IND vs ENG: Several T20I records that might be broken during the England tour of India T20I series

India will be taking on England in the five-match T20I series, which is scheduled to begin on the 22nd of January. The Indian T20I side will be led by skipper Suryakumar Yadav, while Buttler will lead the English side. Several records are under the radar as the two biggest rivals clash in the shortest format of the game.

IND vs ENG: India will be taking on England in the five-match T20I series, which is scheduled to begin on the 22nd of January. The Indian T20I side will be led by skipper Suryakumar Yadav, who has led India to successive T20I series wins after the World Cup win in the USA in 2024. 

England will be led by skipper Jos Buttler, their most veteran player, against India, who himself has many records to ace in the upcoming T20I series. With the Champions Trophy awaited and every side looking to strengthen their ODI form, the T20s are getting neglected; however, this India vs. England series for the shortest format of the game is very vital from the point of view of individual landmarks that await the players. 

 

Records that might be broken in the Ind vs Eng T20 series:

 

9. Jos Buttler is nearing 1100 fours in T20 cricket. 

 

English skipper Jos Buttler is just 14 fours away from surpassing Aaron Finch in the number of fours tally in T20 cricket, while he also is about to emerge as the eighth batter to have hit 1100 fours in his T20 career. 

8. Arshdeep Singh is nearing 100 wickets in T20Is for India.

Arshdeep Singh is close to Hundred T20I wickets for India (Image Credit: X)

Arshdeep Singh, the young pace sensation, has 95 wickets so far for India in the format. He is just a wicket away from Yuzi Chahal’s most T20I wickets for India, while he is also just 5 wickets away from being the first Indian to 100 T20I wickets. 

 

7. Hardik Pandya nearing most T20I wickets against England 

 

The ace all-rounder is one of India’s most veteran bowlers against England; while Yuzi Chahal has 16 wickets to his name, Pandya is second behind him with 14 scalps and is just 3 wickets away from being the highest wicket-getter for India against the two-time champions. 

 

6. Buttler to score 500 T20I runs against India

 

Jos Buttler is known to have an extraordinary record for England in T20s, especially against India, even when playing in the subcontinent. Just 2 runs away from the big milestone, Buttler will complete 500 runs against India after the likes of Pooran, Maxwell, Miller, and Aaron Finch. 

 

5. Major milestones await the two skippers.

 

Jos Buttler, the English skipper, has 11,967 runs across the T20 format and is just 33 runs away from getting to 12,000 T20 career runs, which is a huge milestone to achieve. While Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav is also just 125 runs away from acing numbers of 8000 runs in T20 cricket. 

 

4. Most Sixes for Buttler and SKY

Jos Buttler and Suryakumar Yadav both nearing 150 sixes in T20Is (Image Credit: X)

Jos Buttler has hit 146 sixes for England in T20Is, while Surya, despite his much shorter career, has also hit 145 sixes, with the two skippers looking to level up with each other and go on to hit 150 T20I sixes, thus joining forces with Rohit Sharma, Muhammad Waseem, and Martin Guptill. 

 

3. Pandya is not far from a unique international T20I record. 

 

Hardik Pandya is not far away from achieving an exceptional record in the shortest format of the game. Pandya, who now has 89 wickets, will be nearing 100 wickets as well, while Hardik Pandya also needs 12 sixes to reach the milestone of 100 sixes for India. 

 

Pandya will be the first T20I player to score 1500+ runs with 100 sixes in international cricket and also having picked 100 international T20 wickets. 

 

2. Sanju Samson nears the legendary MS Dhoni

Sanju Samson has neared Dhoni's record runs as an Indian wicket-keeper batsman (Image Credit: X)

Sanju Samson, scoring three hundred for India, has neared MS Dhoni's record runs in T20 cricket, as he is 140 runs away from surpassing 7432 runs, which Dhoni scored in T20 cricket, while just 115 runs away from surpassing Dinesh Karthik as well. 

 

1. Salt and Samson near SKY’s hundreds record

 

Phil Salt, the English batter, and Sanju Samson, both of whom have 3 hundred scored each, are both just a hundred away from surpassing Suryakumar Yadav, who also has four hundred to his name in the format.

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