Kolkata, October 29: India’s winning streak against England finally ended when the visitors cruised to a six-wicket win in the sole T20I between the two sides. Indian skipper MS Dhoni, who had remained unbeaten in the five-ODI series, was run out on the last ball of the Indian innings, giving the visitors another reason to smile. Suresh Raina’s fluent innings of 39, Ravindra Jadeja’s miserly spell of just nine runs and R Ashwin’s delightful cameo were not enough to take India home in the end. Take a look at the numbers that matter from England’s redemption game.
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This was the fourth Twenty20 international on Indian soil and the fourth between India and England. England have won three out of the four.
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Manoj Tiwary was making his Twenty20 international debut for India. He became the 40th player to represent India in this format of the game.
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Robin Uthappa was making a comeback to Twenty20 Internationals. He had last played for India in this format against Australia on February 1, 2008.
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India’s total of 120 for nine is their third lowest in a Twenty20 International after 74 against Australia at Melbourne on 1, 2008 and 118 for eight against South Africa at Nottingham on June 16, 2009.
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Suresh Raina (39 off 29 balls) recorded his highest score against England, bettering the 33 at Manchester on August 31, 2011.
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Raina has now aggregated 583 runs in 22 matches at an average of 32.38, eclipsing Yuvraj Singh's tally of 567 (avg.31.50) in 23 matches. Now only Gautam Gambhir (621) has scored more runs than Raina for India in T20Is.
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R Ashwin (17* off 11 balls) posted his highest score in T20Is. His innings is the second highest by a No. 10 batsman for India in Twenty20 Internationals after Sreesanth’s 19* against New Zealand at Johannesburg on September 16, 2007. Incidentally, Afghanistan's Hamid Hassan holds the record for the highest score by a No. 10 batsman – 22 against South Africa at Bridgetown on May 5, 2010.
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MS Dhoni was dismissed for the first time in seven international innings against England after scoring 361 runs.
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Steven Finn (three for 22) recorded his best bowling performance in T20Is. His figures are also the best by any bowler in a T20I on Indian soil. Yuvraj Singh held the previous record with three for 23 against Sri Lanka at Mohali on December 12, 2009.
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Kevin Pietersen (53) scored his sixth fifty in T20Is – the most by an England batsman.
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Ravindra Jadeja (4-1-9-1) achieved an economy of 2.25 – the best by an Indian bowler in Twenty20 Internationals. Pragyan Ojha had achieved an economy of 2.75 (4-0-11-2) against Zimbabwe at Harare on June 12, 2010.
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England have now won three consecutive T20Is against India – by three runs at Lord's on June 14, 2009, by six wickets at Manchester on August 31, 2011 and by six wickets at Kolkata on October 29, 2011.
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England became the second team after New Zealand to register three consecutive wins against India in Twenty20 Internationals.
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Kevin Pietersen won his fifth Man-of-the-Match award – his first against India. Only two players – Sanath Jayasuriya and Shahid Afridi – have won more awards (six each) than Pietersen in T20Is.
