India came back strongly in the second T20I of the five-match series against England. Their bowlers worked superbly as a unit, mixing up pace on a pitch that was two-paced to begin with. Washington Sundar and Shardul Thakur were the pick of the bowlers with identical figures of 4-0-29-2, while none of the others conceded over eight an over. For England, Jason Roy top-scored with a 35-ball 46, and four others reached 20.
India then lost KL Rahul for a duck in the first over, but debutant Ishan Kishan (56 in 32 balls) and Virat Kohli (73 not out in 49) added 94 in 54 balls. And Rishabh Pant (26 in 13) exploded to decide the fate of the match. Sam Curran (4-1-22-1) and Jofra Archer (4-0-24-0) posed a few problems for the Indians, but they found little support from the others.
0 instances of England winning more than one match in a series against India. They have four chances to set that right here.
1 India’s win-loss ratio against England (8 wins, 8 defeats). They have got a worse ratio only against New Zealand (0.75).
1 catch needed by Kohli (41) to top the list among Indian non-wicketkeepers. He is currently tied with Suresh Raina. Rohit has held 40 catches.
1.869 win-loss ratio for India, the second-best for any team with a 50-match cut-off. Only Afghanistan (2.2) has better. With 1.16, England are at seventh place.
2.363 win-loss ratio for India over the past three years, the best for any team with a 20-match cut-off. With 2.25, England are at second place.
1 uncapped cricketer in the Indian squad – Rahul Tewatia. He may add to the list of India’s 85 T20I caps.
15 runs needed by Jason Roy (985), 22 by Jonny Bairstow (978), and 97 by Dawid Malan (903) to reach 1,000 runs. Whoever does it first will become the fifth England batsman to the milestone, after Eoin Morgan (2,306), Alex Hales (1,644), Jos Buttler (1,579), and Kevin Pietersen (1,176).
67 runs needed by Rohit (2,773) to go past Martin Guptill (2,839) and become the second-highest run-scorer in Men’s T20Is. Only Kohli (3,001) has more runs.