Top 5 records India created in T20Is in 2022

With the third T20I against New Zealand in Napier, team India played out their last match in the format in 2022. The Men in Blue had a memorable year barring the multi-team events. Rohit Sharma and his side failed to reach the finals of the Asia Cup and T20 World Cup but still managed to achieve some milestones with the help of individual brilliance and team efforts in the shortest international format throughout the year.

Let’s take a look at the top 5 records India created in T20 internationals in 2022:

1.Most wins in a calendar year

India have now won the most T20Is (28) in a calendar year. With a victory over Australia in the third and final match of the bilateral series in Hyderabad in September, the Men in Blue surpassed Pakistan’s record of 20 victories in the format in the year 2021. India played 40 matches this year with 28 wins and ten losses with two clashes ending up in a tie and no result.

2.Most wins in international matches in a calendar year

Rohit Sharma-led India have now also sealed the most victories (43) across formats in a calendar year. After defeating Pakistan in an epic and memorable encounter at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in the recently concluded T20 World Cup, the Asian giants surpassed Australia’s tally of 38 wins in the year 2003.

3.Most centuries by a team in a calendar year

The 2007 T20 World Cup champions India registered the most individual centuries (4) in T20Is in a calendar year. Suryakumar Yadav struck two hundred while Virat Kohli and Deepak Hooda smashed one apiece. Team India (2018), and South Africa and the Czech Republic, both in 2022, all recorded three individual centuries each.

4.Most sixes by a team in a calendar year

Considered as one of the best and most dangerous batting line-ups in world cricket, India justified it as they slammed the most maximums (289) in the T20I format in 2022. By doing so, the Asian side went past West Indies’ record of 214 maximums which they hit in 2021. Going through a purple patch, Suryakumar Yadav alone has struck 68 sixes with Rohit behind him with his tally of 32.

5.Most wins by a captain in a calendar year

Rohit Sharma has won 21 T20 internationals leading the side in 2022, which is the most by a skipper in a calendar year. With a victory over Zimbabwe in the final match of the Super 12 stage in the T20 World Cup held down under, Rohit went past Babar’s record of 20 wins in 2021.