ICC WT20 : India bow out as Sri Lanka carve out a last ball win
Match Number 23 : Sri Lanka vs India at Gros Islet on 11.05.10 : Sri Lanka won by five wickets
Sri Lanka won this game by the last ball of the match providing the second occasion of such a win in ICC WT20. The first such occasion was witnessed when Netherlands beat England at Lord’s on 05.06.09
This win was Sri Lanka’s 12th win ICC WT20. Sri Lanka and Pakistan share the record for most wins with 12 victories each
G Gambhir and SK Raina added 66 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the 113th occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership in ICC WT20. This partnership also represent the 19th occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership for the second wicket in ICC WT20. This stand provide the 14th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership for various wickets in ICC WT20
This stand provide the second occasion of Indian batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership for the second wicket and represents the record partnership by Indian batsman for second wicket in ICC WT20. The other occasion was the 53 runs partnership between MS Dhoni and G Gambhir vs Bangladesh at Nottingham on 06.06.09
KC Sangakkara and AD Mathews added 56 for the fourth wicket and AD Mathews and CK Kapugedera added 56 for the fifth wicket in this game providing the 114th and 115th occasion of batsmen adding fifty plus runs partnership in ICC WT20.
KC Sangakkara and AD Mathews added 56 for the fourth wicket providing the 20th occasion of a fifty plus partnership for the fourth wicket in ICC WT20. This stand also provides the third occasion of a fourth wicket partnership against India. The three occasions are – 56* runs between SC Chanderpaul and DJ Bravo of West Indies at Lord’s on 12.06.09, 68 runs between Asghar Stanilkzai and Noor Ali of Afghanistan at Gros Islet on 01.05.10 and KC Sangakkara and AD Mathews of Sri Lanka at Gros Islet on 11.05.10. This stand also provides the fourth occasion of a fourth wicket partnership by Sri Lankan batsmen and also the record stand for the fourth wicket in ICC WT20 against various oppositions. The four occasions are – 53 runs between DPMD Jayawardene and LPC Silva vs Pakistan at Jo’burg on 17.09.07, 50 runs between DPMD Jayawardene and KC Sangakkara vs New Zealand at Nottingham on 16.06.09, 50 runs between TM Dilshan and LPC Silva vs West Indies at The Oval on 19.06.09 and 56 runs between KC Sangakkara and AD Mathews vs India at Gros Islet on 11.05.10
AD Mathews and CK Kapugedera added 56 runs for the fifth wicket in this game providing the eleventh occasion of a fifty plus runs stand for the fifth wicket in ICC WT20. This stand also represents the 21st occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting a fifty plus runs stand for various wickets. This stand provides the first occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership for the fifth wicket against India in ICC WT20.
Sri Lankan innings contained two fifty plus runs partnerships in this game – KC Sangakkara and AD Mathews added 56 for the fourth wicket and AD Mathews and CK Kapugedera added 56 runs for the fifth wicket providing the 17th occasion of team posting two partnerships of fifty plus runs in its innings in ICC WT20. Sri Lankan batsmen have achieved such a feat on five occasions
At the end of this game, Sri Lankan batsmen have posted 20 fifty plus partnerships which includes two three figure partnerships. Sri Lanka owns the record for most fifty partnerships in ICC WT20 and is the only team to post 20 fifty plus runs partnerships. It has realized 1428 runs through these 20 partnerships of fifty plus runs, which is also a record for most runs realized.
India has posted 14 fifty plus partnerships in ICC WT20 which includes the 66 runs partnership for the second wicket between G Gambhir and SK Raina in this game. India has realized 1030 runs through these 14 fifty plus run stands which includes one three figure partnership. Sri Lanka and India are the only two teams to realize 1000 plus runs through their fifty plus runs partnerships in ICC WT20
India and Pakistan share the joint second position with 14 fifty plus runs partnerships in ICC WT20
India capped R Vinay Kumar for this game. He became the 29th cricketer to represent India in T20I. He is the 11th Indian cricketer to make his debut in ICC WT20. He is the third cricketer to make debut against Sri Lanka in ICC WT20. The other two are – CK Coventry and CR Ervine of Zimbabwe who made their T20I debut in ICC WT20 against Sri Lanka at Providence on 03.05.10
SK Raina’s 63 in this game provide the 88th occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty in ICC WT20. His knock represents the 14th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty in ICC WT20
SK Raina’s 63 in this game was in a losing cause providing the 27th occasion of a batsman’s fifty going in vain in ICC WT20. His knock represents the fourth occasion of an Indian batsman’s fifty in a losing cause. The four occasions are – 79* by RG Sharma vs Australia at Bridgetown on 07.05.10, 67 by Yuvraj Singh vs West Indies at Lord’s on 12.06.09, 63 by SK Raina vs Sri Lanka at Gros Islet on 11.05.10 and 51 by G Gambhir vs New Zealand at Jo’burg on 16.09.07