2 - India became only the second men's T20 World Cup champions to lose their first T20I after the title win, though of course this was a completely different playing XI in Harare to the one that clinched the title in West Indies last week. England, who won the title in November 2022, also lost their first T20I outing as the World Champions, against Bangladesh in March 2023.
116 - The target India failed to chase against Zimbabwe in Harare is the lowest they have failed to get in a full 20-over men's T20I. The previous lowest failed chase was 127 against New Zealand in the 2016 T20 World Cup.
12 - Consecutive wins for India in men's internationals before this defeat. It was their joint-longest winning streak across formats, levelling their feat in 2017.
India's last defeat was against England in the Hyderabad Test , after which they won four Tests on the trot and all eight matches at the T20 World Cup.
12 - T20I matches without a defeat for India before the loss against Zimbabwe on Saturday. Their last defeat in this format came against South Africa in December 2023.
India won outright 11 of the 12 T20Is between their two recent defeats, while another game ended in a tie, which they won in the Super Over. It was India's longest unbeaten streak in the format, equaling their 12-match winning streak between 2021 and 2022.
102 - India's total against Zimbabwe is their second-lowest in a run chase in men's T20Is. Their lowest is 76 all-out against New Zealand in pursuit of the 127-run target in the 2016 World Cup.
It is also the third-lowest total for a Full Member against Zimbabwe in T20Is, behind West Indies' 79 for 7 in 2010 and Pakistan's 99 all out in 2021.
15 - Player-of-the-Match awards in T20Is for Sikandar Raza. These are the joint-second most awards for anyone in men's T20Is, alongside Suryakumar Yadav (15) and only behind Virat Kohli (16). Six of Raza's 16 match awards have come while leading Zimbabwe in 20 T20Is.
7 - Number of batters dismissed for a duck in Harare between Zimbabwe (4) and India (3). These are the second-most ducks in a men's T20I involving Full Members, behind the eight ducks in the 2010 T20I between West Indies and Zimbabwe in Port-of-Spain .
25* - Partnership runs for the tenth wicket between Clive Madande and Tendai Chatara in Zimbabwe's innings. Madande scored all 25, off the 18 balls he faced in that partnership, while Chatara remained unbeaten on zero off nine balls.
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