Second Match : Bangaldesh vs India at Dambulla on 16.06.10 : India won by six wickets

This game was the 100^th one day game for A Nehra. He became the 27^th Indian cricketer to play 100 plus one day games.

Syed Rasel was playing his 50^th one day game. He became the 16th Bangladesh cricketer to play 50 plus one day games

V Sehwag captured four wickets conceding six runs in this game providing the 93^rd occasion of an Indian bowler capturing exact four wickets in a one day game. His figures also represent the 126^th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing four or more wickets in a one day game.

V Sehwag became the fourth Indian bowler to capture four or more wickets against Bangladesh in a one day game. The four bowlers are – J Srinath – 5 for 23 at Dhaka on 10.01.98, Zaheer Khan – 4 for 19 at Dhaka on 11.04.03, SR Tendulkar – 4 for 54 at Dhaka on 27.12.04 and V Sehwag – 4 for 6 at Dambulla on 16.06.10.

V Sehwag with his 4 for 6 in this game joined the elite list of 13 bowlers who have captured four or more wickets conceding single digit runs in one day games. The following is the complete list – 4 for 8 by CM Old of England vs Canada at Manchester on 13.06.79, 4 for 9 by Abdul Qadir of Pakistan vs New Zealand at Sharjah on 15.04.86, 5 for 1 by CA Walsh of West Indies vs Sri Lanka at Sharjah on 03.12.86, 4 for 3 by PV Simmons of West Indies vs Pakistan at Sydney on 17.12.92, 4 for 7 by CZ Harris of New Zealand vs Scotland at Edinburgh on 31.05.99, 5 for 6 by SB Joshi of India vs South Africa a Nairobi {Gym} on 26.09.99, 4 for 8 by GD McGrath of Australia vs India at Sydney on 14.01.00, 4 for 8 by HH Streak of Zimbabwe vs West Indies at Sydney on 23,01,01, 5 for 9 by M Muralitharan of Sri Lanka vs New Zealand at Sharjah on 09.04.02, 4 for 6 by Yuvraj Singh of India vs Namibia at Pietermaritzburg on 23.02.03, 4 for 7 by DS Lehmann of Australia vs Zimbabwe at Harare on 27.05.04, 4 for 8 by DR Smith of West Indies vs Netherlands at Dublin on 10.07.07, 5 for 7 by DL Vettori of New Zealand vs Bangladesh at Queenstown on 31.12.07 and 4 for 6 by V Sehwag of India vs Bangladesh at Dambulla on 16.07.10

V Sehwag became the third Indian bowler to capture four or more wickets conceding single digits runs. The other two occasions are – 5 for 6 by SB Joshi of India vs South Africa a Nairobi {Gym} on 26.09.99 and 4 for 6 by Yuvraj Singh of India vs Namibia at Pietermaritzburg on 23.02.03

V Sehwag became the second bowler to capture four or more wickets conceding single digit runs against Bangladesh. DL Vettori of New Zealand is the other bowler who had captured 5 for 7 at Queenstown on 31.12.07

V Sehwag’s 4 for 6 in this game provide the 25^th occasion of a bowler capturing four or more wickets in Asia Cup. His figures in this game represent the best figures amongst the bowlers who have captured exact four wickets in Asia Cup. It replaced BKV Prasad’s 4 for 17 vs Pakistan at Col-SSC on 20.07.07.

V Sehwag became the fifth Indian bowler to capture four or more wickets in Asia Cup. The five occasions are – 5 for 21 by Arshad Ayub vs Pakistan at Dhaka on 31.10.88, 4 for 31 by N Kapil Dev vs Sri Lanka at Kolkata on 04.01.91, 4 for 17 by BKV Prasad vs Pakistan at Col-SSC o 20.07.97, 4 for 23 by PP Chawla of India vs Hong Kong at Karachi on 25.06.08 and 4 for 6 by V Sehwag vs Bangladesh at Dambulla on 16.06.10.

V Sehwag’s 4 for 6 in this game represent his best bowling figures in a one day game. It was an improvement over his previous best figures of 3 for 25 vs South Africa at Col-RPS on 22.09.02

Bangladesh was dismissed all out for 167 in this game providing the 40^th occasion of a team dismissed all out in Asia Cup. Bangladesh has been dismissed all out on eleven occasions in Asia Cup. It is the third occasion that Bangladesh has been dismissed by India in Asia Cup. The three occasions are – 163 at Sharjah on 05.04.95, 177 at Col-SSC on 17.07.04 and 167 at Dambulla on 16.06.10

G Gambhir’s 82 in this game represent his 20^th one day half century and 27^th fifty. His knock also represents his fourth half century in Asia Cup – 51 vs Hong Kong at Karachi on 25.06.08, 90 vs Bangladesh at Karachi on 28.06.08, 68 vs Sri Lanka at Karachi on 03.07.00 and 82 vs Bangladesh at Dambulla on 16.06.10.

G Gambhir completed 500 runs against Bangladesh in one day games when he was on 40 during the course of his knock of 82 in this game. At the end of this game, his run aggregate stood at 542, He became the first Indian batsman to total 500 runs against Bangladesh.

G Gambhir is the 13^th batsman to total 500 plus runs against Bangladesh. Others are – ST Jayasuriya {1030}, Mohammad Yousuf {893}, E Chigumbara {846}, KC Sangakkara {796}, BRM Taylor {771}, S Matsikenyeri {721}, H Masakadza {714}, Inzamam-ul-Haq {577}, Salman Butt {577}, G Gambhir {542}, WU Tharanga {538}, GC Smith {527} and HH Gibbs {506}

RG Sharma was dismissed for zero by the first ball he faced in this game providing the 148^th occasion of Indian batsman collecting the first ball duck in one day games. He is the fourth batsman to suffer such an ignominy against Bangladesh. The other three are – Zaheer Khan at Dhaka on 11.04.03, AM Salvi at Dhaka on 11.04.03 and MS Dhoni at Chittagong on 23.12.04.

RG Sharma’s first ball duck provide the 24^th occasion of a batsman collecting the first ball duck in Asia Cup, He is the second Indian batsman to collect the first ball duck in Asia Cup, The other batsman was RP Singh {vs Sri Lanka at Karachi on 06.07.08}

MS Dhoni scored 38 not out in this game. It was the 38^th not out of his one day career.

India’s win in this game provide the 20^th occasion of India winning a game in Asia Cup. The win against Bangladesh in this game is its eighth win in Asia Cup. This win is India’s 361^st win in one day games.