The first T20I between India and Pakistan didn’t go as expected for the hosts as they conceded 0-1 to the visitors in the 2-match series by chasing down the target on the final delivery. India’s middle-order conundrum escalated further as they lost their way from 69/1 in the 9th over to 126/7 in 20 overs. The hosts could take the positives from the match with respect to their bowling as they put themselves into a winning position from a stage where the Aussies were on the verge of winning the game by an 8-wicket margin.

Both the teams will be locking horns with each other in Bangalore for the final T20I and here are some of the crucial stats and numbers that matter ahead of the final match: 

• In the last eight T20I matches at home, India lost its first game in Vizag. They defeated Sri Lanka and Windies 3-0 in 2017 and 2018 respectively under Rohit Sharma.
• Yuzvendra Chahal has taken 49 wickets in the shortest format at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. Among Indians, only Amit Mishra (67 wickets at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi) and Harbhajan Singh (53 wickets at Wankhede, Mumbai) have bagged 50 T20 wickets at a venue.

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• MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli have smashed  49 and 48 sixes respectively in the T20Is. Only Rohit Sharma (102), Yuvraj Singh (74) and Suresh Raina (58) have hit 50 and more T20I sixes for India so far.
• Rohit needs to hit two more sixes to become the most prolific six-hitter in the T20I format surpassing 103 sixes by Chris Gayle and Martin Guptill.

• The Indian openers will be featuring in his 300th T20 match in the Bangalore and he will become the 3rd Indian to feature in 300 the shortest format. MS Dhoni became the first Indian to feature in 300 T20s during the T20I series-decider in New Zealand this month. Suresh Raina was the 2nd Indian which he completed by featuring for Uttar Pradesh in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy on Monday.
•  Both Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni are currently tied on 349 sixes across formats in International cricket. Whoever among the both will hit a six next will be the first Indian to hit 350 International sixes. Only four players across the globe have hit more sixes than these two players thus far.
• It can also be said that the Bangalore T20I can be MS Dhoni’s last T20I of his career as India will not play any shortest format game before World Cup after this game and there are certain chances that he will announce retirement after ICC World Cup 2019.

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In 2016, it occurred for the last time that India lost back to back T20Is when they lost to Windies in the WT20 semis and against Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe. India lost to New Zealand in Hamilton before this series against Australia.