Statsman: Washington Sundar achieves rare double in T20Is

During the T20I series against New Zealand, India all-rounder Washington Sundar became the fourth player to score a half-century and claim at least two wickets in a T20I match.

Washington Sundar scored 50 runs and took 2 for 22 during the first T20I against New Zealand in Ranchi. | Photo Credit: AFP

Sundar’s superb show

4 The number of Indian players who have the distinction of scoring a fifty and claiming at least two wickets in a T20I match. Washington Sundar became the latest to achieve this rare double for India in the first T20I match in Ranchi against New Zealand.

A fifty and two-wicket haul in the same T20I match for India

Runs	Figures	Player	Against	Venue	Date	Result
60*	3/23	Yuvraj Singh	Sri Lanka	Mohali	12 Dec 2009	Won
51	4/33	Hardik Pandya	England	Southampton	7 Jul 2022	Won
65	2/24	Axar Patel	Sri Lanka	Pune	5 Jan 2023	Lost
50	2/22	Washington Sundar	New Zealand	Ranchi	27 Jan 2023	Lost

4 The number of occasions when Indian batters faced two or more maiden overs from the opposition bowlers in a T20I match. The recent occasion was in the first T20I match in Ranchi against New Zealand. Two is the maximum number of maidens faced by Indian batters in a T20I match.

Maximum maidens faced by an Indian batting side in a T20I match

Maidens	Opponent (By bowlers)	India’s total	Venue	Date	Result
2	England (Tim Bresnan & Ravi Bopara)	120/9 (20 ov)	Kolkata	29 Oct 2011	India lost
2	South Africa (Chris Morris & Junior Dala)	188/4 (20 ov)	Centurion	21 Feb 2018	India lost
2	England (Adil Rashid & Mark Wood)	185/8 (20 ov)	Ahmedabad	18 Mar 2021	India won
2	New Zealand (Mitchell Santner & Lockie Ferguson)	155/9 (20 ov)	Ranchi	27 Jan 2023	India lost

59.38 The batting strike-rate of Ishan Kishan in the Lucknow T20I match on 29 Jan 2023. This is now the third slowest strike-rate by an opening batter facing at least 30 balls in a T20I match among players from the top Test nations.

Slowest knocks by openers in a T20I match among top Test nations (min 30 balls)

S/R	Batter (for)	Runs (balls)	Opp	Venue	Date	Result
45.71	Lendl Simmons (WI)	16 (35)	SA	Dubai	26 Oct 021	Lost
54.83	Ahmed Shehzad (Pak)	17 (31)	Ban	Mirpur	24 Apr 2015	Lost
59.38	Ishan Kishan (Ind)	19 (32)	NZ	Lucknow	29 Jan 2023	Won
64.86	Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)	24 (37)	WI	The Oval	19 Jun 2009	Won
66.67	Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI)	20 (30)	Zim	Port of Spain	28 Feb 2010	Lost
66.67	Litton Das (Ban)	24 (36)	SA	Abu Dhabi	2 Nov 2021	Lost

6 The number of batters from a Test nation who managed to register a T20I century before reaching the age of 24 years. Shubman Gill’s unbeaten 126 in the final match of the series in Ahmedabad on 1 Feb 2022 was not only the highest individual score by an Indian in T20Is, but he also became the youngest Indian and fourth youngest to achieve a three-figure score in this format.

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Youngest to score a T20I century among players from a Test playing nation

Age	Batter (Runs)	For	Opp	Venue	Date	Result
20y-337d	Hazratullah Zazai (162)	Afg	Ire	Dehradun	23 Feb 2019	Won
22y-127d	Ahmed Shehzad (111*)	Pak	Ban	Mirpur	30 Mar 2014	Won
23y-96d	Finn Allen (101)	NZ	Sco	Edinburgh	27 Jul 2022	Won
23y-146d	Shubman Gill (126*)	Ind	NZ	Ahmedabad	1 Feb 2023	Won
23y-156d	Suresh Raina (101)	Ind	SA	Gros Islet	2 May 2010	Won
23y-359d	Glenn Phillips (108)	NZ	WI	Mt. Maunganui	29 Nov 2020	Won

126 The number of runs made by Shubman Gill during his unbeaten knock in Ahmedabad against New Zealand on 1 Feb 2023. This is now the highest individual score by an Indian batter in a T20I match. Since the first-ever T20I century (101) for India by Suresh Raina on 2 May 2010, the record for the highest score by an Indian has changed hands on five occasions and Gill is the latest to do so.

Progressive highest individual three-figure scores for India

Runs	Batter	Opp	Venue	Date	Result	Held record for
101	Suresh Raina	SA	Gros Islet	2 May 2010	Won	5 years, 5 months
106	Rohit Sharma	SA	Dharamsala	2 Oct 2015	Lost	10 months, 25 days
110*	K. L. Rahul	WI	Launderhill	27 Aug 2016	Lost	1 year, 3 months, 25 days
118	Rohit Sharma	SL	Indore	22 Dec 2017	Won	4 years, 8 months, 17 days
122*	Virat Kohli	Afg	Dubai	8 Sep 2022	Won	4 months, 24 days
126*	Shubman Gill	NZ	Ahmedabad	1 Feb 2023	Won	11 days*

5 The number of batters who have the distinction of scoring a three-figure score across all three formats for India. Shubman Gill is the latest to do so. He also becomes the youngest Indian to achieve this feat.

Indian batters with individual centuries across all three formats during their career

Batter	Tests	ODIs	T20Is	Achieved on	Score and against (venue)	Format	Age
Suresh Raina	1	5	1	29 July 2010	120 vs SL (Colombo SSC)	in a Test match	23y-244d
Rohit Sharma	8	30	4	2 Oct 2015	106 v SA (Dharamsala)	in a T20I match	28y-155d
K. L. Rahul	7	5	2	27 Aug 2016	110* v WI (Lauderhill)	in a T20I match	24y-131d
Virat Kohli	27	46	1	8 Sep 2022	122* v Afg (Dubai)	in a T20I match	33y-307d
Shubman Gill	1	4	1	1 Feb 2023	126* v NZ (Ahmedabad)	in a T20I match	23y-146d

168 India’s victory margin of runs against New Zealand in Ahmedabad on 1 Feb 2023 is the biggest win by a margin of runs inflicted against a Test-playing nation. However, in terms of victories by highest marginofruns, India’s win margin is the second biggest for a Test nation. The tables below have all the details.

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Runs	Winner		Loser	Venue	Date
168	India (234/6)	beat	New Zealand (66)	Ahmedabad	1 Feb 2023
143	Pakistan (203/5)	beat	West Indies (60/9)	Karachi	1 Apr 2018
143	India (213/4)	beat	Ireland (70)	Dublin	29 Jun 2018
137	England (182/6)	beat	West Indies (45)	Basseterre	8 Mar 2019
134	Australia (233/2)	beat	Sri Lanka (99/9)	Adelaide	27 Oct 2019

Runs	Winner		Loser	Venue	Date
172	Sri Lanka (260/6)	beat	Kenya (88/9)	Johannesburg	14 Sep 2007
168	India (234/6)	beat	New Zealand (66)	Ahmedabad	1 Feb 2023
155	Pakistan (193/2)	beat	Hong Kong (38)	Sharjah	2 Sep 2022
143	Pakistan (203/5)	beat	West Indies (60/9)	Karachi	1 Apr 2018
143	India (213/4)	beat	Ireland (70)	Dublin	29 Jun 2018

All records are correct and updated until 11 February 2023