India vs Windies, 2018: 1st T20I – Statistical Highlights

India beat Windies by five wickets in the first T20I at the Eden Gardens to go one nil up in the three-match series.

Bowling first, the hosts managed to restrict the reigning WorldT20 champions to a modest 109 for 8. However , Carlos Brathwaite and Co. gave India a huge scare before the hosts eventually romped home with ease. India were reeling at 45 for 4 at one stage. But Dinesh Karthik and Manish Pandey all but sealed the game with a 38-run stand before the latter departed. Karthik and debutant Krunal Pandya then took the team home inside 18 overs.

Here is a look at the statistical highlights from the first T20I:

1. The win was India’s first over Windies in five attempts. The Caribbean outfit was on a four-match winning streak against the Men in Blue in the shortest format of the game.

2.  The T20I was India’s first at home without MS Dhoni in the playing XI. He featured in all the 31 T20Is that the team played in India prior to this game. The T20I was also the first for Kieron Pollard and Umesh Yadav in India. Pollard and Umesh played in 147 and 108 T20s in India but had never played an international game before.

3.  Debutants Krunal Pandya, Khaleel Ahmed and Khary Pierre conceded 16 and fewer runs in this game. This is the first time three debutants conceded at an economy of 4 or less in the same T20I.

4. Krunal Pandya became only player to score over 20 runs at a strike-rate of 200+ and concede 16 or fewer runs bowling four overs in the same T20I. The other two are Pakistani duo Abdul Razzaq and Shahid Afridi.

5. The win was Rohit Sharma’s ninth as captain in ten T20Is which are are the most for any player. Shoaib Malik, Michael Clarke, Asghar Afghan and Sarfraz Ahmed won eight of their first ten T20Is as captain while David Warner won eight of the nine T20Is in which he led Australia.

6. Kieron Pollard scored 14 off 26 balls at a strike-rate of 53.84. It is the 3rd lowest strike-rate in a T20I inning of 25+ balls for the Windies. Dwayne Smith scored at 37.93 during his 29-ball 11 against India in the 2014 WT20 while Pollard himself made 14 off 27 at an strike-rate of 51.85 during last year’s T20I against Pakistan.

7. Kuldeep Yadav finished the game with 3 wickets for just 13 overs. In doing so, he completed 100 wickets in just 75 T20s. He is the joint-quickest among Indian players in terms of matches taken. Amit Mishra also achieved the feat in 75 games.