Qualifying rounds – ICC WT20 2016 – Match 02 – Afghanistan vs Scotland at Nagpur on Mar 08, 2016 – Afghanistan won by 14 runs

Asghar Stanikzoi of Afghanistan and PL Mommsen of Scotland were leading their teams for the first time in WT20. They became the 45^th and 46^th captains to lead a team in WT20. Asghar Stanikzai became the third captain to lead Afghanistan in WT20 and PL Mommsen became the third captain to lead Scotland in WT20.

Asghar Stanikzai scored 55 not out in this game and earned the distinction of scoring a fifty on captaincy debut in WT20. He is one of the five captains who have performed such a feat. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Score	Team	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	Mohd Ashraful	61	Ban	Win	Johannesburg	13.09.07
2	DPMD Jayawardne	65	Srl	Ken	Johannesburg	14.09.07
3	CH Gayle	98	Win	Aus	The Oval	06.06.09
4	KC Sangakkara	55*	Srl	Aus	Nottingham	08.06.09
5	Asghar Stanikzai	55*	Afg	Sco	Nagpur-J	08.03.16

Asghar Stanikzai’s 55 not out in this game provides the 20^th occasion of a captain scoring a fifty in WT20 and also the first such occasion by an Afghanistan captain.

Mohammad Shahad scored 61 and Asghar Stanikzai scored 61 in this game to provide the fourth and fifth occasion of Afghanistan batsmen scoring a fifty in WT20

Mohammad Shahzad’s 61 in this game provide the 15^th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in WT20 and the second such occasion by an Afghanistan wicket keeper.

Mohammad Shahzad and Asghar Stanikzai scored 61 and 55 not out in this game to provide the first occasion of both the wicket keeper and the captain scoring fifties in the same innings of a WT20 game.

RD Berrington was dismissed stumped in this game to provide the 81^st occasion of a batsman dismissed stumped in WT20 and also he became the first Scotland batsman to be dismissed stumped in WT20

Afghanistan posted a total of 170 for 5 in this game to provide its highest team total in WT20. Its previous best was 154 for 3 against Hong Kong at Chittagong on 18.03.14. Afghanistan’s 170 for 5 in this game represent its highest team total while batting first in WT20. Its previous best while batting first was its 115 for 8 against India at Gros Islet on 01.05.10

Afghanistan’s win was its second win out of eight games it has played in WT20, while Scotland suffered its fourth loss in five outings in WT20

Mohammad Shahzad and Ashgar Stanikzai posted 82 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the record partnership for any wicket by Afghanistan batsmen in WT20. The previous best was the 68 runs partnership for the fourth wicket between Ashgar Stanikzai and Noor Ali Zadran against India at Gros Islet on 01.05.10. The previous best for the second wicket was the 55 runs partnership between Mohammad Shahzad and Ashgar Stanikzai against Hong Kong at Chittagong on 18.01.14. These three partnerships are the only three fifty plus runs partnerships posted by Afghanistan batsmen in WT20.

KJ Coetzer and HG Munsey posted 84 runs for the first wicket in this game to provide the highest partnership for any wicket by Scotland batsmen in WT20. The previous best was the 59 runs partnership between KJ Coetzer and NS Poonia against New Zealand at The Oval on 06.06.09. These two partnerships are the only two fifty plus runs partnerships posted by Scotland batsmen in WT20.

Mohammad Shahzad’s 61 in this game represent his tenth fifty in T20I. He became the eleventh and first batsman from Associate teams to score ten or more fifties. The complete list of eleven batmen is furnished below

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	50+
1	BB McCullum	NZl	71	70	10	2140	123	35.66	2	13	15
2	CH Gayle	Win	45	43	3	1406	117	35.15	1	13	14
3	TM Dilshan	Srl	74	73	11	1751	104*	28.24	1	12	13
4	V Kohli	Ind	38	35	9	1368	90*	52.61	0	13	13
5	DA Warner	Aus	56	56	3	1562	90*	29.47	0	12	12
6	RG Sharma	Ind	55	48	11	1204	106	32.54	1	10	11
7	SR Watson	Aus	53	51	4	1324	124*	28.17	1	10	11
8	MJ Guptill	NZl	57	55	7	1666	101*	34.70	1	9	10
9	M Jayawardene	Srl	55	55	8	1493	100	31.76	1	9	10
10	H Masakadza	Zim	45	45	2	1340	93*	31.16	0	10	10
11	Mohd Shahzad	Afg	42	42	2	1206	118*	30.15	1	9	10

Mohammd Shahzad’s run aggregate in T20Is read 1206 at the end of this game. He became the 19^th batsmen in the history of T20Is to total 1200 plus runs. He had an aggregate of 125 boundary fours at the end of this game and he became the ninth batsman to score 125 plus boundary fours in the history of T20Is