India's dominance over Pakistan in world tournaments continued as they put up a top-quality performance at the Eden Gardens to get their first World T20 win. Virat Kohli came up with an innings that exuded class and elegance and it seemed like he was playing on a different pitch than the other batsmen.
In a match that was shortened to 18 overs, Pakistan put up a total of 118 in 20 that seemed like a decent score at the time. Pakistan played four seam bowlers and might have missed the services of a quality spinner as the pitch assisted spinners greatly.
Here are the stats from the game:
0 – The number of wickets picked up by India in the first six overs. In the last 9 T20Is, India had picked up at least 2 wickets in the first 6 overs.
0 – Suresh Raina scored a duck in T20Is only for the second time in his career. The only other time he did it was against New Zealand in 2009.
1 – This was the first time that Mohammad Hafeez batted below No. 6 in T20Is.
3 – Virat Kohli won his third man-of-the-match award in a match against Pakistan. In the 11 matches between India and Pakistan in world tournaments, Sachin Tendulkar and Kohli have won three awards each.
4 – Only MS Dhoni, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik, and Yuvraj Singh have played in all the 8 India-Pakistan T20Is.
5 – The number of batsmen from Pakistan who have scored more than 1000 T20I runs. This is the highest for any team.
11 – This was India's 11th win in world tournaments against Pakistan in 11 attempts.
14 – Virat Kohli has scored 14 fifties in T20Is. This is the highest for any batsman in T20 Internationals.
14 – The number of free-hits that were awarded in the World T20 so far. Only one of them has been hit for a boundary, when Mohammad Shahzad hit Nadeem Ahmed for a six at Nagpur.
21 – Virat Kohli's lowest score while chasing in 18 T20I innings.
53.55 – Virat Kohli's batting average in T20Is. This is the highest for any batsmen.
83.10 – Virat Kohli's batting average while chasing in T20Is. In 18 innings, Kohli has scored 831 runs.
109.16 – Virat Kohli's batting average while making a successful chase in T20Is.
187.50 – Virat Kohli's batting average while chasing in World T20s after having scored 375 runs in 7 innings.
352.00 – Virat Kohli's batting average while making a successful chase in World T20s.
780 – The number of runs scored by Umar Akmal and Shoaib Malik in T20Is. This is the sixth-highest for any pair in T20Is.
1000 – Ahmed Shehzad became the fifth Pakistani player to score 1000 T20I runs. He also became the second-youngest player to reach the milestone, with Umar Akmal being the youngest player.
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