Number crunching: Rahul races to T20I record in India's series win against New Zealand

Here are a list of records that were made during India's T20 series win and ODI series loss against the Black Caps in New Zealand.

K. L. Rahul in action during the T20I series against New Zealand.

24

The number of innings taken by K. L. Rahul to aggregate 1,000 runs as an opener in T20 International cricket. He achieved this in the fifth and final match of the series against New Zealand at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui to become the quickest in terms of innings to reach this landmark. For the record, only 20 batsmen have aggregated 1,000 or more runs in T20I cricket as an opener.

Fewest innings to aggregate 1,000 T20I runs as an opener

Innings	Batsman	Country	Average	100s/50s	Achieved on
24	K. L. Rahul	India	46.45	0/10	February 2, 2020
29	Aaron Finch	Australia	36.21	1/6	February 22, 2017
29	Colin Munro	New Zealand	37.19	2/7	January 24, 2020
32	Alex Hales	England	37.85	1/7	May 20, 2014

 

The number of occasions when a team has managed to win a bilateral T20I series 5-0 before the recent India-New Zealand one. India achieved this in Mount Maunganui when it beat the home side by seven runs on February 2. This, incidentally, was India’s eighth whitewash (in series of three or more matches) of an opponent in an away series across all formats.

Bilateral series whitewashes in T20I cricket (of four or more matches)

Result	Winner	Loser	Venue	Month, year
5-0	India	New Zealand	New Zealand	January-February, 2020
4-0	UAE	Netherlands	Netherlands	August, 2019
4-0	Namibia	Botswana	Namibia	August, 2019

 

India’s series whitewashes of opponents across all formats away from home

Result	Format	Loser	Month, year
5-0	ODIs	Zimbabwe	July-August, 2013
3-0	ODIs	Zimbabwe	July, 2015
3-0	T20Is	Australia	January, 2016
3-0	ODIs	Zimbabwe	June, 2016
3-0	Tests	Sri Lanka	July-August, 2017
5-0	ODIs	Sri Lanka	August-September, 2017
3–0	T20Is	West Indies*	August, 2019
5-0	T20Is	New Zealand	January-February, 2020

*Played in the West Indies and the USA.

9

The number of T20I matches in which India has gone unbeaten, including the 5-0 win over the Kiwis, is now the country’s longest undefeated run in the format. Only thrice have other teams managed to remain unbeaten on more consecutive occasions.

Longest unbeaten runs in T20I cricket

T20Is	Team	Period	Results
12	Afghanistan	February 5, 2018-September 15, 2019	12 outright wins
11	Afghanistan	March 27, 2016-March 12, 2017	11 outright wins
11	Papua New Guinea	March 22-October 20, 2019	10 outright wins, 1 no result
9	England	May 4, 2010-January 12, 2011	8 outright wins, 1 no result
9	Ireland	May 4, 2010-March 24, 2012	8 outright wins, 1 no result
9	Pakistan	July 4-November 4, 2018	9 outright wins
9	Canada	August 18-October 23, 2019	8 outright wins, 1 no result
9+	India	December 11, 2019-February 2, 2020	6 outright wins, 2 super overs, 1 no result

+Unbeaten run still in progress.

11

The number of batsmen to aggregate 7,000 or more One-Day International runs while playing in matches away from home. Virat Kohli in the final match against New Zealand at Mount Maunganui became the latest to do so, joining three other Indians (Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly) in this elite list. Kohli is the quickest to reach this landmark, doing so in just his 147th innings. Australia’s Ricky Ponting held the previous record of 180 innings.

Most ODI runs in away matches

Runs	Batsman	Country	Matches	Innings	Average	100s/50s
11,450	Sachin Tendulkar	India	299	292	43.05	29/58
9,550	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka +	317	309	31.83	21/44
9,510	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka +	262	251	42.65	21/60
9,065	Inzamam-ul_Haq	Pakistan +	303	286	36.26	6/66
8,604	Mahela Jayawardena	Sri Lanka +	297	283	32.84	15/49
8,298	Ricky Ponting	Australia +	222	215	44.14	17/50
8,253	Sourav Ganguly	India +	233	225	39.87	18/48
7,483	Rahul Dravid	India +	247	227	37.60	6/59
7,226	Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	205	204	37.83	17/35
7,181	Brian Lara	West Indies +	208	204	39.03	13/43
7,002	Virat Kohli	India	153	147	58.35	24/35

+Appeared for other sides.

Fewest innings to aggregate 7,000 ODI runs in away games

Innings	Matches	Batsman	Country	Average	100s	Achieved on
147	153	Virat Kohli	India	58.35	24	February 11, 2020
180	186	Ricky Ponting	Australia	45.71	16	October 2, 2009
184	189	Sachin Tendulkar	India	41.89	19	October 24, 2001
189	196	Sourav Ganguly	India	40.47	18	July 25, 2004
198	202	Brian Lara	West Indies	39.05	13	December 7, 2006

Notes: Kohli’s 24 100s are the highest, followed by 19 by Tendulkar. Also, Kohli is the only one of the 11 batsmen to average above 50. The next best is Ponting with 45.71.

8

The number of occasions India has gone through an entire ODI series of three or more games without winning a single match and thus losing by a margin of 0-3 or worse. It should be noted that India created history in New Zealand when it won the T20I series 5-0, becoming the first side to do so in the format. However, a week later, India had the ignominy of losing 0-3 to the home side New Zealand in the ODI series.

India losing bilateral ODI series 3-0 or more (without winning a single game)

Result	Matches	Lost to	Venue	Season	Notes
5-0	5	West Indies	India	1983-84
5-0	5	West Indies	West Indies	1988-89
4-0	5	South Africa	South Africa	2006-07	1 match was abandoned without a ball being bowled
4-0	5	New Zealand	New Zealand	2013-14	1 match was a tie
3-0	5	Australia	India	1984-85	2 were no result
3-0	4	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	1997	1 was no result
3-0	5	England	England	2011	1 was no result, 1 was a tie
3-0	3	New Zealand	New Zealand	2019-20

 

Queries Corner Mumbai’s Sarfaraz Khan made more than 600 runs in first-class cricket before being dismissed. Is this a world record? – M. Suraj, Bangalore. With scores of 301*, 226* and 78 in three matches, Sarfaraz Khan became only the seventh batsman in first-class history to make 600 or more runs before being dismissed. The world record is in fact held by another India and Mumbai batsman, K. C. Ibrahim, who made 709 runs in 1947-48 before being dismissed. His scores were 218*, 36*, 234*, 77* and 144. The other Indians to do so are Vijay Merchant (634 runs in 1941-42), S. Badrinath (625 in 2007-08) and Pankaj Dharmani (608 in 1999-2000). Could you please list Mumbai’s performance in the Ranji Trophy in the last 10 years? – Sunil Paranjape, Mumbai. By performance, if you mean the team’s record in each season, then here it is. 2010-11 Quarterfinals 2011-12 Semifinals 2012-13 Won title 2013-14 Quarterfinals 2014-15 Semifinals 2015-16 Won title 2016-17 Runner-up 2017-18 Quarterfinals 2018-19 Did not qualify for the knockouts 2019-20 Did not qualify for the knockouts

 

Note: All figures are updated as of February 15, 2020.