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From India's 4th highest T20I total to SKY's joint second fastest fifty: Stats review from record-breaking 2nd T20I
Many expected to be a rain-curtailed game, however, the rain gods were lenient enough to open up only after the match was completed as the crowd and the audiences would have been deprived of a high-scoring cracker of a game. A match where 458 runs were scored and only 16 separated the two teams, several records were broken.
Anshul Gupta
Updated Oct 3, 2022, 09:50 IST
Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav's 102-run stand laid the foundation of a mammoth score of 237 runs against South Africa in the second T20I
Photo : AP
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
- 458 runs were scored in 40 overs in a run-feast in Guwahati between India and South Africa
- India managed to win the second T20I by 16 runs and thereby sealed the series
- David Miller scored an unbeaten century, however, ended up on the losing side
Will it rain? Will we get a full game? Will rain at least allow a result? These were few of the questions ahead of the second T20I between India and South Africa as more than anything, everyone wanted to see a good game of cricket. However, predictions of rain and thunderstorms had created a cloud over the game, literally. Thankfully for everyone involved, most importantly the fans who thronged the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in numbers, the rain gods decided to wait and arrived only after the match was done and the crowd in Guwahati witnessed a match for the ages.
India, who were leading the three-match series 1-0, came into the second game against South Africa as history beckoned the Men in Blue. India had never won a T20I series at home against South Africa and the streak was finally broken as the Men in Blue survived a David Miller assault to defend a 237-run total by just 16 runs.
458 runs were scored across 40 overs, 40 fours and 25 sixes hit, three fifty-plus scores, one century and dilapidated figures of bowlers summed up the nature of the pitch. Hence, despite efforts from Suryakumar Yadav, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul and Dinesh Karthik India weren't safe with 237. Quinton de Kock struggled for the most part of his innings but somehow managed to stay for all the 20 overs while Miller flew and blew away the Indian attack.
Several records were broken, new feats were achieved as here's a statistical review of the game:
1. Fastest fifty for India in T20Is:
12 balls - Yuvraj Singh (vs England, 2007)
18 balls - KL Rahul (vs Scotland, 2021)
18 balls* - Suryakumar Yadav (vs South Africa, 2022)
19 balls - Gautam Gambhir (vs Sri Lanka, 2009)
20 balls - Yuvraj Singh (vs Australia in 2007, vs Sri Lanka in 2009)
2. India have won a T20I series against South Africa at home for the first time
2015 - SA won 2-0
2019 - Drawn 1-1
2022 - Drawn 2-2
2022 - Won 2-0
3. 4th highest total for India in men's T20Is
260/5 against Sri Lanka in Indore, 2017
244/4 against West Indies in Florida, 2016
240/3 against West Indies in Mumbai, 2019
237/3 against South Africa in Guwahati, 2022*
225/7 against Ireland in Dublin, 2022
4. Most number of centuries for South Africa in T20Is
2 - David Miller
1 - Faf du Plessis
1 - Richard Levi
1 - Morne van Wyk
5. David Miller is the first player to score multiple T20I hundreds batting No.5 or below:
101*(36) against Bangladesh in 2017
106*(47) against India in 2022
6. Most runs for South Africa in T20I cricket
2009 - David Miller
1964 - Quinton de Kock
1934 - JP Duminy
7. Highest partnership for 4th wicket in Men's T20Is
174* - Quinton de Kock-David Miller vs India, 2022
166* - Bikram Arora-Varun Thamotharam (Malta) vs Gibraltar, 2021
161 - Glenn Maxwell-David Warner vs South Africa, 2016
140* - Ali Masood-Stuart Hook vs Switzerland, 2022
139* - Harry Brook-Ben Duckett vs Pakistan, 2022
8. Highest partnership for South Africa in T20Is
174* - Quinton de Kock-David Miller vs India, 2022
170 - Loots Bosman-Graeme Smith vs England, 2009
133* - AB de Villiers-Richard Levi vs New Zealand, 2012
132* - Loots Bosman-Graeme Smith vs Pakistan, 2007
131* - David Miller-Rassie van der Dussen vs India, 2022
9. Most T20 matches played
614 - Kieron Pollard
556 - Dwayne Bravo
481 - Shoaib Malik
463 - Chris Gayle
435 - Sunil Narine
429 - Ravi Bopora
428 - Andre Russell
403 - David Miller
400* - Rohit Sharma
393 - Daniel Christian
10. Most runs for India in men's T20Is
3737 - Rohit Sharma
3712 -Virat Kohli
2137 - KL Rahul
1759 - Shikhar Dhawan
1617 - MS Dhoni
1605 - Suresh Raina
1177 - Yuvraj Singh
1037* - Suryakumar Yadav
1029 - Shreyas Iyer
989 - Hardik Pandya
11. Highest aggregate in a T20I
489 - India vs West Indies, 2016
488 - New Zealand vs Australia, 2018
488 - Bulgaria vs Serbia, 2022
472 - Afghanistan vs Ireland, 2019
467 - South Africa vs West Indies, 2015
459 - England vs South Africa, 2016
458* - India vs South Africa, 2022
457 - England vs Australia, 2013
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