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Stats Review: Nidahas Trophy (SL vs Ind 4th T20I) – India claimed a comfortable victory
By Sandy - Mar 13, 2018 9:15 am
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India clinched a comfortable victory against the hosts Sri Lanka in the fourth T20I of the 2018 Nidahas Trophy at R.Premadasa Stadium (Colombo). Among the records in the match, the special one was KL Rahul’s hit-wicket dismissal which is the first hit-wicket dismissal by any Indian batsman in T20I history.

Indian cricket team

Due to the earlier wet outfield, the toss was delayed. As a result, one-over was reduced from each side.

India decided to field first after winning the toss and restricted the hosts for 152/9 at the end of 19 overs.

In reply, India comfortably reached the target in 17.3 overs after losing 4 wickets. India won this match by 6 wickets with 9 balls to spare.

Brief Scores (19-overs each side): Sri Lanka – 152/9 in 19 overs (Kusal Mendis 55, Upul Tharanga 22, Shardul Thakur 4/27)

India – 153/4 in 17.3 overs (Manish Pandey 42*, Dinesh Karthik 39*, Akila Dananjaya 2/19)

Result – India won by 6 wickets

Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match:

  1. Sri Lankan batsmen Kusal Mendis and Upul Tharanga put 62 runs partnership for the third wicket

i) Sri Lanka’s highest T20I partnership for any wicket against India on the Sri Lankan soil. The previous record was the 59-runs partnership for the opening wicket between Sanath Jayasuriya and Tillakaratne Dilshan at Colombo (RPS) on 10th February 2009.

ii) Sri Lanka’s highest third-wicket partnership against India in T20I. The previous record was 43 runs partnership between Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara at Gros Islet on 11th May 2010.

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  1. Sri Lankan opening batsman Kusal Mendis scored 55 runs

i) Second highest T20I knock by a Sri Lankan opening batsman against India. The record holder is Tillakaratne Dilshan with 61 runs knock at Colombo (RPS) on 10th February 2009.

 

  1. Indian pacer Shardul Thakur had a bowling figure of 4-0-27-4.
Shardul Thakur

i) Fourth best T20I bowling figure by an Indian bowler against Sri Lanka. Here is the top five list:

India’s top 5 best bowling figures against Sri Lanka in T20I

PlayerBowling figureVenueDate
Ravichandran Ashwin4-1-8-4Visakhapatnam14th February 2016
Ashok Dinda3-1-19-4Pallekele7th August 2012
Yuzvendra Chahal4-0-23-4Cuttack20th December 2017
Shardul Thakur4-0-27-4Colombo (RPS)12th March 2018
Yuzvendra Chahal4-0-52-4Indore22nd December 2017

 

ii) Fourth best T20I bowling figure at R.Premadasa Stadium (Colombo). Here is the top five list:

Top 5 best T20I bowling figures at R.Premadasa Stadium (Colombo)

Player (Team)Bowling figureOppositionDate
Harbhajan Singh (India)4-2-12-4England23rd September 2012
Ajantha Mendis (Sri Lanka)4-0-12-4West Indies7th October 2012
Mustafizur Rahman (Bangladesh)3-0-21-4Sri Lanka6th April 2017
Shardul Thakur (India)4-0-27-4Sri Lanka12th March 2018
Dwayne Bravo4-0-28-4Sri Lanka11th November 2015

 

 

  1. Indian pace bowers claimed total 6 wickets in this match.

i) Second most wickets were taken by the Indian pacers in a T20I innings against Sri Lanka. The record is taking 8 wickets at Pallekele on 7th August 2012.

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  1. Total 6 Sri Lankan batsmen were caught out.

i) Joint most no.of caught out dismissals in a Sri Lanka’s T20I innings against India on the Sri Lankan soil. Similar no.of caught out dismissals had happened at Pallekele on 7th August 2012.

 

  1. KL Rahul (18) involved in hit-wicket dismissal.
KL Rahul

i) First Indian batsman to involve hit-wicket dismissal in T20I.

ii) Tenth overall batsman to involve hit-wicket dismissal in T20I. The other nine batsmen were David Obuya (Kenya), AB de Villiers (South Africa), Gareth Hopkins (New Zealand), Misbah-ul-Haq (Pakistan), Dinesh Chandimal (Sri Lanka), Mohammad Hafeez (Pakistan), Amjad Javed (UAE), Calum MacLeod (Scotland) and Mark Chapman (New Zealand).

 

  1. Indian batsmen Manish Pandey and Dinesh Karthik put an unbroken 68-runs partnership for the fifth wicket.

i) Second highest T20I partnership for the fifth wicket by any pair against Sri Lanka. The record is the 77-runs partnership between Ramnaresh Sarwan and Dwayne Bravo (West Indies) at Nottingham on 10th June 2009.

ii) India’s fourth highest T20I partnership for any wicket against Sri Lanka on the Sri Lankan soil. Here is the top five list:

Top five T20I partnerships by the Indian pairs against Sri Lanka on Sri Lankan soil

PartnersPartnership runsFor the no.of wicketVenueDate
Virat Kohli & Manish Pandey1193rdColombo (RPS)6th September 2017
Shikhar Dhawan & Manish Pandey953rdColombo (RPS)6th March 2018
Ajinkya Rahane & Virat Kohli742ndPallekele7th August 2012
Manish Pandey & Dinesh Karthik 68*5th Colombo (RPS)12th March 2018
Suresh Raina & Yuvraj Singh673rdColombo (RPS)10th February 2009