IND vs WI, 2nd T20I, Stats Review: Pant, Kohli take India to 100th T20I win
Virat Kohli finally came back into form as he and Rishabh Pant scored half-centuries to help India post a massive total of 186/5, subsequently winning the second T20I and the series against West Indies. Bhuvneshwar Kumar also shone with the ball as he gave away just four runs in the penultimate over to seal the deal for the hosts. India won the match by eight runs to clinch the series 2-0 with one game in hand.
Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers from India vs West Indies, 2nd T20I:
100 – Kieron Pollard became the first West Indies player to feature in 100 T20I matches.
30 – Virat Kohli scored his 30th 50-plus score in T20Is and equalled Rohit Sharma (30) at the top for as many scores. Babar Azam is on second with 26 50-plus T20I scores.
1 – Roston Chase recorded the best T20I bowling figures (3/25) for West Indies against India in India.
100 – India won their 100th T20 international including all the super over victories.
2 – With 570 runs, Kohli has the second-most T20I runs against West Indies. He surpassed Babar Azam’s tally of 540 runs. Sharma is on top for accumulating 578 runs.
3 – Nicholas Pooran scored his third T20I fifty against India, his most against any opposition. He has two each against England and Pakistan.
2 – India became the second team after Pakistan to reach 100 T20I wins landmark.
66 – Yuzvendra Chahal has 66 T20I wickets now and is joint-top with Jasprit Bumrah (66) as India’s highest wicket-taker in the format.
4 – India won their fourth consecutive T20I bilateral series against West Indies.
3 – Pooran and Powell shared the third-highest third-wicket partnership for West Indies in T20Is.
4 – Kohli now has four 50-plus T20I scores against the Men in Maroon. It is the most by a batter against them in T20Is at home. Babar Azam and Colin Munro have three each.
9 – Overall Pollard became the ninth player to reach the landmark of 100 T20Is.
3 – Rishabh Pant has three fifties in T20Is now and all three of them have come against West Indies.
51 – Pant completed 50 fours in T20Is.
46 – With 46 sixes, Virat is now joint-third with MS Dhoni (46) for most sixes across formats against West Indies. Rohit Sharma and AB de Villiers have 75 and 54 sixes respectively.
