Stat-O-Fact: India winless against Kiwis in T20I, Virat needs 38 runs
The Indian skipper needs 38 runs to become the second highest run getting in T20I cricket. He is currently behind Brendon McCullum and Tillakaratne Dilshan
The first T20 between India and New Zealand at the Feroz Shah Kotla will be all about Nehra Ji as he will be donning the Indian jersey for the last time but before that, here are few interesting fact ahead of the series opener.
- The Indian skipper needs 38 runs to become the second highest run getting in T20I cricket. He is currently behind Brendon McCullum and Tillakaratne Dilshan while 94 runs needed by Martin Guptill to become the 2nd-highest scorer in T20I history. Of course, Guptill (1,806) is behind Kohli (1,852), who will be playing here.
- India has never won a T20I against New Zealand. They faced each other 5 time till date.
- Ashish Nehra is the third highest wicket-taker for India in T20I, Bumrah and Ashwin ahead of him.
- India has never played a T20I match at Feroz Shah Kotla, all 2 T20I played at the ground were in the 2016 World T20. New Zealand has played here once when they lost the World T20 semi-final to England.
- Despite India's winless record against New Zealand, they have a winning percentage of 58.82% in the format, compared to New Zealand's 50.5%.