Number crunching: T20s excellence for Sharma, Chahar against Bangladesh

From opening stands to bowling figures, here are all the statistics from India's recently concluded T20 series win against Bangladesh.

The number of T20 matches played by Rohit Sharma is now the most by an Indian batsman.

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The number of male players who has so far appeared in 100 or more Twenty20 International matches. Rohit Sharma became the second during the Rajkot T20I against Bangladesh. The first was Pakistan’s Shoaib Malik, who reached the landmark at Harare on July 2, 2018. Interestingly, 10 women cricketers have appeared in 100 or more T20Is. This means Sharma is overall the 12th player to reach this landmark. England’s Jenny Gunn was the first to do so, on March 25, 2018, followed by New Zealand’s Suzie Bates in June 2018 and Malik four days later.

The 12 cricketers to play 100 or more T20I matches

Matches	Player	Country	100th match played against/on	Result
111	Suzie Bates	New Zealand	Versus England at Bristol on June 28, 2018	Won
111	Shoaib Malik	Pakistan	Versus Zimbabwe at Harare on July 2, 2018	Lost
111	Ellyse Perry	Australia	Versus India at Providence on November 17, 2018	Lost
110	Deandra Dottin	West Indies	Versus South Africa at Tarouba on September 28, 2018	Won
106	Sana Mir	Pakistan	Versus West Indies at Karachi on February 3, 2019	Won
105	Anisa Mohammed	West Indies	Versus Pakistan at Karachi on January 31, 2019	Won
104	Jenny Gunn	England	Versus India at Mumbai (Brabourne) on March 25, 2018	Won
103	Bismah Maroof	Pakistan	Versus South Africa at Benoni on May 23, 2019	Lost
102	Harmanpreet Kaur	India	Versus South Africa at Surat on October 4, 2019	Lost
101	Alyssa Healy	Australia	Versus Sri Lanka at Sydney on September 30, 2019	Won
101	Rohit Sharma	India	Versus Bangladesh at Rajkot on November 7, 2019	Won
100	Stafanie Taylor	West Indies	Versus Australia at Bridgetown on September 18, 2019	Lost

 

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The number of matches played by Rohit Sharma in T20 cricket is now the most by an Indian batsman in this format.

Most T20 matches played by Indians

Matches	Player	T20 debut	Debut for	T20Is played
321	Rohit Sharma	April 3, 2007	Mumbai	101
319	Suresh Raina	December 1, 2006	India	78
317	M. S. Dhoni	December 1, 2006	India	98
278	Dinesh Karthik	December 1, 2006	India	32
271	Virat Kohli	April 3, 2007	Delhi	72
266	Yusuf Pathan	April 3, 2007	Baroda	22
265	Harbhajan Singh	June 22, 2005	Surrey	28
251	Gautam Gambhir	April 3, 2007	Delhi	37
251	Robin Uthappa	April 3, 2007	Karnataka	13
251	Shikhar Dhawan	April 3, 2007	Delhi	57

 

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The number of 100-plus opening stands between Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan in T20Is is now the most not only by any opening pair in T20 international cricket, but the most by a pair for any wicket in T20Is. They achieved this in the Rajkot T20I.

Most 100+ partnerships by an opening pair in T20I cricket

100+ partnerships	Pair	Country	Innings	Runs	Average	Partnerships of 50-99
4	Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan	India	52	1,743	33.51	7
3	Martin Guptill and Colin Munro	New Zealand	19	725	38.15	2
3	David Warner and Shane Watson	Australia	32	1,108	34.62	6

 

Sharma and Dhawan’s 100+ opening stands

Runs	Opponent	Venue	Date	Result
158	New Zealand	Delhi	November 1, 2017	Won
160	Ireland	Dublin	June 27, 2018	Won
123	West Indies	Lucknow	November 6, 2018	Won
118	Bangladesh	Rajkot	November 7, 2019	Won+

+ while chasing

 

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The number of wickets claimed by Deepak Chahar at Nagpur. His figures of 6/7 are the best by any bowler in the history of T20Is. In all T20 cricket, his figures are joint fourth-best, but the best by an Indian bowler.

Best bowling figures in T20 cricket

Bowling figures (overs)	Bowler	For	Against	Venue	Date
7/18 (4)	Colin Ackerman	Leicestershire	Birmingham	Leicester	August 7, 2019
6/5 (3.4)	Arul Suppiah	Somerset	Glamorgan	Cardiff	July 5, 2011
6/6 (4)	Shakib Al Hasan	Tridents	Red Steel	Bridgetown	August 3, 2013
6/7 (4)	Lasith Malinga	Melbourne Star	Scorchers	Perth	December 12, 2012
6/7 (4)	Kyle Jamieson	Canterbury	Auckland	Auckland	January 1, 2019
6/7 (3.2)	Deepak Chahar	India	Banglandesh	Nagpur	November 10, 2019

 

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The number of times India has managed to win a three-match T20I series after losing the opening match, which is the most by any other side. Australia has done it twice, while nine others – South Africa, England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Spain and Qatar – have done it once.

India’s four comebacks in three-match T20I series after losing the opening match

Date	Result	Deciding match result
February 14, 2016	Beat Sri Lanka at Visakhapatnam	Won by 9 wickets with 37 balls to spare
June 22, 2016	Beat Zimbabwe at Harare	Won by 3 runs
February 1, 2017	Beat England at Bengaluru	Won by 75 runs
November 10, 2019	Beat Bangladesh at Nagpur	Won by 30 runs

 

Queries Corner How often has a batsman outscored the opponent’s total in T20Is? I refer to the recent match at Adelaide where David Warner’s unbeaten 100 outscored Sri Lanka’s 99/9. – S Rajan, Nagpur David Warner’s was the ninth instance in a T20I match. This includes the two instances when three batsmen and two batsmen have managed to outscore the opponent’s total in the same match. Interestingly, his opening partner Aaron Finch is the only other Australian to do so. He made 172 against Zimbabwe at Harare on July 3, 2018. In reply, Zimbabwe were restricted to 129/9 in their 20 overs. On how many occasions have victories by an innings occurred in Tests? And which side has won and lost by an innings most times? – Rajesh Kamath, Chennai The recent Ranchi Test match provided the 408th instance of a Test victory by an innings. England has the distinction of registering innings victories on the most occasions, 104 times, followed by Australia with 92. For the record, India has achieved this on 44 occasions. England has lost by an innings on 61 occasions, the most defeats by a Test side by an innings. Keshav Maharaj in the Visakhapatnam Test match conceded more than 300 runs. How often have bowlers conceded over 300 runs in a Test match? – R. Bharath, Coimbatore South Africa’s Keshav Maharaj (5/318) became the fourth bowler, and for the fifth time, to achieve this dubious distinction. His figures were 3/189 and 2/129. The full list: 374 9 Oscar ‘Tommy’ Scott West Indies England Kingston April 1930 358 12 Jason Krejza Australia India Nagpur November 2008 318 5 Keshav Maharaj South Africa India Visakhapatnam October 2019 308 7 Arthur Mailey Australia England Sydney December 1924 302 10 Arthur Mailey Australia England Adelaide January 1921

 

Note: All figures above are updated as of November 10, 2019.