19th Match, Super 10 Group 2: India v Pakistan at Kolkata – Mar 19, 2016 – Pakistan 118/5 (18/18 ov); India 119/4 (15.5/18 ov) – India won by 6 wickets (with 13 balls remaining)

Rains prevented the match to start on time and after many inspections, it was agreed to play a 18 overs a side game

India won the toss and inserted the opposition in this game to provide the 22^nd occasion of india doing so in T20Is and also provides the tenth such occasions in WT20. India stands third in the list of teams which have inserted the opposition on most occasions in T20Is. New Zealand {28} and England {23} are the two teams which are ahead of India. It provides the tenth occasion of India inserting the opposition in WT20. England and India share the record for inserting the opposition on most occasion in WT20. England has also inserted the opposition on ten occasions in WT20.

Shahid Afridi’s lone boundary in his knock of eight runs gave him 100 boundary fours in T20Is. He became the fifth Pakistan batsman to score 100 plus boundary fours in T20Is at the end of this game. Others are – Mohammad Hafeez {175}, Shoaib Malik {122}, Umar Akmal {119} and Ahmed Shahzad {113}

V Kohli scored seven boundary fours in his knock of 55 not out which game him an aggregate of 153 boundary fours in T20is. He became the first Indian batsman to aggregate 150 plus boundary fours in T20Is and also the seventh batsman overall to perform such a feat. Others are  – TM Dilshan {217}, BB McCullum {175}, DPMD Jayawardene {173}, MJ Guptill {156} and DA Warner {151}

V Kohli’s seven boundary fours in this game fetched him a total of 53 boundary fours in WT20. He became the tenth batsman to score ten or more boundary fours in WT20

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0	4s
1	DPMD Jayawardene	Srl	31	31	5	1016	100	39.07	1	6	1	111
2	TM Dilshan	Srl	32	31	5	847	96*	32.57	0	6	5	96
3	CH Gayle	Win	24	23	3	907	117	45.35	2	7	1	72
4	BB McCullum	NZl	25	25	3	637	123	28.95	1	2	2	67
5	KC Sangakkara	Srl	31	30	4	661	68	25.42	0	4	2	63
6	G Gambhir	Ind	21	20	0	524	75	26.20	0	4	2	61
7	KP Pietersen	Eng	15	15	2	580	79	44.61	0	4	0	60
8	RG Sharma	Ind	25	22	8	600	79*	42.85	0	6	0	54
9	V Kohli	Ind	13	13	5	582	78*	72.75	0	7	0	53
10	Kamran Akmal	Pak	30	28	3	524	73	20.96	0	3	3	50

V Kohli became the third Indian batsman to score fifty plus boundary fours in WT20 after G Gambhir and RG Sharma. G Gambhir has scored 61 boundary fours while RG Sharma has scored 54 boundary fours

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0	4s
1	G Gambhir	Ind	21	20	0	524	75	26.20	0	4	2	61
2	RG Sharma	Ind	25	22	8	600	79*	42.85	0	6	0	54
3	V Kohli	Ind	13	13	5	582	78*	72.75	0	7	0	53

V Kohli’s run aggregate while batting second in a T20I read 836 at the end of this game. He became the fourth batsman in the history of T20Is to total 800 plus runs while batting second. Others are – BB McCullum {1006}, MJ Guptill {882} and DA Warner {850}

V Kohli’s seven boundary fours in this game fetched him a total of 84 boundary fours while batting second in a T20I. He became the fifth batsman in the history of T20Is to total 80 plus boundary fours while batting in the second innings. Others are – BB McCullum {94}, TM Dilshan {88}, DA Warner {86} and MJ Guptill {81}

V Kohli’s 55 not out in this game represents his 14^th half century in T20Is. He now owns the record for most half centuries in T20Is. He went past TM Dilshan, CH Gayle and BB McCullum who had scored 13 half centuries in T20Is.

V Kohli and TM Dilshan share the second place for most fifties in T20Is. Both the batsmen have scored 14 fifties. The first place is shared by CH Gayle and BB McCullum who have scored 15 fifties

SK Raina collected the first ball duck in this game to provide the fourth occasion of an Indian batsman collecting the first ball duck in WT20. All the four occasions are listed below.

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	KD Karthik	0	1	1	v South Africa	Durban	20 Sep 2007
2	M Vijay	0	1	1	v South Africa	Gros Islet	02 May 2010
3	A Nehra	0	1	2	v Australia	Bridgetown	07 May 2010
4	SK Raina	0	1	2	v Pakistan	Kolkata	19 Mar 2016

SK Raina’s first ball duck provides the 90^th occasion of a batsman collecting the first ball duck in WT20 and also provides the eleventh such occasion against Pakistan in WT20. It also provides the 14^th occasion of an Indian batsman collecting the first ball duck in T20Is and the third such occasion against Pakistan. It also provides the 37^th occasion of batsmen from various team suffer such an ignominy against Pakistan in T20Is.

V Kohli and Yuvraj Singh added 61 runs for the fourth wicket in this game to provide the 65th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership in WT20 and also provide the ninth such occasion against Pakistan. It also provides the ninth such occasion for the fourth wicket and the fourth such occasion against Pakistan for the fourth wicket in WT20. It is interesting to note that Yuvraj Singh has been one of the partners on seven occasions out of the nine occasions. All such seven occasions are listed below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh	4	61	1	v England	Durban	19 Sep 2007
2	MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh	4	97	1	v Pakistan	Ahmedabad	28 Dec 2012
3	SK Raina, Yuvraj Singh	4	53*	2	v Australia	Sydney	31 Jan 2016
4	RG Sharma, Yuvraj Singh	4	55	1	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	24 Feb 2016
5	V Kohli, Yuvraj Singh	4	68	2	v Pakistan	Dhaka	27 Feb 2016
6	V Kohli, Yuvraj Singh	4	51	2	v Sri Lanka	Dhaka	01 Mar 2016
7	V Kohli, Yuvraj Singh	4	61	2	v Pakistan	Kolkata	19 Mar 2016

Indian batsmen have posted fifty plus runs for the fourth wicket on nine occasions. Out of these nine occasions, six occasion have come in the calendar year 2016. All the six occasions are listed below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	SK Raina, Yuvraj Singh	4	53*	2	v Australia	Sydney	31 Jan 2016
2	HH Pandya, SK Raina	4	59	1	v Sri Lanka	Ranchi	12 Feb 2016
3	RG Sharma, Yuvraj Singh	4	55	1	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	24 Feb 2016
4	V Kohli, Yuvraj Singh	4	68	2	v Pakistan	Dhaka	27 Feb 2016
5	V Kohli, Yuvraj Singh	4	51	2	v Sri Lanka	Dhaka	01 Mar 2016
6	V Kohli, Yuvraj Singh	4	61	2	v Pakistan	Kolkata	19 Mar 2016

With this win, India has won all its ICC event games against Pakistan. Six World Cup one day games and five WT20 games.