Asia Cup T20: Bangladesh v India - Statistical Highlights

India began the Asia Cup T20 with a big win against hosts Bangladesh after a shaky start on a greenish track. India were scoring under 6 an over at halfway stage for the loss of 3 wickets after been put into bat by Bangladesh. It was the superb 83-run knock from Rohit Sharma and a fearless cameo from Hardik Pandya which lifted India’s score to 166/6.

Tight bowling from the Indian bowlers didn’t allow the hosts to get going in the chase at any moment. Sabbir Rahman top scored with 44 for his side while Ashish Nehra picked up 3 wickets and was supported by his teammates who also held the flow of runs. Bangladesh finished with 121/8 falling 45 runs short of India’s score, which might affect their NRR and chances in the tournament later. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the game.

0 – This is the 3rd time India has faced Bangladesh in T20I format. Bangladesh was on the losing side in all the 3 occasions.

1 – MS Dhoni has taken 31 catches as wicketkeeper in T20Is, the most by any keeper. He overhauled Denesh Ramdin who has 30 catches.

3 – Rohit Sharma now has 3 Man of the Match awards in T20Is. Among Indians, Yuvraj Singh, Virat Kohli and Ravi Ashwin have 3 or more match awards in T20I format.

4 – Number of time MS Dhoni has hit a six on the final delivery of team’s 20th over in T20Is. No other player has hit more than 2 sixes.

12.33 – Virat Kohli’s average in international cricket against Bangladesh since 2015. He scored 74 runs in 6 innings with a high score of 25.

13.55 – Partnership run rate of Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya’s 61-run stand. This is the 2nd highest for a 60+ partnership in T20Is for India. Highest run rate in a 60+ T20I partnership is 19.26 between MS Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh vs England in 2007 WT20.

25 – Runs conceded by Ravindra Jadeja with the ball. He turned out to be India’s most expensive bowler by conceding runs at 6.25 per over. This is only the 4th instance in T20Is where all the 5 bowlers bowled 4 overs and all the bowlers conceded 25 or lesser runs.

31 – Runs scored by Hardik Pandya in this game. He is only the 2nd Indian pacer who scored 30 and more runs and bowled 4 overs in the same game. Irfan Pathan scored 33* and bowled 4 overs in a T20I vs Sri Lanka in 2009.

40 – Number of fifty plus scores Rohit Sharma has in Twenty20 format. Only 3 other batsmen have more fifty-plus scores than Rohit in this format.

41 – Number of sixes hit by Rohit Sharma in T20Is. Among Indians, only Yuvraj Singh with 65 sixes has more than Rohit.

58.33 – Rohit Sharma’s average against Bangladesh in T20Is. His scores against them in this format are – 83, 56 and 36.

75 – This is the 3rd time Rohit Sharma has hit 75+ in T20Is. Only Virat Kohli has hit as many 75+ scores in T20I format among Indians.

229.62 – Rohit Sharma’s strike rate after the dropped catch. He scored 62 runs in 27 balls after his catch was dropped by Shakib Al Hasan. Before the drop, Rohit managed 21 runs in 28 balls.

1008 – Yuvraj Singh’s aggregate in T20Is. He became the 4th Indian and 24th player overall to score 1000 runs in T20Is.

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