IND vs ENG: 2nd T20I – Virat Kohli’s incredible feat and other records from the match

India bounced back strongly in the T20I series against England as they won the second match by seven wickets. England posted a total of 164/6 in 20 overs with the help of a 46-run knock from Jason Roy at the top. Washington Sundar and Shardul Thakur picked up two wickets each for the home side.

While chasing the total, India lost KL Rahul for a duck in the very first over. However, debutant Ishan Kishan smacked the English bowlers all over the park to put India’s foot forward in the game. Later on, Indian skipper Virat Kohli displayed his classic touch as he played a glorious knock of 73 runs off 49 balls. Let’s look at some important stats and numbers after the end of the second T20I between India and England:

Virat Kohli shatters big records

3000 – Virat Kohli completed 3000 runs in T20Is with his superb knock, and became the first-ever men’s player to achieve the milestone. He has scored 3001 runs in the shortest format at an incredible average of 50.86.

Who else could it have been?@imVkohli became the first player to score 3000 runs in men’s T20Is last night ?#INDvENG pic.twitter.com/iK87PmnCNF

— ICC (@ICC) March 15, 2021

26 – This was Virat’s 26th fifty+ score in T20Is. He surpassed Rohit Sharma in this regard and has now reached the top spot.

12000 – The prolific batsman also completed 12000 runs as captain in International cricket and became just the third player to achieve the feat. Only Ricky Ponting and Graeme Smith are ahead of him in the list. Virat is the fastest among the three to cross the mark.

The dominance of India in chases

8 – This was the eighth consecutive win for India while chasing at home in T20Is. While chasing a target, they last lost a home T20I back in 2017 against New Zealand.

Ishan Kishan’s milestone on debut

Into the record books ?@ishankishan51 on Sunday became only the 2nd Indian to score a fifty on T20I debut ?#INDvENG #IshanKishan #INDvsENG pic.twitter.com/fyn9dySbu9

— 100MB (@100MasterBlastr) March 15, 2021

56 – Ishan Kishan became the second Indian player after Ajinkya Rahane to hit a fifty on his T20I debut. His 56-run knock is the second-highest score after Ajinkya Rahane’s 61 (39) against England in 2011.

Unique record for Suryakumar Yadav

101 – Suryakumar Yadav has played 101 IPL matches till now and became the first player to make his debut for India after featuring in more than 100 IPL games.

Golden duck for Jos Buttler

5 – Jos Buttler was dismissed for a first-ball duck by Bhuvneshwar Kumar. He is the fifth opener to bag a golden duck against India in T20Is.