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After winning a low-scoring thriller in 2nd T20I, Team India will look to continue their series-winning form at home when they will face New Zealand for the 3rd and final T20I at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Notably, India's performance on home soil has been pretty excellent over the years and it will be a daunting task for the visitors as they have struggled so far with the bat.
Numbers and Stats ahead of IND vs NZ 3rd T20I match:
3 - Suryakumar Yadav needs 6 more sixes to become 3rd Indian batsman to complete the milestone of smashing 100 sixes in T20Is.
Most Sixes for India in men's T20I:
Rohit Sharma - 182
Virat Kohli - 117
KL Rahul - 99
Suryakumar Yadav - 94
4 - Kuldeep Yadav needs 4 more wickets to complete 50 wickets in T20I cricket.
24 - Ish Sodhi has taken 24 wickets against India in T20Is.
Most wickets against an opposition team in men's T20I:
Rashid Khan - 37 vs Ireland
Tim Southee - 28 vs Pakistan
Mustafizur Rahman - 24 vs Zimbabwe
Ish Sodhi - 24 vs India
28 - Hardik Pandya needs 28 more runs to complete 4000 runs in T20 cricket.
109 - Suryakumar Yadav needs 109 runs to surpass Shikhar Dhawan as the 4th highest run-scorer for India in men's T20I.
Most runs for India in men's T20I:
Virat Kohli - 4008 (107 inns)
Rohit Sharma - 3853 (140 inns)
KL Rahul - 2265 (68 inns)
Shikhar Dhawan - 1759 (66 inns)
Suryakumar Yadav - 1651 (45 inns)
200 - Mitchell Santner will be playing his 200th international game for New Zealand.
2016 - Since 2016, the Indian team hasn't lost a single home T20I series (min. 3 matches being played).
India team series results in home T20I series since 2016 (min.3 matches):
Beat Sri Lanka by 2-1 in 2016
Beat England by 2-1 in 2017
Drawn 1-1 against Australia in 2017
Beat New Zealand by 2-1 in 2017
Beat Sri Lanka by 3-0 in 2017
Beat West Indies by 3-0 in 2018
Drawn 1-1 against South Africa in 2019
Beat Bangladesh by 2-1 in 2019
Beat West Indies by 2-1 in 2019
Beat Sri Lanka by 2-0 in 2020
Beat England by 3-2 in 2021
Beat West Indies by 3-0 in 2022
Beat Sri Lanka by 3-0 in 2022
Drawn 2-2 against South Africa in 2022
Beat Australia by 2-1 in 2022
Beat South Africa by 2-1 in 2022
Beat Sri Lanka by 2-1 in 2023
2021 - Last time India played all five matches of a T20I series against England on Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Indian team went onto win that T20I series by 3-2 margin in 2021.