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Stats Analysis

New high for Sri Lankan seamers

Sri Lanka's seam bowlers were the heroes in their five-wicket win against India in Pune. Stats highlights from the game

Bharath Seervi
09-Feb-2016
2 Totals lower than 101 for India in T20Is - 74 against Australia at the MCG in 2007-08 and 92 against South Africa in Cuttack in 2015-16. The 92 all out against South Africa was India's last home T20I before this one. It is only the fifth time India has been bowled out in T20Is.
2 Sri Lankan bowlers who took two wickets in the first over of their T20I career in today's match - Kasun Rajitha (making his debut) and Dasun Shanaka (bowling for the first time in his T20I career). Rajitha dismissed Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane in the first over of the innings, while Shanaka took the wickets of Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni. Kaushalya Weeraratne is the only other Sri Lanka bowler to take two wickets in his maiden T20I over. Only two bowlers have taken three wickets in their first over on their T20I debut: Mansoor Amjad (Pakistan) and Tyrone Kane (Ireland).
8 Wickets by Sri Lanka fast bowlers in this match - the most for them in a T20I match. They had taken seven wickets four times in the past. Against India, it is the third time fast bowlers have taken eight wickets in a T20I.
3 Number of times India have lost six wickets in the first 10 overs in T20Is. Their previous two instances were more than five years ago: against New Zealand in Christchurch in 2008-09 and against Australia in Bridgetown during the 2010 World T20.
1 Number of times India have lost two wickets in the first over of a T20I - this was the first such instance. They lost two wickets in seven balls against Sri Lanka in Colombo (RPS) in 2008-09. For Sri Lanka, it was the fourth time they took two or more wickets in the first over. They took three against West Indies at The Oval in the 2009 World Twenty20 semi-final - Angelo Mathews was the bowler then.
4 Sri Lanka bowlers who have taken three or more wickets on their T20I debut. Rajitha took 3 for 29 in this match.
7 Number of times a player at No.9 or lower was the highest run-scorer for his side in T20Is. R Ashwin's unbeaten 31, at No. 9, was India's top score in this match. The last such instance was for Pakistan against England in Dubai in November 2015 when Sohail Tanvir was the top-scorer with 25 batting at No. 9.
17* Previous highest score for Ashwin in T20Is - against England at the Eden Gardens in 2011-12. His score of 31 not out is the second-highest for India by anyone batting at No. 8 or lower in T20Is. Only Irfan Pathan's 33 not out, also against Sri Lanka, is higher. In the eight innings where Ashwin has batted in T20Is, he has been dismissed only three times.
2 Wickets by Shanaka in 26 T20 matches before this game, in 66 balls across seven innings. He took 3 for 16 in three overs in this game. His previous best figures were 1 for 14.
2 Number of India players who have played 50 or more T20Is, including Raina who appeared in his 50th T20I in this match. MS Dhoni has played 56 matches. Overall, Raina is the 30th player to play 50 or more T20Is.

Bharath Seervi is stats sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo.