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Records broken in India's first-ever T20I win against New Zealand
Last updated on Nov 01, 2017, 10:29 pm
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Playing the No.1 ranked T20I team, India sailed through to their first ever T20I victory against New Zealand, to take 1-0 lead in the ongoing series.
Overpowered by India's bowling performance, the Kiwis failed to chase a target of 203, managing to score just 149/8.
Let's look at some records set during the 1st T20I match in Delhi.
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Toss and score
1st Innings highlights
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In the first of three-match-T20I series at Delhi's Feroz Shah Kotla, New Zealand won the toss and decided to field first.
Having lost just three wickets, India had a comfortable first innings and set up a target of 203 runs for New Zealand.
Opening pair of Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan made big and equal contribution of 80 runs each to the score.
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Data
Highest identical scores by openers in a T20I
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Rohit and Dhawan's 80 each is the highest identical score for both the openers in a T20I.
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Rohit-Dhawan
Highest opening partnership in T20Is for India
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With 158 runs partnership, Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma set a new record for the highest opening stand for India.
It is also the third highest partnership overall for India in T20s.
Further, Dhawan's 80 was his highest T20I score.
Incidentally, Dhawan-Rohit's 98-ball partnership is also the longest opening stand in T20I history, topping Kamran Akmal-Salman Butt's 95-ball stand against West Indies in 2010.
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Fourth longest international career for India
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Playing his last international match for India, Ashish Nehra has the fourth longest international career (18 years 250 days) for Team India after Sachin Tendulkar (24 years 1 day), Mohinder Amarnath (19 years, 310 days) and Lala Amarnath (19 years).
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Sharma has hit most sixes by an Indian in T20s
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With 4 sixes in today's match, Rohit Sharma took his tally of sixes in T20s to 268 in 257 matches, the most by an Indian in the 20-over format.
