New Zealand vs India 2019-20 3rd T20I, statistical preview: India chasing history, Guptill chasing landmark, Rohit chasing Kohli

India won the first 2 T20Is of the 5-match series against New Zealand, both at Eden Park, Auckland, by 6 wickets and 7 wickets. The teams will meet for the third match at the Seddon Park, Hamilton on January 29. Ahead of the match, here is a statistical preview.

Statistical preview

0 bilateral T20I series win for India in New Zealand: they lost 0-2 in 2008-09 and 1-2 in 2018-19. At home, they lost 1-0 in 2012 but won 2-1 in 2017-18.

0.625 win-loss ratio of India against New Zealand (5 wins, 8 defeats), their worst against any team by some distance. In fact, New Zealand are the only side against whom India have lost more matches than won.

1 run needed by Martin Guptill (2,499) to become the 3rd cricketer in history to reach 2,500 runs, after Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, both of whom will play the match.

1.6 win-loss ratio of New Zealand against India (8 wins, 5 defeats), their best against any team with a 10-match cut-off. New Zealand have a 7-0 record against Bangladesh and 6-0 against Zimbabwe.

3.5 win-loss ratio of New Zealand at Seddon Park (7 wins, 2 defeats), their second-best at home with a 3-match cut-off. Only at Mount Maunganui do they have a better ratio (4: 4 wins, 1 defeat). India have lost their only match here, by 4 runs in 2018-19.

6 wickets for by Jasprit Bumrah against New Zealand, and 5 for each of Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and Irfan Pathan and become the leading wicket-taker for India.

11 matches for Rohit against New Zealand, the joint most by an Indian. MS Dhoni has also played 11 times against New Zealand. Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson hold the corresponding record for New Zealand against India (10 each).

14 wickets for Ish Sodhi against India, 10 for Mitchell Santner, and 9 for Tim Southee, the most for New Zealand.

41 catches by Kohli and 40 by Rohit, the joint-2nd among Indian non-wicketkeepers. Only Suresh Raina (42) has held more.

47 catches for Guptill, the joint-3rd most among all non-wicketkeepers. Only David Miller and Shoaib Malik (50 each) have held more. Taylor has 46.

55 wickets for Bumrah, the most in Indian history. However, Bumrah is just 2 ahead of Chahal (53), who is also in the squad.

98 runs needed by Rohit (2,648) to go past Kohli (2,745) and secure the highest aggregate in T20I history. However, Kohli will also play the match.

113 runs for KL Rahul in this series, already the most for India in a single series against New Zealand. With 102 runs, Shreyas Iyer is at third place. For New Zealand, the record lies with Tim Seifert (139).