India's good form in the Asia Cup T20 continued as they cantered to an easy five-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the seventh match of the tournament. With the win, India have now qualified for the final of the tournament and will wait for the results of the matches between the other teams to wait and see who they face in the final on Sunday.
Also read: Asia Cup 2016: Points table and qualification scenario
A good bowling performance from India helped restrict Sri Lanka to just 138 in 20 overs. Ashish Nehra's excellent form in the powerplays continued as he picked up the early wicket for India.
Virat Kohli's supreme form with the bat was on full display as he made the chase look easier than it actually was. After losing the openers quickly, Kohli was ably assisted by Suresh Raina and Yuvraj Singh as India reached the target with 4 balls remaining.
Here are the major stats from the today’s India vs Sri Lanka match:
1 – In the last three T20Is, Jasprit Bumrah has picked up at least one wicket in the second over of the match.
3 – The number of tosses India have won in the last four T20Is. India had only won one toss in the 13 T20Is before that.
3 – By picking up a wicket in his first ball of the match, Hardik Pandya picked up three wickets in three balls including the two wickets he picked up in the last two balls of his spell in the previous game against Pakistan.
7 – This is the seventh consecutive T20I that Ashish Nehra has picked up a wicket in powerplays.
9 – The number of dismissals shared by R Ashwin (bowler) and Suresh Raina (fielder) in T20Is. This is the best bowler-fielder combination in T20Is.
10 – The number of innings in the 2016 Asia Cup where teams have lost at least two wickets in powerplays, in 13 innings.
11 – The opening partnership between Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan. This is the third highest opening partnership in the last 10 innings in the 2016 Asia Cup.
12.28 – Tillakaratne Dilshan's average in T20Is in 2016. In 7 innings, he has scored just 86 runs.
13 – The number of fifties that Virat Kohli has scored in T20Is. Only Brendon McCullum (15) and Chris Gayle (14) are ahead of him on the list.
13 – The number of wickets that Nehra has picked up in power-plays in T20Is. Only Ravichandran Ashwin, with 15 wickets, has more wickets for India in powerplays than Nehra. Irfan Pathan and RP Singh with 12 and 11 wickets respectively are next in the list for India.
13.28 – The average runs scored by the opening batsmen in the 7 games of the 2016 Asia Cup so far. Only two times did an opening pair score more than 20 runs.
31 – The number of runs scored by Sri Lanka in the powerplay. This is the least they have scored in the three games that they have played in the Asia Cup T20 so far. Sri Lanka scored 44 and 49 against Bangladesh and UAE.
47 – The number of runs scored by Sri Lanka in the first ten overs. This is the second lowest for Sri Lanka in T20Is, with their lowest being 43 against South Africa in 2007.
51.03 – Virat Kohli's batting average in T20Is. Kohli is the only batsman to have an average of more than 50 in T20Is.
52 – The number of dismissals that MS Dhoni has in T20Is. Only Pakistan's Kamran Akmal, with 60 dismissals, is higher up on the list than Dhoni.
68 – The number of sixes hit by Yuvraj Singh in T20Is. This is the highest for any Indian and the fourth highest for any batsman in T20Is. Yuvraj has also hit 68 fours in T20Is.
79.66 – The batting average of Virat Kohli while batting second in a T20I match. While batting first, he just averages 35.88.
91 – The number of runs scored by Sri Lanka in the last ten overs. They scored only 47 runs in the first ten overs.
100 – Rohit Sharma reached the milestone of scoring his 100th boundary in T20Is when he scored India's first boundary of the match. He is the fourth Indian, after Virat Kohli, Gautam Gambhir and Suresh Raina, to reach the landmark.
300 – Yuvraj Singh's first six of the innings was India's 300th six in T20Is.
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