On Tuesday (7th January) night, the hosts India beat the touring side Sri Lanka in the second T20I of the three-match series at Indore and have taken the 1-0 lead with the last T20I to go.
After the home side won the toss and decided to bowl first, Sri Lanka managed to score the first innings total of 142/9 (20 overs). Later, the hosts chased down that target easily in 17.3 overs after losing three wickets.
Brief Scores: Sri Lanka – 142/9 in 20 overs (Kusal Perera 34, Avishka Fernando 22; Shardul Thakur 3/23)
India – 144/3 in 17.3 overs (KL Rahul 45, Shreyas Iyer 34; Wanindu Hasaranga 2/30)
Result – India won by seven wickets
Here are some of the stats reviews of the match:
(Teams’ stats)
India
i) In the second innings of the match, all the first four batsmen scored 30+ runs.
- It is the first time when more than three Indian batsmen scored 30+ runs in a T20I innings.
(Players’ stats)
India
Jasprit Bumrah
i) The right-arm pacer Jasprit Bumrah has taken 52 T20I wickets.
- Jasprit Bumrah is the joint-most wicket-taker in Indian T20I history. Ravichandran Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal each have also taken 52 T20I wickets.
Virat Kohli
i) Playing his 30th innings as a T20I captain, Virat Kohli (1,006 runs) completed 1,000 runs.
- Virat Kohli is the fastest T20I captain to complete 1,000 runs. Faf du Plessis was the previous record-holder as the Proteas captain achieved the same feat in 31 innings as a T20I captain.
- Virat Kohli is the second Indian T20I captain to score 1,000+ runs. MS Dhoni (1,112 runs) was the first to achieve this feat.
- Virat Kohli is the sixth T20I captain to score 1,000+ runs.
ii) Virat Kohli has also scored 2,663 T20I runs.
- It is the most runs for a T20I batsman. Rohit Sharma (India) is in the next position with 2,633 T20I runs.
iii) The right-handed batsman Virat Kohli has scored 313 T20I runs against Sri Lanka.
- It is the most T20I runs by an Indian batsman against Sri Lanka. Rohit Sharma is in the next position with 289 T20I runs against Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka
Kusal Perera
i) The left-handed wicketkeeper-batsman Kusal Perera has scored 413 T20I runs at the away venues.
- It is the most T20I runs for a Sri Lankan batsman at the away venues. Thisara Perera is in the next position in this list with 410 T20I runs at the away venues.