A veteran's run

India's Ashish Nehra catches the ball as he prepares to bowl his final over in his last international cricket match.

38

Ashish Nehra’s age when he played his final international match (against New Zealand) at his home ground, the Feroz Shah Kotla, in Delhi. At 38 years, 186 days he became the second oldest to appear in a T20 international for India. The table below has the details:

Oldest to play for India in T20Is

*career still in progress

18

The number of years Ashish Nehra played for India across all formats. At 18 years 250 days, he began his Test career in the Asian Test Championships against Sri Lanka at the SSC, Colombo, in February 1999. He now has the fourth longest career by an Indian player in international cricket. See the table below for details.

Longest international careers for India

 

158

The opening partnership between Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma in the Delhi T20I match. During their record-breaking stand, they surpassed the following marks in T20I.

* When on 77, the highest opening stand against New Zealand for India (76: Gautam Gambhir & Virender Sehwag, vs. New Zealand in Johannesburg, 16-9-2007).

* On 78, the highest opening stand for India at home (77: Gautam Gambhir & Ajinkya Rahane, vs. Pakistan in Bangalore, 25-12-2012).

* On 137, the highest opening stand for India (136: Gautam Gambhir & Virender Sehwag, vs England in Durban, 19-9-2007).

* On 139, the highest stand for India for any wicket (138: 2nd wicket; Rohit Sharma & Virat Kohli, vs. South Africa in Dharamsala, 2-10-2015).

* On 144, the highest stand against New Zealand for any wicket (143*: 1st wicket; Michael Lumb & Alex Hales for England in Wellington, 15-2-2013).

* Their partnership is the third highest for the opening wicket, and the sixth highest for any wicket in all T20 internationals. The table below has the details.

Highest partnerships for any wicket in T20 internationals

 

4

The number of batsmen who have registered two T20I centuries during their career. The latest entrant is New Zealand’s Colin Munro, who made the mark in Rajkot (November 4, 2017) after having scored his maiden century (101) earlier this year against Bangladesh. The others are: Brendon McCullum (New Zealand; 116* in 2010 & 123 in 2012); Chris Gayle (West Indies; 117 in 2007 & 100* in 2016) and Evin Lewis (West Indies; 100 in 2016 & 125* in 2017). Incidentally, Munro is the first batsman to score two T20I centuries in the same calendar year!