India v Sri Lanka, 2nd T20I - Statistical Highlights

This 2nd T20I match between India and Sri Lanka was the mirror image of 1st T20I if we consider team’s performances in both the games. In 2nd T20I match, Sri Lanka won the toss and invited India to bat first and Indian openers got off to a flier. Shikhar Dhawan has made his maiden T20I fifty while with handy contributions from Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina and Hardik Pandya, India managed to set a target of 197 runs against Sri Lanka which was above par on Ranchi’s slow pitch. For Sri Lanka, Thisara Perera achieved a unique milestone for himself and took a hat-trick while other Sri Lanka bowlers struggled against Indian batsmen.

While chasing the target, Sri Lanka started badly and lost three wickets when their score was 16 runs but Dinesh Chandimal, C Kapugedera and M Siriwardana tried their best but Indian bowlers bowled really well and helped them grab the match and give themselves a chance to win the series. For India, Ravi Ashwin took three wickets while Nehra, Bumrah and Jadeja took two wickets each.

Here are the Statistical Highlights of the India v Sri Lanka 2^nd T20I:

22 – Number of balls taken by Shikhar Dhawan today in 2nd T20I against Sri Lanka which is 5th fastest fifty scored by any Indian batsman. Other batsmen who were faster than Dhawan to score 50 runs in T20I are Yuvraj Singh (12 balls), Gautam Gambhir (19 balls), Yuvraj Singh (20 balls) and Yuvraj Singh (20 balls).

75 – Number of runs added by Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan today for 1st wicket against Sri Lanka which became the 6th best overall opening partnership for India in T20I and 2nd best opening partnership in India for India in T20Is.

51 – Number of runs scored by Shikhar Dhawan today against Sri Lanka and it was his 1st fifty in T20Is and it also became his highest score in T20Is.

4^th– Number of bowlers who have taken a hat-trick in T20Is. Today, Thisara Perera has taken a hat-trick against India by taking wickets of Hardik Pandya, Suresh Raina and Yuvraj Singh. Other three bowlers who have taken hat-tricks in T20I matches are Brett Lee, Jacob Oram and Tim Southee.

10 – Number of times TM Dilshan has been out on duck in T20Is which is most times by any batsman in T20Is. Today, he was out for a duck against India in 2nd T20I match at Ranchi.

196/6 – Number of runs scored by India against Sri Lanka today in 1st innings which is India’s highest score against Sri Lanka while batting first in T20Is.

28 – Number of catches taken by MS Dhoni in 57 T20I matches as a wicketkeeper which is second most by a wicketkeeper after Denesh Ramdin who has taken 30 catches in T20Is. Kamran Akmal has also taken 28 catches from 54 T20I matches while playing for Pakistan.

0 – Number of times Sri Lanka have chased a total of above 170 runs in T20Is. Today, Sri Lanka ended at the score of 127 and couldn’t chase the target of 197 runs which was set by India earlier while batting first.

43 – Number of dismissals made by MS Dhoni in T20I matches which is the fourth most by any other wicketkeeper in T20Is. He scalped 43 dismissals in 57 T20I matches.

15 – Number of stumpings made by MS Dhoni in T20I matches which is the fifth most by a wicketkeeper in T20Is. Today, he effected two stumpings against Sri Lanka in 2nd T20I match at Ranchi.

69 – Number of runs by which India won the 2nd T20I match against Sri Lanka today which was India’s 3rd largest victory in T20Is. The other two best margin of victories (in terms of runs) are 90 (vs England on 23rd September 2012) and 73 (vs Australia on 30th March 2014).

23 – Number of catches taken by Suresh Raina in his T20 career while playing for India which is the tenth most among other fielders and most by an Indian fielder. Today, he took one catch in 2nd T20I match against Sri Lanka at Ranchi. He has taken 23 catches from 51 T20I matches.

The Ranchi wicket annoyed the Twitter world – Twitter Reactions: Twitter goes crazy over the dry Ranchi pitch and bald ground