New Zealand vs India 2019-20 5th T20I, statistical preview: India one win away from creating history

Two wins at Eden Park, Auckland, had put India 2-0 ahead in the 5-match T20I series against New Zealand. They followed this with wins at Seddon Park, Hamilton, and Westpac Stadium, Wellington, both off the Super Over. The teams will now meet in the final match, at Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui. Ahead of the match, here is a statistical preview.

Statistical preview

0 instances of 5-0 whitewashes in a bilateral T20I series. However, Ireland, India, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Canada, and Argentina have all finished with 5-0 outcomes in multi-nation tournaments.

0 T20Is for India at Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui till date.

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. The last two wins, off Super Over, both count as ties.

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.

4 win-loss ratio of New Zealand at Bay Oval (4 wins, 1 defeat), their best at home with a 3-match cut-off. They have won both their matches at Saxton Oval, Nelson.

6 wickets for both Ish Sodhi and Shardul Thakur in the series, the joint-most in an India-New Zealand series. Trent Boult also has 6 wickets.

7 wickets for both Jasprit Bumrah and Yuzvendra Chahal against New Zealand, the most for India.

17 wickets for Ish Sodhi against India and 12 for Mitchell Santner, the most for New Zealand.

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

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

56 wickets for Bumrah, the most in Indian history. However, Bumrah is just 1 ahead of Chahal (55), who is also in the squad.

82 runs needed by Rohit (2,713) to go past Kohli (2,794) and secure the highest aggregate in T20I history. However, Kohli will also play the match.

179 runs for KL Rahul and 163 for Colin Munro in this series, already the most for their respective sides against each other.

302 runs for Kohli against New Zealand and 278 for Rohit, the most for India.

411 runs for Munro against India and 325 for Kane Williamson, the most for New Zealand.