New Zealand Tour Of India 2017-18: Statistical Review – 2nd T20I

New Zealand made a comeback in the three-match T20I series after beating India in the second T20I on Saturday night at Rajkot.

New Zealand decided to bat first after winning the toss and put 196/2 on the board at the end of 20 overs.

In reply, India only managed to score 156/7 in 20 overs. New Zealand won this match by 40 runs and levelled the three-match T20I series by 1-1.

Brief Scores: New Zealand – 196/2 in 20 overs (Colin Munro 109*, Martin Guptill 45, Yuzvendra Chahal 1/36)

India – 156/7 in 20 overs (Virat Kohli 65, MS Dhoni 49, Trent Boult 4/34)

Result – New Zealand won by 40 runs

Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match:

1. New Zealand’s opening batsmen Martin Guptill and Colin Munro put a 105 runs partnership for the opening wicket. It is New Zealand’s highest T20I partnership for any wicket against India. The previous one was 90 runs partnership for the third wicket between Brendon McCullum and Kane Williamson at Chennai on 11^th September 2012.

Also, it (105 runs) is the second highest T20I partnership for the opening wicket on the Indian soil. The highest T20I opening partnership on the Indian soil is 158 runs partnership between Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan (India) against New Zealand at Delhi on 1^st November 2017.

 

2. New Zealand batsman Colin Munro played a brilliant knock of unbeaten 109 runs. Here are some important stats of his innings:

i) Munro completed his century on 54 balls which is the second slowest T20I century by a New Zealand batsman. Martin Guptill is the record holder to scoring the slowest T20I century for New Zealand when he had completed his T20I century in 69 balls (also it is the slowest T20I century by any batsman) against South Africa at East London on 23^rd December 2012.

ii) It is the second T20I century for Colin Munro and both in 2017. He is the first batsman to score multiple T20I centuries in a calendar year.

Also, Munro is the fourth batsman to score multiple T20I centuries. The other three batsmen are Chris Gayle (West Indies), Evin Lewis (West Indies) and Brendon McCullum (New Zealand) who have also scored two T20I centuries each.

iii) It is the third highest T20I knock by a New Zealand batsman. Brendon McCullum is the record holder of the first two highest T20I knock for New Zealand. Those are 123 against Bangladesh at Pallekele on 21^st September 2012 and 116* against Australia at Christchurch on 28^th February 2010.

 

3. New Zealand put on a total of 196/2 at the end of 20 overs. It is the highest T20I total for New Zealand against India. Their previous highest T20I total against India was 190 (20 overs) at Johannesburg on 16^th September 2007.

 

4. During this match, Indian cricketer Virat Kohli (7,055 runs) completed his 7,000 runs in T20 career (including domestic cricket). He became the first Indian batsman and eighth overall batsman to complete 7,000 runs in T20 career. Here is the list of the batsmen who have completed 7,000 runs in T20 career:

Player	Matches	Innings	Runs scored	Average	50s/100s
Chris Gayle	310	303	10,571	40.50	65/18
Brendon McCullum	299	292	8,245	31.46	43/7
Kieron Pollard	388	349	7,589	30.35	37/0
David Warner	239	237	7,572	35.71	58/6
Brad Hodge	270	256	7,338	36.87	48/2
Dwayne Smith	307	299	7,270	26.53	43/5
Shoaib Malik	284	266	7,226	37.24	44/0
Virat Kohli	225	212	7,055	41.01	52/4

 

5. Indian skipper Virat Kohli scored 65 runs. It is the highest T20I knock by an Indian captain on the home soil (in India). The previous best was 46 runs by MS Dhoni against Sri Lanka at Mohali on 12^th December 2009.

Also, it is the third highest T20I knock by an Indian skipper at the overall venue. The top three in this list is given below.

Player	Runs scored	Opposition	Venue	Date
Virat Kohli	82	Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	6th September 2017
Suresh Raina	72*	Zimbabwe	Harare	13th June 2010
Virat Kohli	65	New Zealand	Rajkot	4th November 2017

 

 

6. With his 65 runs knock, Indian skipper Virat Kohli becomes the most T20I runs scorer as an Indian skipper in a calendar year. After the end of the match, Indian skipper Kohli has scored 286 runs (9 innings) in 2017. The previous record holder was MS Dhoni who had scored 268 runs (12 innings) in 2012.

 

7. New Zealand left-arm pacer Trent Boult bowled superbly in this match as his bowling figure was 4-0-34-4. It is the fifth best T20I bowling figure by a New Zealand pacer. The top five list is given below.

Player	Bowling figures	Opposition	Venue	Date
Tim Southee	4-1-18-5	Pakistan	Auckland	26th December 2010
Mark Gillespie	2.5-0-7-4	Kenya	Durban	12th September 2007
James Franklin	3.3-0-15-4	England	Hamilton	12th February 2013
Grant Elliott	4-0-22-4	Sri Lanka	Auckland	10th January 2016
Trent Boult	4-0-34-4	India	Rajkot	4th November 2017

 

8. New Zealand won this match by 40 runs. It is their second largest victory (by runs) against India in T20I history. The largest T20I victory (by runs) for New Zealand against India is winning by 47 runs at Nagpur on 15^th March 2016.