IND vs WI: India Join Pakistan In Elite List With Historic 200th T20I Appearance

India National Cricket Team have joined arch-rivals Pakistan National Cricket Team in an elite list with their historic 200th appearance in T20I cricket on Thursday, August 3.

The Men In Blue under the leadership of Hardik Pandya are playing their 200th match in the shortest format of the game. India played their first T20I way back in 2006 under Virender Sehwag. MS Dhoni was the skipper of the side in the 50th T20I game in 2014 while Virat Kohli led India in the 100th and 150th T20I in 2018 and 2021.

The Hardik Pandya & Co. will be looking forward to making the match a memorable one by defeating the Rovman Powell-led West Indies National Cricket Team at the Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba, Trinidad.

Among the 199 T20Is India have played so far, they have won 127 and faced defeats in 63 games. Four matches have been tied and there have been five such games that have had no result.

Pakistan National Cricket Team currently hold the record for playing and winning the most number of T20Is. They have competed in 223 matches while winning 134 and losing 80 games.

In the list of most T20Is, India, and Pakistan are followed by New Zealand (193), Sri Lanka and West Indies (179 each), Australia (174), England (173), South Africa (168), and Bangladesh and Ireland (152 each).

Rohit Sharma Tops The List For Most T20Is For India, Virat Kohli Top T20I Run-scorer

Out of India’s 199 games in the T20I format, Rohit Sharma has featured in 148 of them and he is followed by Virat Kohli on the list with 115 appearances. On the list of run-getters, Virat Kohli tops the chart with 4008 T20I runs and is followed by Rohit Sharma with 3853 runs.

For India, Rohit holds the record for hitting the most centuries (4) in T20I cricket and Kohli holds the record for hitting the most half-centuries (37). Furthermore, Rohit has hit the most sixes (182) and Kohli has smashed the most fours (356).

On the bowling side of things, Yuzvendra Chahal is India’s top wicket-taker with 91 wickets under his belt and he is followed by Bhuvneshwar Kumar with 90 wickets.