Afghanistan shock West Indies to post a six run victory

Afghanistan shock West Indies to post a six run victory

30th Match, Super 10 Group 1: Afghanistan v West Indies at Nagpur – Mar 27, 2016 – Afghanistan 123/7 (20/20 ov); West Indies 117/8 (20/20 ov) – Afghanistan won by 6 runs

West Indies won the toss and elected to field to provide the 96th occasion of a team inserting the opposition in WT20. West Indies lost the game by six runs after inserting the opposition provides the 46th occasion of a team losing a WT20 game after inserting the opposition. West Indies’ act of inserting the opposition in this game provides the ninth occasion of West Indies doing so in WT20, West Indies has lost four games after it had inserted the opposition including this game

S Badree captured three wickets conceding 14 runs in this game and took his aggregate of wickets to 21 while sharing the new ball as a spinner in WT20. He is the first bowler to capture 20 plus wickets in WT20 with the specifications mentioned.

Mohammad Shehzad’s boundary fours aggregate read 102 when he has batted as an opener and also kept wickets in a T20I. He became the first batsman in the history of T20I to score 100 plus boundary fours while opening the batting and also keeping wickets

Mohammad Shehzad’s boundary fours aggregate read 139 when he has kept wickets in a T20I. He now shares the record jointly for most boundary fours by a wicket keeper batsman in T20I with KC Sangakkara. KC Sangakkara has also scored 139 boundary fours while keeping wickets for Sri Lanka

At the end of this game Mohammad Shehzad’s run aggregate in T20Is read 1349 as wicket keeper batsman. He now occupies the third place amongst the wicket keeper batsmen who have scored most runs in T20Is. KC Sangakkara {1382} and BB McCullum {1352} occupy the first two places.

D Ramdin was dismissed stumped for 18 in this game to provide the tenth occasion of a wicket keeper batsman dismissed stumped in WT20, All the ten occasions are listed below. D Ramdin became the first West Indian wicket keeper batsman to be dismissed stumped in WT20.

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 KC Sangakkara 15 1 Srl Pak Lord’s 12 Jun 2009
2 NJ O’Brien 31 2 Ire Srl Lord’s 14 Jun 2009
3 Kamran Akmal 37 2 Pak Srl Lord’s 21 Jun 2009
4 BJ Haddin 8 1 Aus Ind Bridgetown 07 May 2010
5 BJ Haddin 25 2 Aus Pak Gros Islet 14 May 2010
6 BRM Taylor 0 2 Zim Srl Hambantota 18 Sep 2012
7 Q de Kock 29 1 RSA Eng Chittagong 29 Mar 2014
8 W Barresi 8 1 Net Ire Dharamsala 13 Mar 2016
9 JC Buttler 21 2 Eng RSA Mumbai 18 Mar 2016
10 D Ramdin 18 2 Win Afg Nagpur 27 Mar 2016

AD Russell was dismissed run out in this game to provide the eighth occasion of a West Indian batsman dismissed run out in WT20. His run out dismissal provides the 194th occasion of a batsman dismissed run out in WT20 and also provides the 40th such occasion in WT20 2016

Afghanistan won this game by six runs to provide its 29th win in T20Is and also its fifth win in WT20. The five wins are tabulated below

No Team Result Margin BR Opposition Ground Start Date
1 Afghanistan won 07 wkts 12 v Hong Kong Chittagong 18 Mar 2014
2 Afghanistan won 14 runs   v Scotland Nagpur 08 Mar 2016
3 Afghanistan won 06 wkts 12 v Hong Kong Nagpur 10 Mar 2016
4 Afghanistan won 59 runs   v Zimbabwe Nagpur 12 Mar 2016
5 Afghanistan won 06 runs   v West Indies Nagpur 27 Mar 2016

Afghanistan won this game by six runs to provide the 19th occasion of a team winning a WT20 game by single digit runs margin. All such occasions are listed below

No Winner Margin Target Opposition Ground Match Date
1 South Africa 1 run 129 v New Zealand Lord’s 09 Jun 2009
2 New Zealand 1 run 134 v Pakistan Bridgetown 08 May 2010
3 India 1 run 153 v South Africa Colombo (RPS) 02 Oct 2012
4 India 1 run 147 v Bangladesh Bangalore 23 Mar 2016
5 South Africa 2 runs 171 v New Zealand Chittagong 24 Mar 2014
6 England 3 runs 154 v India Lord’s 14 Jun 2009
7 South Africa 3 runs 197 v England Chittagong 29 Mar 2014
8 New Zealand 5 runs 165 v England Durban 18 Sep 2007
9 India 5 runs 158 v Pakistan Johannesburg 24 Sep 2007
10 Sri Lanka 5 runs 166 v South Africa Chittagong 22 Mar 2014
11 South Africa 6 runs 146 v Netherlands Chittagong 27 Mar 2014
12 Afghanistan 6 runs 124 v West Indies Nagpur 27 Mar 2016
13 Pakistan 7 runs 150 v South Africa Nottingham 18 Jun 2009
14 New Zealand 7 runs v Zimbabwe Providence 04 May 2010
15 Bangladesh 8 runs 154 v Netherlands Dharamsala 09 Mar 2016
16 New Zealand 8 runs 143 v Australia Dharamsala 18 Mar 2016
17 Sri Lanka 9 runs 145 v Ireland Lord’s 14 Jun 2009
18 Nepal 9 runs 142 v Afghanistan Chittagong 20 Mar 2014
19 New Zealand 9 runs v England Chittagong 22 Mar 2014

Afghanistan won this game by six runs to provide the second occasion of a team winning a WT20 game by exact six runs margin. South Africa had won its game by six runs against Netherlands at Chittagong on 27 Mar 2014 – exactly two years ago!!!! Both the  occasions are listed below

No Winner Margin Target Opposition Ground Match Date
1 South Africa 6 runs 146 v Netherlands Chittagong 27 Mar 2014
2 Afghanistan 6 runs 124 v West Indies Nagpur 27 Mar 2016
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