India vs Sri Lanka, 2nd T20I Stats Review: Rohit Sharma rewrites record books as India extends purple patch in T20Is

Another day and another win for Team India! The Men in Blue have now played eight T20Is following their early exit in the T20 World Cup last year and emereged winners every single time. As India thrashed Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the second T20I, the Men in Blue also seal the three-match series 2-0. Although the visitors did put up a great fight in Dharamsala, Rohit Sharma’s team won pretty comfortably at the end.

Having recorded a clear and comfortable win in the first match, Indian skipper Rohit won the toss and fielded the same playing XI again. Though Sri Lanka started extremely slow, their opening pair of Pathum Nissanka and Dasun Shanaka picked the pace later and shared a fifty partnership. Indian bowlers tried to pull things back, taking four quick wickets. However, they couldn’t get the rid of Pathum Nissanka, who was on a roll. Settled Nissanka then shared a 58-run partnership with skipper Dasun Shanaka in just 20 balls, as Sri Lanka get to 183/5.

Coming to the chase, India lost their captain Rohit in the first over and Ishan Kishan couldn’t do much either. At this stage, the target looked mountainous. However, a brilliant knock of 74* in just 44 balls from Shreyas Iyer, with great support from Sanju Samson and Ravindra Jadeja helped India chase the target down. Not just they could chased the total that looked tough at one stage, but they crossed the line with nearly three overs to spare. Sri Lankan bowlers, who were brilliant in the initial overs, lost the momentum later, and India took full use of it.

Here’s a look at the important stats from the match:

75 – Runs scored by Pathum Nissanka, which is now the highest by a Sri Lankan opener against India in T20Is. Previous highest was 61 by Tillakaratne Dilshan at Colombo in 2009.

5 – Fifty-plus scores by Pathum Nissanka in T20Is, which is the highest by a Sri Lankan since his debut in March 2021. Charith Asalanka has three, and no one else has more than one.

 72 – Runs scored by Sri Lanka in the death overs. This is the highest death over total for Sri Lanka in T20Is and also the highest total conceded by India in T20I death overs.

183/5 – Sri Lanka’s final total in this match, which is their highest T20I total against India since 2009.

5 – This is the fifth time Dushmantha Chameera dismissed Rohit Sharma in T20Is, the most of any bowler. Tim Southee dismissed him four times. Rohit averages just 6.4 against Chameera in this format.

10 – India recorded their 10th consecutive T20I win at home.

4 – India have now won their last four T20I series against Sri Lanka at home.

11 – This is now India’s 11th consecutive win in T20Is. Only once a full-member team won as many or more consecutive matches in the format (Afghanistan 12 wins in a row in 2018-19).

2 – Shreyas Iyer has now scored unbeaten fifties in two consecutive T20I innings.

50 – Rohit Sharma became the first player to take 50 catches as a fielder for India in T20Is. Overall, only the second Indian to take 50 catches after former wicketkeeper MS Dhoni.

16 – This was Rohit Sharma’s 16th home win as a T20I captain, the highest by any captain at home in this format. Eoin Morgan and Kane Williamson have 15 wins each.

Written By – Kaustubh Gudipati