Stats: India's Six-Hitting Record in Second-Half Mayhem

Stats from the final T20I between India and New Zealand in Thiruvananthapuram.

271/5 by India is the highest T20I total against New Zealand, surpassing Australia's 245/5 in Auckland (2018). It is the fifth-highest total conceded by a Full Member nation in T20Is, with India featuring in three of the top five.

Highest T20I Totals vs a Full Member Side

169/3 runs scored by India in overs 11-20 is the most against a Full Member side, surpassing India's 160/1 vs Zimbabwe in Harare (2024). India were 102/2 at the 10-over mark, then smashed 86 in overs 11-15 and 83 in overs 16-20.

496 runs is the match aggregate, the second-highest in T20Is after 517 in South Africa vs West Indies (Centurion, 2023). It is the highest aggregate on Indian soil, surpassing 472 in Afghanistan vs Ireland (Dehradun, 2019).

23 sixes by India equals the most hit against a Full Member side in a T20I (India also hit 23 vs South Africa in Johannesburg, 2024). New Zealand's previous worst was 18 sixes conceded vs West Indies (Auckland, November 2025). The match total of 36 sixes is the second-highest in any T20I.

69 sixes by India in the series is the most in any bilateral series, surpassing 64 each by England and Australia vs West Indies (2023 and 2025). It is also the most by a Full Member team in any series or tournament.

42 balls by Ishan Kishan is the fastest century against New Zealand in T20Is, beating 44-ball centuries by Kusal Perera (Nelson, 2025) and Hasan Nawaz (Auckland, 2025). It is the fifth-fastest for India in T20Is.

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

137 runs in 57 balls by Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan is the highest third-wicket partnership for India in T20Is, surpassing 134 by Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina (Adelaide, 2016).

79/1 by New Zealand is the highest Powerplay total against India in T20Is, beating West Indies' 78/0 (Lauderhill, 2016) and South Africa's 78/1 (Gqeberha, 2023). New Zealand reached 50 in 3.1 overs, the quickest team 50 against India.

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

5/51 by Arshdeep Singh is the most expensive five-wicket haul in T20I history, surpassing Alzarri Joseph's 5/40 vs South Africa (Johannesburg, 2023). Arshdeep conceded 40 runs in his first spell for one wicket, then took 4/11 in his last two overs.

13 instances of a team having both a century and a five-wicket haul in a T20I; this is the fourth such instance for India, while no other team has done it more than once.

0/58 by Jasprit Bumrah is his most expensive figures in 262 T20 matches, surpassing 1/56 vs CSK in Delhi (IPL 2021). He conceded 22 runs in his third over, his most expensive over in T20Is, beating the 21 runs conceded vs England (Kanpur, 2017).