World T20 2016: Bangladesh v Pakistan – Statistical Highlights

Pakistan started off their WT20 campaign with a huge win over Bangladesh at Eden Garden, Kolkata. This win also meant that Pakistan have ended their 5 match losing streak vs Bangladesh in Limited overs Internationals.

Pakistan posted a huge total of 201/5 after electing to bat. They got a great start with Ahmed Shehzad and Mohammad Hafeez scoring fifties. Later a quickfire innings from Shahid Afridi powered his side to a huge total. Chasing a big total, Bangladesh couldn’t start well. Even though they didn’t lost many wickets, they lacked in scoring quick and fell far behind required rate. Shakib Al Hasan was lone warrior for Bangladesh as he scored an unbeaten 50 to help his side to end at 146/6, 55 runs short of the target. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the game.

Statistical Highlights – Bangladesh v Pakistan, WT20:

0 – Number of matches Bangladesh have won in 2nd round (Super 8s / Super 10s) at WT20. They played 8 so far and lost in all of them.

2 – Shakib Al Hasan became the 2nd player to achieve 1000 runs + 50 wickets combo in T20I format. Shahid Afridi was the first one to do so.

3 – Only the 3rd instance in T20Is where 3 players in Top 4 in a team’s innings scored more than 45, first such instance for Pakistan. Also this is only the 2nd time 3 players scored more than 45 runs in a team innings for Pakistan.

7 – Number of wickets Mohammad Amir has taken in team’s first over in T20Is. Only 2 other bowlers have picked more wickets than Amir in team’s first over in T20I format.

9 – Number of fifties Mohammad Hafeez has in T20I format, the most for any Pakistani player.

11 – Number of Man of the Match awards Shahid Afridi has received in T20I format, the most by any other player.

23 – Number of Man of the Match awards Shahid Afridi has received in overall Twenty20 format. Only 7 other players have more match awards in this format.

35 – Number of dot balls played by Pakistan during their innings while Bangladesh played 54 dots.

37 – Number of wickets Shahid Afridi has taken in WT20 history. Only Lasith Malinga with 38 wickets has more than Afridi in the tournament.

55 – Bangladesh’s losing margin of 55 runs is the highest for a team who lost 6 or lesser wicket in a chase in T20Is. Previous highest losing margin in such case was 41 runs for Zimbabwe vs West Indies in 2013 at North Stand.

60 – Number of Sixes conceded by Shahid Afridi with the ball in T20I format, the most by any other player.

201/5 – Pakistan’s 213/5 is their 2nd highest total in T20I format. Highest was 203/5 also vs Bangladesh in 2008 at Karachi.

413 – Runs scored by Sabbir Rahman in T20I format in 2016, the most for any player. He also became the 1st Bangladeshi to scored 400 runs in a calendar year in this format.

1046 – Runs scored by Shakib Al Hasan in T20I format. He became only the 2nd Bangladeshi to scored 1000 runs in this format.