Sri Lanka convincingly in the first T20I by 62 runs in Lucknow, the in-form team India faces the Lankan Lions in the second match of the series on February 26^th, 2022, at the scenic HPCA Stadium in Dharamshala. The new all-format skipper Rohit Sharma has led the team brilliantly as the team has now won seven consecutive T20Is under his leadership since his tenure started from the New Zealand series in November 2021. Overall, the Asian giants have won ten matches on the bounce with their last defeat coming against the Kiwis in the T20 World Cup 2021.

In the first match of the ongoing series, wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan stole the limelight with his 56-balls 89 runs knock and won the Player of the Match award as well. The tourists already suffered a huge blow before the start of the series with their star spinner Wanindu Hasaranga being ruled out of the matches due to Covid-19. Sri Lanka will also be without Maheesh Theekshana and Kusal Mendis for the rest of the series as the duo, who missed the first T20I, won’t take part in the remaining matches too due to respective injuries.

Keeping that in mind, Sri Lanka has added Niroshan Dickwella and Dhananjaya de Silva to the T20I squad. Dasun Shanaka and his side will look to put up a better show than the first T20I and win the second T20I to keep the series alive at picturesque Dharamshala stadium. Rohit Sharma, who as a skipper is joint-top with Eoin Morgan and Kane Williamson for 15 T20I wins at home would hope to surpass them as his side looks to dominate by winning consistently especially with this being a T20 World Cup year.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers ahead of India vs Sri Lanka, 2^nd T20I:

8 – Rohit Sharma (292) needs eight fours to reach 300 fours in T20Is.

1 – Sharma (49) needs one catch to complete 50 catches in T20 internationals.

5 – Dushmantha Chameera (45) requires five wickets to complete 50 T20I scalps.

1 – Sharma (123) is one match away from equaling Shoaib Malik at the top for playing 124 T20 internationals.

5 – Bhuvneshwar Kumar (57) requires five wickets to surpass R Ashwin (61) and become the third-highest wicket-taker for India in T20 internationals.

1 – Sharma (15) who is equaled with Eoin Morgan and Kane Williamson needs one win to become the captain with the most T20I wins at home.

1 – India needs one win to equal Afghanistan and Uganda’s record of 11 consecutive T20I victories. Afghanistan along with Romania also has 12 consecutive wins in T20Is.

3 – Ravindra Jadeja (47) needs three wickets to reach 50 scalps in T20Is.

19 – Sharma (981) needs 19 runs to complete 1000 T20I runs as captain.

1 – India (15) needs one win to equal Pakistan’s record of most T20I wins against an opposition. Pakistan has 16 wins against Zimbabwe.

7 – Sharma (292) also needs seven fours to surpass Virat Kohli (298) and become the Indian batter with most fours in T20Is.

14 – Pathum Nissanka (486) needs 14 runs to reach 500 T20I runs.

4 – Nissanka (46) requires four fours to complete 50 fours in T20Is.