Statsman: Shivam Mavi becomes third Indian bowler to take four wickets on T20I debut

Mavi in elite club

3 The number of Indian bowlers to claim a four-wicket haul in their T20I debut. India’s debutant paceman, Shivam Mavi, became the latest to achieve this against Sri Lanka in the opening match at the Wankhede Stadium on 3 Jan 2023. For the record, five other bowlers have claimed a three-wicket haul on debut for India.

Three or more wickets by an Indian bowler on T20I debut

Note: Saini is the only player in the above list to bowl a maiden

2 The number of occasions when the sixth wicket pair or below managed to put on a partnership of 60+ runs in India’s latest T20I series against Sri Lanka. These two partnerships in Mumbai and Pune now occupy the first and third positions among lower-order pairs for India in T20I cricket. And on both occasions, Axar Patel was involved in these stands.

Highest partnerships for the sixth wicket or lower for India in T20I cricket

5 The number of occasions India managed to sneak through a narrow win margin of four or fewer runs in T20I cricket, the recent one being the two-run win over Sri Lanka at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on 3 Jan 2023. Both the one-run victories listed below have come in the World T20 tournament.

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India’s narrowest victory margin by runs in T20Is

6 The number of Indian players to appear in a T20I match for the first time after the age of 31 years. Rahul Tripathi, in Pune, became the latest to join this list. It is no surprise that none of the below mentioned players had a long T20I career. Four of them appeared in only one T20I match of their career, while Stuart Binny managed to appear in three. Tripathi has so far played in two and could perhaps have the longest career in terms of matches among the Indian players who have been listed below.

Oldest to make T20I debut for India

Notes:

*It was the only T20I match of their career for Tendulkar, Dravid, Kartik and Aravind.

*Dravid made 31 in 21 balls with 3 sixes in his only match.

*The Johannesburg match was India’s inaugural T20I match.

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20 The number of balls Sri Lankan captain Dasun Shanaka required to reach his fifty against India in the second T20I in Pune on 5 January 2023. This is now the joint second-quickest fifty by a batter but the quickest by an opponent captain against India in T20Is. Shanaka’s effort is also now the quickest by a Sri Lankan batter in this format.

Quickest to reach an individual T20I fifty against India

^ as captain + as keeper

Quickest to reach an individual T20I fifty for Sri Lanka

^ as captain + as keeper

14 The number of sixes hit by the Sri Lankan batters in the Pune T20I match on 5 Jan 2023. This is now the most hit by the side in a T20I match. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka became the ninth side to hit 14 or more sixes against India in a T20I match. As opponents, the West Indies holds the record of hitting the most sixes against India in a T20I match, when its batters hit 21 in Lauderhill on 27 Aug 2016, which enabled the side to win the game by one run.

Most sixes hit by Sri Lanka in a T20I match

65 The number of runs scored by Axar Patel in the Pune T20I match while batting at No. 7. As of now, there have been 35 instances of 32 batters managing to make an individual fifty while batting at number seven or lower in T20Is. Axar Patel thus became the first Indian to achieve this in the T20I format.

Highest T20I scores by Indian batters while batting at No. 7 or lower

3 The number of occasions when two players batting at positions six or lower have made fifties in the same match. This has never occurred in the same innings; however, two opposition batters have managed to do this in T20I cricket.

Two fifties by batters at positions number six or lower in the same T20I match

^ as captain + as keeper

5 The number of batters who managed to register three or more centuries in their T20I career. Surya Kumar Yadav in Rajkot on 7 January 2023, became the latest to achieve this in the format. Interestingly, all his three centuries came in a period of fewer than six months. It has taken him only one year and 299 days to make his third three-figure score since making his T20I debut on 14 Mar 2021. Afghanistan-born Sabawoon Davizi, who plays T20Is for the Czech Republic, took two years and 264 days to register his three centuries. However, Davizi achieved his three centuries in just 21 innings, while Yadav took 43 innings and New Zealand’s Colin Munro needed 35 innings.

Batters with three or more T20I centuries

Note: month in which the century was achieved is mentioned in parentheses.

All records are correct and updated until 14 January 2023