India continued their dominance over West Indies in the T20I format as well and sealed the three-match T20I series as they beat the visitors by 71 runs in the second T20I game at Lucknow and went 2-0 up in the series with one match to go.
After being asked to bat first, Indian openers gave a good start to their team and 123 runs for the opening wicket. Rohit Sharma's record fourth T20I hundred (111* off 61 balls) helped India to post a total of 195/2 in 20 overs.
In reply West Indies once again kept losing wickets regularly and eventually could manage only 124 runs for the loss of 9 wickets and suffered a 71 runs defeat. Rohit Sharma was named Man of the Match.
All the major stats and facts from the second T20I between India and West Indies in Lucknow :
4 - Rohit Sharma has now scored 4 hundreds in T20I format - the most by any player.
Most hundreds in T20I format -
Rohit Sharma - 4
Colin Munro - 3
KL Rahul / Chris Gayle / Brendon McCullum - 2
Aaron Finch / Glenn Maxwell / Martin Guptill - 2
6 - Rohit Sharma became the sixth player to score 500 T20I runs in a calendar year.
Most T20I runs in a calendar year -
641 - Virat Kohli in 2016
576 - Fakhar Zaman in 2018
563 - Babar Azam in 2018
556 - Rohit Sharma in 2018
520 - Mohammad Shahzad in 2016
500 - Colin Munro in 2018
69 - Rohit Sharma has hit 69 sixes across three formats in 2018 so far - the most international sixes in a calendar year. Rohit Sharma broke his own record of 65 sixes which he created last year.
Most sixes in a calendar year in international cricket -
69* - Rohit Sharma (2018)
65 - Rohit Sharma (2017)
63 - AB de Villiers (2015)
59 - Chris Gayle (2012)
57 - Shane Watson (2011)
71 - India's 71 runs win over West Indies was their fourth biggest win (in terms of runs) at home in T20I format.
Biggest wins for India in T20Is at home (By runs) -
93 vs Sri Lanka at Cuttack, 2017
88 vs Sri Lanka at Indore, 2017
75 vs England at Bangalore, 2017
71 vs West Indies at Lucknow, 2018
69 vs Sri Lanka at Ranchi, 2016
195/2 - India's total of 195/2 is their second-highest total against West Indies in T20I cricket.
The highest total for India against West Indies in T20Is -
244/4 at Lauderhill, 2016
195/2 at Lucknow, 2018
192/2 at Mumbai, 2016
190/6 at Kingston, 2017
2203 - Rohit Sharma when on 11, went past Virat Kohli's tally of 2102 runs and became the leading run scorer for India in T20Is and overall second in the world after Martin Guptill (2271).
Most runs for India in T20Is -
Rohit Sharma - 2203
Virat Kohli - 2102
Suresh Raina - 1605
MS Dhoni - 1487
Yuvraj Singh - 1177
Most runs in T20Is -
Martin Guptill - 2271
Rohit Sharma - 2203
Shoaib Malik - 2190
Brendon McCullum - 2140
Virat Kohli - 2102
