India Beat Pakistan And Bangladesh, Become 1st Asian Team To...

The second T20I of the ongoing five-match series between India and New Zealand is taking place at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur on Friday, January 23. The second T20I match in Raipur is a special one for Team India, as it is India’s 100th T20I match in India. Team India is the first Asian side to play 100 T20Is at home venues.

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The world record of playing the most T20I matches in front of home fans is in the name of New Zealand. The Black Caps have played 113 T20I matches so far in New Zealand.

They are followed by two-time T20 World Cup winners West Indies. The Men in Maroon have played 108 T20I matches so far in the Caribbean islands.

Out of the 99 T20Is played so far in India, the Men

in Blue have managed to win 67 matches and only suffered defeat in 29 fixtures.

Teams to play most T20Is at home venue

TEAM	MATCHES	WINS	DEFEATS	TIE/NO RESULT
New Zealand	113	58	40	8/7
West Indies	108	53	48	0/7
India	100*	67	29	1/2
South Africa	84	42	41	1/0
Zimbabwe	84	29	53	0/2
Bangladesh	82	43	38	0/1
Australia	74	44	24	1/5
England	72	40	28	0/4
Sri Lanka	70	27	40	2/1
Malaysia	69	45	20	0/4

Hardik overtakes Kohli

The ongoing T20I match in Raipur is Hardik Pandya’s 126th T20I for India. He is now India’s second-most capped player in the 20-over format of the game. The 32-year-old all-rounder from Vadodara leapfrogged Virat Kohli, who played 125 T20I matches for the Men in Blue from 2010 to 2014.

Most T20I appearances for India

PLAYER	MATCHES	RUNS	WICKETS
Rohit Sharma	159	4231	1
Hardik Pandya	126*	2027	102
Virat Kohli	125	4188	4
Suryakumar Yadav	101*	2820	2
MS Dhoni	98	1617	0

India won series opener in Nagpur

The first T20I of the ongoing series between India and New Zealand was played at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur on Wednesday (January 21), and India won that fixture by 48 runs. In the first T20I, world No. 1 T20I batter Abhishek Sharma scored 84 runs from 35 balls. During his stay at the crease, he slammed 5 fours and 8 sixes for the Suryakumar Yadav-led side and helped them post a total of 238 runs on the board.

The target of 239 runs proved too much for the Black Caps, and despite Glenn Phillips’ 78-run knock from 40 balls, they could only manage to score 190/7 in 20 overs.

For India, world No. 1 T20I bowler Varun Chakaravarthy and all-rounder Shivam Dube picked up two wickets, and one Kiwi batter each was sent back to the pavilion by Arshdeep Singh, Hardik Pandya, and Axar Patel.