Team India left the ghost of Wellington defeat behind and registered a comfortable 7-wicket win at Auckland’s Eden Park. With this win, the scoreline of three-match T20I series reads 1-1 with the series decider will be played in Hamilton on February 10. Rohit Sharma and Krunal Pandya played a crucial role in the victory.
After losing the toss, Team India restricted New Zealand to 158. Chasing this modest target was like a walk in the park for India as they raced to the total in 18.5 overs. Rohit Sharma scored a blazing half-century in the match and created several records in the process. Have a look at all the stats of second T20 International between India and New Zealand;
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- Most catches by fielders for India in T20Is:
42 – Suresh Raina
34 – ROHIT SHARMA*
33 – Virat Kohli
- Krunal Pandya has just become the first Indian bowler to take more than two wickets in a T20I match played in New Zealand.
- This is now Colin de Grandhomme’s highest score in T20Is, going past his previous highest score of 41* against Bangladesh at Napier in 2017.
- Players with 100-plus sixes in T20Is:
Chris Gayle
Martin Guptill
Rohit Sharma*
- Most 50-plus stands in T20Is:
11 – Martin Guptill/Kane Williamson
9 – David Warner/Shane Watson
9 – Rohit Sharma/Shikhar Dhawan*
8 – Kyle Coetzer/George Munsey
- Rohit Sharma now holds the record of scoring most runs in T20Is, going past Martin Guptill’s tally of 2272 runs.
1. Rohit Sharma – 2279* (74 Inn)
2. Martin Guptill – 2272 (84 Inn)
3. Shoaib Malik – 2263 (104 Inn)
4. Virat Kohli – 2167 (60 Inn)
- Most sixes in international cricket
476 – Shahid Afridi/Chris Gayle
398 – Brendon McCullum
352 – Sanath Jayasuriya
349 – Rohit Sharma
348 – MS Dhoni
328 – AB de Villiers
- Most sixes by Indian players in international cricket:
349 – ROHIT SHARMA*
348 – MS Dhoni
264 – Sachin Tendulkar
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- Most international sixes since 1-1-2016
202 – Rohit Sharma
110 – Martin Guptill
104 – Colin Munro
90 – Aaron Finch
89 – Ben Stokes
85 – Jos Buttler
81 – Virat Kohli/Eoin Morgan
- This is India’s first win in New Zealand in T20Is. They lost all the three T20Is which they played before. U.S.A. is the only country where they have not won a T20I yet among countries in which they have played T20I matches.
- No. of wins for India in T20Is now:
Under Virat Kohli: 12 (20 matches)
Under Rohit Sharma: 12 (14 matches)