India Vs Sri Lanka 2019/20: Second T20I – Stats Preview
Jan 7, 2020 at 1:44 PM
On Tuesday (7th January), the hosts India and the visitors Sri Lanka will play the second T20I of the three-match T20I series at Holkar Cricket Stadium (Indore).
They started this T20I series on last Sunday (5th January) at Guwahati. However, it had no result due to the rain interruption just after the toss, which the Indian captain Virat Kohli won and decided to bowl first. So, this series is standing in 0-0 with two matches to go.
Before this crucial Indore T20I, here we look at some essential stats preview
Venue stats (Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore)
This venue has hosted only one T20I ahead of this upcoming match. On 22nd December 2017, India beat Sri Lanka by 88 runs at this venue.
Teams’ stats
India vs Sri Lanka Head-to-Head T20I records
Stats | Matches | India Won | Sri Lanka Won | Tied/No Result |
Overall | 17 | 11 | 5 | 0/1 |
In India | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0/1 |
At Holkar Cricket Stadium (Indore) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 |
In last 5 matches | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0/1 |
T20I records in 2019
Team | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied/No Result |
India | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0/0 |
Sri Lanka | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1/0 |
Players’ stats
Indian cricketers’ stats
i) Virat Kohli (2,633 runs) is one run away to become the most run-scorer in T20I history as currently he and Rohit Sharma are jointly leading run-scorer in this format.
ii) Virat Kohli (283 runs) is seven runs away to become the most T20I run-scorer for India against Sri Lanka by surpassing Rohit Sharma (289 runs).
iii) Virat Kohli (976 runs) is 24 runs away to become the second Indian captain and sixth overall captain to score 1,000 T20I runs. MS Dhoni (1,112 runs) was the first Indian T20I captain to achieve this feat.
iv) Virat Kohli (10,969 runs) is 31 runs behind to complete 11,000 international runs as a captain. After MS Dhoni (11,207 runs), Kohli will be the second from his country to score 11,000 international runs as a captain. Meanwhile, five captains have scored 11,000 international runs till the date.
v) Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal and off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin both are currently the most T20I wicket-takers for India as each of them have taken 52 T20I wickets. Meanwhile, the right-arm pacer Jasprit Bumrah (51 wickets) is only one wicket away from Chahal and Ashwin’s T20I scalps.
Sri Lankan cricketers’ stats
i) Kusal Perera (379 runs) is 32 runs away to become the most away T20I run-scorer for Sri Lanka national cricket team. Thisara Perera is leading this table with 410 away T20I runs.
ii) Pacer Lasith Malinga (27 wickets) needs to pick up four more wickets to become the most T20I wicket-taker at the away venues (only home of the opposition). Only Chris Jordan (England) and Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) are ahead of him in this list as Jordan bagged 30 away T20I wickets and Afridi scalped 29 T20I wickets.
iii) As a Sri Lankan captain, the right-arm pacer Lasith Malinga has picked up 29 T20I wickets. He needs to pick up two more wickets to become the most wicket-taker as a pace bowling captain. Former England T20I captain Stuart Broad is holding this record as he took 30 T20I wickets during his captaincy.