All Records From India’s 93-Run Win vs Sri Lanka in Cuttack T20

MS Dhoni became the first Indian wicketkeeper to post 35 or more runs and effect four dismissals in the same T20I.

India defeated Sri Lanka by 93 runs on Wednesday, 20 December.

(Photo: BCCI)

Unlike his first One Day International as skipper, Rohit Sharma’s maiden T20 International as India’s captain ended with a win. And not just any ordinary win – India’s biggest win in the twenty over format.

Here’s a look at the statistical highlights of the first T20 International between India and Sri Lanka at Cuttack.

• India's 93-run triumph is their largest in terms of runs in T20Is, outstripping the 90-run victory against England at Colombo (RPS) on 23 September 2012.
  
• India's previous largest victory against Sri Lanka in terms of runs was by 69 runs at Ranchi on 12 February 2016.

• Sri Lanka have recorded their biggest defeat in terms of runs in T20Is, eclipsing the 85-run defeat to Australia at Pallekele on 6 September 2016.
  
• Since registering a 6-wicket win against Bangladesh at Colombo (RPS) on 4 April 2017, Sri Lanka have lost six consecutive T20Is. They have lost five successive matches against India since February 2017.

• Sri Lanka's 87 is their second lowest total against India in T20Is – the lowest being 82 at Visakhapatnam on 14 February 2016.
  
• Yuzvendra Chahal (4/23) has registered his second best bowling figures in T20Is next only to the 6 for 25 against England at Bengaluru on 1 February 2017.
  
• Chahal became the third Indian bowler after Ravichandran Ashwin and Ashok Dinda to take four wickets against Sri Lanka in a T20I.
  
• Chahal has received his second Man of the Match award in T20Is – his first being for producing a career-best bowling performance.
  
• Chahal has bagged 19 wickets at an average of 14.36 in ten matches – the most by a bowler in T20Is this year.

• Mahendra Singh Dhoni (39 not out + 4 dismissals) became the first Indian wicketkeeper to post 35 or more runs and effect four dismissals in the same T20I, joining South Africa's Quinton de Kock (twice) and Pakistan's Kamran Akmal.
  
• Mahendra Singh Dhoni's batting record as number four player has been excellent – his aggregate being 244 in 11 innings (seven times not out), including a half century – 56 vs England at Bengaluru on 1 February 2017. His strike rate of 134.01 is quite impressive at this batting position.

For the third time in a T20I, Dhoni has effected four – the first two instances were against Afghanistan and Pakistan.

• Dhoni is the first wicketkeeper to effect four dismissals in T20Is involving India and Sri Lanka.
  
• Dhoni (201 dismissals in 272 matches) has become the second wicketkeeper after Kamran Akmal (207 in 211 matches) to complete 200 dismissals or more in Twenty20.
  
• Hardik Pandya (3/29) has recorded his second-best bowling figures in T20Is next only to the 3 for 8 against Pakistan at Dhaka on 27 February 2016.
  
• Rohit Sharma has totalled 1502 runs at an average of 30.04 in 62 innings and became the 14th player overall and the second Indian batsman after Virat Kohli (1956) to race to 1500 runs or more in T20Is.
  
• Ten times in his international career, Rohit Sharma has been dismissed by Angelo Matthews - the most occasions a bowler has claimed his wicket.
  
• Lokesh Rahul has recorded his third innings of fifty-plus in T20Is – his first against Sri Lanka.

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