There are nonetheless 4 extra video games left to be performed within the ongoing sequence and the Men in Blue, who’re ranked Number 1 within the ICC Men’s T20I crew rankings, are nonetheless the large favourites to win the sequence.
However they must draw up their methods very nicely towards a crew taking part in at residence and one that’s total wounded after failing to make the minimize for the ICC ODI World Cup for the primary time.
The subsequent version of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup might be held within the Caribbean and the US and Hardik Pandya and co. might be itching to get their methods proper.
Ahead of the second T20I vs the West Indies on Sunday, the place India might be aiming to stage the sequence at 1-1, TimesofIndia.com right here brings you among the most fascinating statistics that emerged after India’s slender loss on Thursday:
# Having received their 1st, fiftieth, a centesimal and one hundred and fiftieth match, India suffered their first defeat in a milestone Twenty20 International (2 hundredth)
India’s milestone Internationals:
| Match | Opponent | Venue | Result | Year |
| 1st | South Africa | Johannesburg | India received by 6 wickets | 2006 |
| fiftieth | Australia | Mirpur | India received by 73 runs | 2014 |
| a centesimal | Ireland | Dublin | India received by 76 runs | 2018 |
| one hundred and fiftieth | Namibia | Dubai | India received by 9 wickets | 2021 |
| 2 hundredth | West Indies | Tarouba | India misplaced by 4 runs | 3-8-2023 |
# West Indies grew to become the fourth crew to efficiently defend a complete of lower than 150 towards India in T20Is – the primary three groups being New Zealand, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
# India have a greater Twenty20 International document towards Pakistan after 100, 150 and 200 matches.
# After greater than eleven years, India have misplaced three matches out of 4 performed whereas chasing – by 16 runs to Sri Lanka at Pune on January 5, 2023; by 21 runs to New Zealand at Ranchi on January 27 and by 4 runs to West Indies at Tarouba on August 3. In between they defeated New Zealand by six wickets at Lucknow on January 29.
# India’s defeat to the West Indies by 4 runs is their second narrowest when it comes to runs towards the West Indies subsequent solely to the one-run loss at Lauderhill on August 27, 2016. In all, India have misplaced eight T20Is by lower than 5 runs.
# Jason Holder has been adjudged the Man of the Match for the primary time vs India and the third time total in T20Is – the primary two being each vs England at Bridgetown in January 2022.
Tilak Varma (AP Photo)
# Tilak Varma’s strike charge of 177.27 whereas scoring 39 off 22 balls is the best by an Indian batter on debut whereas scoring 30-plus in Twenty20 Internationals. Ishan Kishan recorded strike charge of 175.00 whereas scoring 56 off 32 balls on debut vs England at Ahmedabad on March 14, 2021.
# India (145 for 9) posted their second lowest whole whereas shedding towards the West Indies in T20Is – the bottom being 138 at Basseterre on August 1, 2022.
# Mukesh Kumar has turn out to be the second Indian participant to symbolize India in all three codecs of worldwide cricket on the identical tour. T.Natrajan was the primary to attain the excellence throughout India’s tour to Australia in 2020-21.
Stats Courtesy: Rajesh Kumar
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com