Asia Cup T20: Bangladesh v Sri Lanka – Statistical Highlights

Bangladesh continue their dominance at home as they defeated Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup T20 by 23 runs at Mirpur, Dhaka. Bangladesh posted a total of 147/7 in 20 overs thanks to a superb knock of 80 from Sabbir Rahman which helped his side to recover from the poor start. Later Sri Lanka were in a decent position while chasing but Bangladesh fought well to register a comfortable win against the WT20 champions. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the game.

0.173 – Sri Lanka’s win/loss ratio in away matches in international cricket since November 2014. Among the teams that have played more than 5 away games during this period, Sri Lanka’s ratio is the worst. Zimbabwe’s ratio of 0.176 is next to them.

1 – This is the first time Bangladesh have defeated Sri Lanka in T20Is. They lost their previous four encounters in T20Is vs SL.

4 – Number of away matches Sri Lanka has won in international cricket since November 2014. They played 29 and lost 23 out of those. Another 2 games ended without a result.

7 – Number of times Mustafizur has conceded 20 or lesser runs in a T20I after bowling more than 3 overs. In all those 7 games, his economy rate was 5.0 or lower.

10 – Bangladesh openers getting out for duck is the 10th instances in T20Is where both openers of a team got out for ducks in same inns. This is the 2nd such instance for Bangladesh.

10 – Number of wickets Angelo Mathews has picked up for his team in the opening over of their bowling innings is the most by any bowler. Nuwan Kulasekara is next with 8 wickets.

17 – This was only the 17th win in T20Is for Bangladesh. 9 of those coming vs full member nations while another 8 came vs Associate teams.

18 – Number of wickets Angelo Mathews has picked up in his first over in T20Is, the most by a Sri Lankan and 3rd most in overall. Nuwan Kulasekara has 17 wickets in the first over of his spell in T20Is.

30 – Wickets taken by Nuwan Kulasekara in the powerplay overs (1st 6 overs) in T20Is is the most by any player. Angelo Mathews has 23 such wickets is the joint 5th most.

35 – Runs scored by Sabbir Rahman in the powerplay. These are the 2nd most runs scored by a Bangladeshi in powerplay overs in a T20I. Aftab Ahmed scored 36 runs vs South Africa in WT20 2007.

60 – Angelo Mathews’ strike rate of 60 during his innings is the 4th lowest for an inning where the batsman has faced 20 or more balls by a full member nation player in a losing chase in T20Is.

74 – Percentage of team runs scored by Sabbir Rahman when he got out. This is the highest percentage of runs scored by a player at the point of his dismissals in matches where the team’s score been 100 and more.

80 – Sabbir Rahman’s innings of 80 is the 4th highest by a Bangladeshi player in T20Is.

82 – Partnership between Sabbir Rahman and Shakib Al Hasan is Bangladesh’s 2nd highest stand for the 4th wicket in T20Is. The highest is 105* also between these two. Their partnership is the 4th highest stand for the 4th wicket coming after losing first 3 wickets under 30.

266 – Sixes hit at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur in T20I format. These are the most at a single venue in this format.

2013 – Last time before this game when Angelo Mathews led Sri Lanka in T20Is was in January 2013. Since then Sri Lanka played 26 T20Is under Dinesh Chandimal and Lasith Malinga.