Ahmedabad: India registered a thrilling series victory on Thursday thrashing England in the fifth T20I by 36 runs at the Narendra Modi Stadium. India won the series 3-2. This was India's sixth successive T20I series win so far.
With this series win, India kicked off their preparations for the World T20 scheduled in October-November this year with a bang. After wrapping up the Test and T20I series, Team India will now look to complete the clean sweep in the three-match ODI series starting March 23.
During the five-match T20I series many records have been broken and new records replaced the old ones.
Also Read: India thrash England by 36 runs, seal T20I series
Let's take a look at some interesting records that have been set in the just concluded T20I match.
What are the records India made in the five-match T20I series?
- This is India's sixth consecutive series win in the shortest format of the game.
- In the five-match series against England, the Indian team used a total of 16 players which is the most ever used by the Indian team in T20I cricket.
- Rohit Sharma has become the second-highest run-scorer in T20I cricket, thanks to his 64 runs innings in the fifth match against England.
Most runs in T20Is:
- Virat Kohli (3159)
- Rohit Sharma (2864)
- Martin Guptill (2839)
Players scoring five or more sixes in an innings more than once in T20I cricket:
- Rohit Sharma (India): (10)
- Chris Gayle (West Indies): (9)
- Colin Munro (New Zealand): (9)
-Rohit Sharma smashed five sixes during his 64 runs innings. This was the tenth time Rohit had hit five or more sixes during an innings.
Batsmen who scored the most runs as captain in T20I cricket:
- Virat Kohli (India): 1502
- Aaron Finch (Australia): 1462
- Kane Williamson (New Zealand): 1383
-Virat Kohli has become the highest run-scorer as captain in T20I. Kohli, who was appointed captain of the Indian T20I team in 2017, has so far scored 1502 runs in 45 matches at an average of 48.45.
Players who have hit the maximum number of 80+ innings in T20I:
- Rohit Sharma: 9
- Virat Kohli: 7
- Chris Gayle / Martin Guptill: 6
-Virat scored an unbeaten 80 off 52 balls in the fifth T20I. This was the seventh time in T20I, Kohli has scored 80 or more.
Who is the fastest batsman to score 1000 runs in T20I?
- Dawid Malan: 24 innings
- Virat Kohli: 26 innings
- Babar Azam: 27 innings
-Dawid Malan of England reached the 1000 runs mark during Saturday's fifth T20I. While completing his personal landmark, Malan became the fastest batsman to achieve the feat in the format.
