6
The number of ‘bowled’ dismissals achieved by the Indian bowlers in the Ranchi T20 International against Australia. This is the first time the Indian bowlers are achieving this in a T20I. Their previous best was the 5 ‘bowled’ dismissals, which also came against Australia in Durban during the 2007 T20 World Cup. Incidentally, India became only the fifth bowling side, after South Africa, Nepal, Bangladesh and the UAE, to claim six ‘bowled’ dismissals in T20I.
7
The number of victories in succession achieved by India against Australia in T20Is, following the match in Ranchi, since October 2013. Australia broke India’s run in Guwahati on October 10, 2017 by registering an eight-wicket win. Australia’s previous victory against India in T20I came during the 2012 World T20 match at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on September 28, 2012. Incidentally, only Pakistan have managed more victories in successive T20Is against a particular side — nine against Zimbabwe from October 2008 to September 2015.
10
The number of T20I victories achieved by India against Australia. This is by far the most by any side against the Aussies in T20Is. The next best is 8 wins each by Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
1
The number of times Virat Kohli has been dismissed for a duck in T20Is. Overall, it was the eighth occasion he was being dismissed for a duck in his T20 career. All previous seven instances, before the Ranchi T20I, came while playing for his franchise, Royal Challengers Bangalore (six times in the IPL and once in the Champions League!).
48
The number of innings Virat Kohli played before his maiden duck in T20Is. It is the most number of innings played by any batsman before registering his first duck in T20Is. The table below has the details:
3
The number of wickets claimed by Pakistan’s Haris Sohail in his only over against Sri Lanka in the Dubai Test. He becomes the first bowler in Test history to claim three wickets in a single spell of one over. Interestingly, prior to this one-over spell, Haris had managed to claim just three wickets in his first-class career. He had bowled 43.2 overs during this period. For the record, previously three other bowlers have managed two wickets in their one-over spell in Test cricket. The details are given below:
4
The number of teams that have managed to win a Test despite being dismissed for a total of less than 100 in the third innings of the match. Interestingly, the last occasion this occurred was way back in July 1902 — 115 years ago! The table below has the details:
10
The number of years Pakistan remained unbeaten in a ‘home’ series before their 0-2 loss to Sri Lanka, that includes ‘home’ Tests in Pakistan, the UAE and England. The last time they lost a home Test series was in October 2007, against South Africa in Pakistan. They lost the two-Test series 0-1. South Africa won the first Test in Karachi by 160 runs, while the second Test in Lahore was drawn.
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