Rohit’s 100, Dhoni’s Catches: 14 Records Set During Bristol T20

Records, milestones and trivia from India’s seven-wicket win over England in the third and final T20 at Bristol.

Rohit Sharma’s century helped India beat England by seven wickets.

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Thanks to Rohit Sharma’s spectacular century, India defeated England by seven wickets in the third and final T20 at Bristol on Sunday, 8 July, and sealed the series 2-1.

Here’s a look at the records, milestones and trivia from the high-scoring match:

• India handed a T20I debut to Deepak Chahar; the 25-year old Rajasthan pacer, who was the highest wicket-taker in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2018-19, became the 76th player to represent India in T20Is.
• MS Dhoni became the first player to pouch 5 catches in an innings in T20 Internationals. With his first catch – that resulted in the dismissal of Jason Roy, he also became the first wicket-keeper to pouch 50 catches in T20Is.

• Hardik Pandya returned figures of 4-38 which became his best bowling figures in all T20 cricket.
• England scored 73 runs in the first six overs of their innings; it was their second-highest powerplay score in T20Is. England’s best batting performance in the powerplay overs was 89-3 against South Africa (Mumbai, 2016 World T20).
• Jason Roy and Jos Buttler were involved in a partnership of 94 runs, which would be England’s best opening partnership in T20Is against India.
• Rohit Sharma became the second Indian batsman and the fifth player overall to complete 2,000 runs in T20 Internationals.

• India’s chase of 199 at Bristol would be the highest target any team had successfully chased down against England.

• With the win in the 3-match T20I series against England, the Indian team extended their streak of consecutive series wins in T20 Internationals to 6. Only Pakistan have won more series on the bounce; they are currently on a 9-series winning streak.

*their winning streak may continue.

• Rohit Sharma’s unbeaten 100, which powered India’s run-chase, was his third century in T20 Internationals; he joined New Zealand’s Colin Munro as the only two players to score three hundreds in T20Is.
• The match-winning century in the series-decider in Bristol would be Rohit Sharma’s fifth hundred in Twenty20 cricket – the most by an Indian batsman in the format.

• The partnership between Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli – worth 89 runs – would be India’s best third wicket stand in T20Is against England.
• India made 70-2 in their powerplay – which would be the Indian team’s best powerplay performance in T20Is against England.
• The seven-wicket win means India maintain a 100% record in international matches at the County Ground in Bristol; they have now been victorious in 3 ODIs and 1 T20I.
• The seven-wicket win in Bristol means the Indians are now undefeated in series-deciding T20 matches; they have now won 6 series-deciding contests.