Statsman: Rishabh Pant second-youngest Indian to captain T20 team

Rishabh Pant, 24, led India for the first time in an international match in the T20I against South Africa in Delhi on June 9, 2022. He is the second-youngest Indian player to captain inT20 international matches.

Rishabh Pant Captain of India during the 1st T20I match between India and South Africa held at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi on the 9th June 2022.

24 Rishabh Pant’s age when he led India for the first time in an international match. He did so in the opening T20I against South Africa in Delhi on June 9, 2022. This now makes him the second-youngest Indian player to captain inT20 international matches. Overall, Pant becomes the eighth youngest to lead India across formats.

Youngest to lead India in T20Is

Age	Captain	Against	Venue	Date	Result	Total matches as captain
23y-197d	Suresh Raina	Zimbabwe	Harare	June 12, 2010	Won	3
24y-248d	Rishabh Pant	South Africa	Delhi	June 9, 2022	Lost	5
26y-68d	M. S. Dhoni	Scotland	Durban	Sep 13, 2007	NR+	72
27y-41d	Ajinkya Rahane	England	Manchester	Aug 31, 2011	Lost	2

+ Match was abandoned without a ball bowled after the toss was done.

Youngest to lead India in international matches

Age	Captain	Against	Venue	Date	Result	Format
21y-77d	Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi	West Indies	Bridgetown	Mar 23, 1962	Lost	Test
23y-126d	Sachin Tendulkar	Sri Lanka	Colombo RPS	Aug 28, 1996	Lost	ODI
23y-182d	Suresh Raina	Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	May 28, 2010	Lost	ODI
23y-249d	Kapil Dev	Sri Lanka	Amritsar	Sep 12, 1982	Won	ODI
24y-178d	Virender Sehwag	Bangladesh	Dhaka	Apr 16, 2003	Won	ODI
24y-239d	Virat Kohli	Sri Lanka	Kingston	July 2, 2013	Lost	ODI
24y-245d	Ravi Shastri	Pakistan	Indore	Jan 27, 1987	Lost	ODI
24y-248d	Rishabh Pant	South Africa	Delhi	June 9, 2022	Lost	T20I

14 The number of sixes hit by the Indian batters in the Delhi T20 match. This is now the third most hit against South Africa in a T20I match. In the same match, South African batters also hit an identical number of sixes. This is now the second most hit against India in any home T20I match. The most sixes hit was 15 by the West Indians in Hyderabad on Dec 6, 2019.

Most sixes hit against South Africa in a T20I match

6s	Opponent	Total	Venue	Date	Inns	Won by
15	England	226/5 in 19.1 ov	Centurion	Feb 16, 2020	2	Eng
15	West Indies	161/2 in 15 ov	St. George’s	June 26, 2021	2	WI
14	India	211/4 in 20 ov	Delhi	June 9, 2022	1	SA
13	England	204/7 in 20 ov	Durban	Feb 14, 2020	1	Eng

212 The total number of runs made by South Africa during its successful run chase in the Delhi T20I. This is now the highest total conceded by India while defending a total. South Africa, thus became the only side to defeat India after the latter made a 200-plus score batting first.

The highest T20I totals successfully chased against India

Total	Ov	by	Venue	Date	India’s total
212/3	19.1	South Africa	Delhi	June 9, 2022	211/4
200/3	19.4	South Africa	Dharamsala	Oct 2, 2015	199/5
196/3	19.4	West Indies	Mumbai WS	Mar 31, 2016	192/2
194/3	19.4	Australia	Bengaluru	Feb 27, 2019	190/4
194/1	18.3	West Indies	Kingston	July 9, 2017	190/6

Highest T20I totals successfully chased by South Africa

Total	Ov	Opponents	Venue	Date
212/3	19.1	India (211/4)	Delhi	June 9, 2022
208/2	17.4	West Indies (205/6)	Johannesburg	Sep 11, 2007
200/3	19.4	India (199/5)	Dharamsala	Oct 2, 2015

3 The number of wickets lost by South Africa (212/3) during its successful run chase of India’s first innings total in the Delhi T20I match. This is now the highest total in a successful run chase where few number of wickets fell (I.e. less than four wickets).

Highest totals while losing fewest wickets in a successful chase in T20Is

Total	Winning side		Losing side	Venue	Date
212/3	South Africa	beat	India	Delhi	June 9, 2022
208/2	South Africa	beat	West Indies	Johannesburg	Sep 11, 2007
208/3	Pakistan	beat	West Indies	Karachi	Dec 16, 2021
205/1	Pakistan	beat	South Africa	Centurion	Apr 14, 2021
201/3	India	beat	England	Bristol	July 8, 2018

37 Dinesh Karthik’s age when he registered his maiden T20I fifty against South Africa in Rajkot. This makes him the oldest to make an individual fifty in T20Is for India.

Oldest to register an individual fifty in T20I for India

Age	Batter	Runs	Against	Venue	Date
37y-16d	Dinesh Karthik	55	South Africa	Rajkot	June 17, 2022
36y-229d	M. S. Dhoni	52*	South Africa	Centurion	Feb 21, 2018
35y-1d	Shikhar Dhawan	52	Australia	Sydney	Dec 6, 2020
34y-205d	Rohit Sharma	56	New Zealand	Kolkata	Nov 21, 2021

55 Dinesh Karthik’s highest score in T20Is came in Rajkot against South Africa. This is now the highest individual score by an Indian while coming in at batting position from six to 11 in T20I cricket.

Runs	Batter	Position	Against	Venue	Date	India result
55	Dinesh Karthik	6	South Africa	Rajkot	June 17, 2022	Won
52*	M. S. Dhoni	6	South Africa	Centurion	Feb 21, 2018	Lost
50*	Manish Pandey	6	New Zealand	Wellington	Jan 31, 2000	Tie (India won Super Over)
49	M. S. Dhoni	6	New Zealand	Rajkot	Nov 4, 2017	Lost
48*	M. S. Dhoni	6	Australia	Sydney	Feb 1, 2012	Lost

Note: For the record, the highest score by an Indian #7 is 44 not out by Ravindra Jadeja against Australia in Canberra on Dec 4, 2020 (won)

5677 The number of days required for Dinesh Karthik to register his maiden T20I fifty score since his debut in India’s inaugural match in Johannesburg on December 1, 2006, when he made a match-winning unbeaten 31, which enabled him to receive the man of the match award. His wait of over 15 years for a maiden fifty score is now a new record in T20I history.

Most number of days taken (since debut) to register a maiden fifty-plus score

Days	Y-M-D	Batter	Runs	For	Achieved on	Against	Venue	Debut date	Result
5677	15y-6m-17d	Dinesh Karthik	55	Ind	June 17, 2022	SA	Johannesburg	Dec 1, 2006	Won
4062	11y-1m-14d	Pieter Seelaar	96*	Neth	Sep 16, 2019	Sco	Malahide	Aug 2, 2008	Lost
3948	10y-9m-23d	Chamara Kapugedara	50	SL	Apr 6, 2017	Ban	Colombo RPS	June 15, 2006	Lost
3849	10y-6m-16d	Kevin O’Brien	65	Ire	Feb 15, 2019	Sco	Al Amerat	Aug 2, 2008	Lost
3738	10y-2m-27d	Roelof van der Merwe	75*	Neth	June 23, 2019	Zim	Rotterdam	Mar 29, 2009	Won

Note: ** Kapugedara did not play again for SL

** van der Merwe appeared for SA (2009 to 2010) and then for Netherlands (2015 to 2021). He began his T20I career in 2009 by scoring 48 on debut.

42 The number of T20I matches won by India at home. This is now the most wins by any T20I side at home. The previous record was held by New Zealand (41 wins) and India, by winning the Rajkot T20I, went past the Kiwis.

Home wins	Team	Mts	%win
42	India	66	63.64
41	New Zealand	73	56.16
38	South Africa	70	54.29
32	Australia	51	62.75
32	West Indies	65	49.23

5 The number of matches in this series where India played the same XI. This is the first time in T20I history that the same XI represented a side in a five-match bilateral series. There are however several instances of teams playing the entire three-match bilateral unchanged, as listed below.

Sides playing the same XI in an entire bilateral T20I series (of three or more matches)

Mts	Team	Opponent	Venue	Month, Year	Series result
5	India	South Africa	Ind	June 2022	Shared 2-2 (1 NR)
3	England	Pakistan	UAE	Feb 2012	Won 2-1
3	South Africa	Sri Lanka	SL	Aug 2013	Won 2-1
3	India	Australia	Aus	Jan 2016	Won 3-0
3	India	Sri Lanka	Ind	Feb 2016	Won 2-1
3	West Indies	Afghanistan	WI	June 2017	Won 3-0
3	India	Australia	Aus	Nov 2018	Shared 1-1 (1 NR)
3	Bangladesh	West Indies	Ban	Dec 2018	Lost 1-2
3	UAE	Nepal	UAE	Feb 2019	Lost 1-2
3	Australia	South Africa	SA	Feb 2020	Won 2-1
3	England	Pakistan	Eng	Aug-Sep 2020	Shared 1-1 (1 NR)
3	England	South Africa	SA	Nov-Dec 2020	Won 3-0

All records are correct and updated until June 19, 2022