India’s Bhuvneshwar Kumar (45) and Avesh Khan (45) bowled more dot balls than any other players in India’s most recent multigame bilateral men’s T20I series against South Africa.
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Dinesh Karthik (India) scored a boundary once every 3.9 balls in India’s most recent multigame bilateral men’s T20I series against South Africa, the most frequent of any player in the campaign.
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Craig Young (48) is two scalps away from becoming the fifth player to take 50 wickets for Ireland in men’s T20Is; he has taken at least one wicket in each of his last six T20I innings.
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Ireland have bowled 62% of their deliveries on a length in men’s T20Is since the beginning of 2020, the second highest rate of any Test playing country in that time (Bangladesh – 63%) and five percentage points higher than India (57%).
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India have a batting dot ball percentage of 34% in men’s T20Is since the beginning of 2020, the best of any Test playing country in that time and five percentage points fewer than Ireland (39%).
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India have a batting false shot percentage of 27% in men’s T20Is since the beginning of 2020, the best of any Test playing country in that time; Ireland (28%) are ranked third in this category.
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Ireland have won only two of their eight men’s T20Is at The Village (L6); both of those victories have come against Scotland.
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India have won their last three men’s T20Is in succession away from home, after winning only one of their six such fixtures prior (L5); the last time they enjoyed a longer winning run on the road in the format was a five-match span from August 2019 to January 2020.
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Ireland have lost each of their last two men’s T20Is against Test playing countries, after recording a three-match winning run in such fixtures prior.
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India have a 100% win percentage in men’s T20Is against Ireland (3/3); it’s the joint-most matches they have played against any country in the format without losing (W3 v Afghanistan).