T20 loss by the numbers (they aren’t pretty)
The Black Caps set a few unwanted marks as their T20 series against India ended on the lowest of low notes.
New Zealand were put to the sword by opener Shubman Gill and his fellow batters after Indian captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and chose to bat in Ahmedabad yesterday.
The visitors then crumbled under the weight of the chase to lose the series 2-1, after going down 3-0 in the ODI series last month.
Here’s some of the key numbers from the shellacking:
66
New Zealand’s third-lowest score in T20 internationals.
The Black Caps were in danger of setting a new mark for fruitlessness when Lockie Ferguson was the eighth wicket to fall with the score at 54.
But Daryl Mitchell’s six in the following over avoided that indignity, leaving 60 as their lowest tally, ‘achieved’ twice.
168
The heaviest defeat in terms of margin of runs between two testplaying nations in T20I history.
The previous mark was 143 runs when India again triumphed with ridiculous ease over Ireland in Dublin in 2018. The hosts were dismissed for 70 ‘chasing’ India’s 213-4.
7
New Zealand’s collection of runs when the fourth wicket fell.
The visitors had faced just 16 balls and lost Finn Allen, Devon Conway, Mark Chapman and Glenn Phillips, with Allen top-scoring among the quartet with 3.
1
The number of overs Michael Bracewell bowled.
The offspinner took the wicket of opener Ishan Kishan with the eighth ball of the game. He was unlucky not to get the wicket of
Rahul Tripathi with his next ball and conceded eight off the over – and was never seen again at the bowling crease, despite New Zealand’s quicks being mercilessly flayed around and over the outfield.
150
The speed in kph India’s Umran Malik registered on the speed gun for a delivery in his 2.1 overs.
The right-armer proved too quick for Michael Bracewell and completed his side’s demolition job by dismissing the only New
Zealand batter to get past 13 – Daryl Mitchell, who made 35 from 25 balls.
257
The biggest margin of victory by runs in T20 internationals.
That came when the Czech Republic plundered 278-4 batting first against Turkey in a Continental Cup match in 2019.
Sudesh Wickramasekara’s unbeaten 104 from 36 balls at No 5 proved a tad unsettling for the underdogs, who slumped to 5-7 before being dismissed for 21 in 8.3 overs, with the innings including eight ducks.