In T20Is, this was Kumar’s 13th wicket in the first over of the innings, the joint-second most alongside David Willey. In the first T20I as well, he dismissed England’s skipper Jos Buttler, for a first ball duck. Time and time again, Bhuvneshwar Kumar has provided an opportunity in the first over of the innings. Rohit reached this landmark in just 29 innings, which is the fastest among the four Indians and the second fastest overall, behind Babar Azam (26). He became the 10th batsman to score 1000 runs as captain. Since 2021, Rohit has scored at a strike rate of 150.4 in the first six overs.ĭespite a lack of runs, Rohit reached a prominent milestone in the first T20I. The Indian skipper might not have the runs to back him this year, but his intent has been completely different to what it was before. India in 2018, had scored 201/3 in Bristol, the second highest. Pakistan in 2021 at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, had scored 232/6, the highest. In T20Is in England, this is the third highest total by an Asian team. Pandya and Dinesh Karthik finished India’s innings on a high as they scored 198/8. By virtue of it, India had scored 66 in the Powerplay, their second highest against England. In the top four, three players scored 20+ and all three had a strike rate of over 170+. Apart from Ishan Kishan, six out of the top seven batters had a strike rate of 140+. The approach from India in this match was completely different, but an effective one. Yuvraj Singh in 2009 against Sri Lanka, had scored 61 and bagged 3/23.
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Overall, among the full member teams, he was the fifth to achieve this feat. In the process, he became the first Indian to score a 50+ and pick up a 4-wicket haul in the same match. Not only his captaincy, with the bat and ball, he is on a roll.Īfter scoring his first half-century in T20Is, Pandya returned with figures of 4/33 with the ball, his best T20I performance.
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Led Gujarat Titans to a win in their first season of IPL, followed it up by a win in the series against Ireland, in his maiden series as India’s captain. So far, it has been a dream year for Hardik Pandya. Hardik’s all-round performance steals the show With a win in this match, Rohit became the first captain in T20Is to win 13 consecutive matches, starting from November 2019, against Bangladesh. His win/loss ratio of 6.250 is the best, by a distance, for any captain who has led in 25+ matches.īefore heading into this match, India under Rohit, were unbeaten in 12 consecutive matches. Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, India have lost only four matches out of 29. Rohit’s dream run as India’s T20I captain Eventually, England ended up 50 runs short. The bowlers provided the perfect start by picking up three wickets inside the Powerplay.
Set up by the top order, India finished high on 198/8. India have put behind their demoralizing defeat in the fifth Test, by a thumping win in the first T20I against England.
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