Stats: India match sixes record in second-half mayhem

Stats round up from the final match of the T20I rubber between India and New Zealand in Trivandrum.

271/5 by India is the highest T20I total by any side against New Zealand, surpassing the previous highest of 245/5 by Australia in Auckland in 2018. This is the fifth highest total conceded by a Full Member nation in a T20I, of which three of the top five belong to India.

Highest T20I totals vs a FM side

169/3 Runs scored by India in overs 11-20 - the most scored by a team against a Full Member side, surpassing 160/1 by India vs Zimbabwe in Harare in 2024. India were 102/2 at the end of the 10th over in comparison to New Zealand's 131/2 but smashed 86 off overs 11-15 and 83 off overs 16-20.

496 The match aggregate of 496 runs is the second highest ever in a T20I after 517 in the match between South Africa and West Indies in Centurion in 2023. The previous highest in a T20I on Indian soil was 472 in a game between Afghanistan and Ireland in Dehradun in 2019.

23 sixes hit by India in their innings is the joint most hit against a Full Member side in a T20I. India hit as many against South Africa in Joburg in 2024 while the previous most conceded by New Zealand was 18 against West Indies in Auckland last November. 36 sixes hit across both innings is the second most in any T20I after 41 in the match between Bulgaria and Gibraltar in Sofia last year.

69 sixes hit by India is the most ever by a team in a bilateral series of any length bettering 64 each by England and Australia, both against West Indies, in 2023 and 2025 respectively. It also happens to be the most by a Full Member team in any series/tournaments of any length.

42 balls taken by Ishan Kishan is the fastest century by balls faced against New Zealand in T20Is. The previous quickest was off 44 balls each by Kusal Perera in Nelson and Hasan Nawaz in Auckland, both in 2025. It was the fifth fastest for India in a T20I.

1822 balls taken by Suryakumar Yada makes him the fastest to 3000 T20I runs by balls faced, surpassing the previous quickest by UAE's Muhammad Waseem's 1947 balls. The previous fastest by a player from a Full Member team was 2068 deliveries by Jos Buttler.

137 The third wicket partnership of 137 in 57 balls by Surya and Kishan is the highest third wicket stand for India in T20Is. The previous highest was 134 between Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina in Adelaide in 2016.

79/1 by New Zealand is the highest Powerplay total against India in all T20Is bettering West Indies' 78/0 in Lauderhill in 2016 and 78/1 by South Africa in Gqeberha in 2023. New Zealand reached 50 runs in just 3.1 overs which makes it the quickest team 50 against India bettering South Africa's effort of 3.5 overs in Ahmedabad last month.

57 by Finn Allen is the most runs scored by a batter in the Powerplay against India. Overall, Allen is the fourth player to reach his 50 inside Powerplay against India after Litton Das, Cameron Green, and Johnson Charles.

5/51 by Arshdeep Singh happens to be the most expensive five-wicket haul in the history of T20 Internationals; the previous most expensive being Alzarri Joseph's 5/40 against South Africa in Joburg in 2023. Arshdeep conceded 40 runs off his first spell in exchange of Tim Seifert's wicket, returned to claim 4/11 off his last two overs.

13 Instances of a team having an individual century and a five-wicket haul in a T20I; this was the fourth such instance for India while none of the other teams have managed to do it more than once.

0/58 by Jasprit Bumrah is his most expensive figures across the 262 T20s he has featured in; the previous worst being 1/56 against CSK in Delhi in IPL 2021. He conceded 22 runs off his third over his most expensive over in a T20I going past the 21 runs he conceded against England in Kanpur in 2017.