Pakistan coast to a comfortable victory against Bangladesh – win by 55 runs

Pakistan coast to a comfortable victory against Bangladesh – win by 55 runs

14th Match, Super 10 Group 2: Bangladesh v Pakistan at Kolkata – Mar 16, 2016 – Pakistan 201/5 (20/20 ov); Bangladesh 146/6 (20/20 ov) – Pakistan won by 55 runs

Pakistan posted 201 for 5 in this game to provide the eighth occasion of a team posting 200 plus runs in an innings in WT20

No Team Score Overs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 West Indies 205/6 20.0 1 v South Africa Johannesburg 11 Sep 2007
2 South Africa 208/2 17.4 2 v West Indies Johannesburg 11 Sep 2007
3 Sri Lanka 260/6 20.0 1 v Kenya Johannesburg 14 Sep 2007
4 India 218/4 20.0 1 v England Durban 19 Sep 2007
5 England 200/6 20.0 2 v India Durban 19 Sep 2007
6 South Africa 211/5 20.0 1 v Scotland The Oval 07 Jun 2009
7 West Indies 205/4 20.0 1 v Australia Colombo (RPS) 05 Oct 2012
8 Pakistan 201/5 20.0 1 v Bangladesh Kolkata 16 Mar 2016

Pakistan’s 201 for 5 in this game represent its highest total in WT20. Its previous best was 191 for 6 against Australia at Gros Islet on 14.05.10 and 191 for 5 against Australia at Dhaka on 23.03.14.

Ahmed Shehzad scored 52 in this game to provide the 87th occasion of an opening batsman scoring a fifty in WT20 and also provide the ninth such occasion by a Pakistan opening batsman

It was the second fifty for Ahmed Shehzad in WT20. He had scored 111 not out against Bangladesh at Dhaka on 30.03.14. Ahmed Shehzad became the fourth Pakistan opening batsman to score two or more fifties in WT20

No No Player Runs Inns Opp, Ground Start Date
1 1 Ahmed Shehzad 111* 1 Ban Dhaka 30 Mar 2014
  2 Ahmed Shehzad 52 1 Ban Kolkata 16 Mar 2016
               
2 1 Imran Nazir 59 2 NZl Cape Town 22 Sep 2007
  2 Imran Nazir 72 2 Ban Pallekele 25 Sep 2012
               
3 1 Kamran Akmal 57 1 Ire The Oval 15 Jun 2009
  2 Kamran Akmal 73 1 Ban Gros Islet 01 May 2010
  3 Kamran Akmal 50 1 Aus Gros Islet 14 May 2010
               
4 1 Salman Butt 73 1 Ban Gros Islet 01 May 2010
  2 Salman Butt 67* 2 NZl Bridgetown 08 May 2010

Ahmed Shehzad {52} and Mohammad Hafeez {64] scored fifties in this game to provide the 176th and 177th occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty in WT20. It also provides the 22nd and 23rd occasion of a Pakistan batsman scoring a fifty in WT20.

Mohammad Hafeez’s 64 in this game represent his maiden fifty in WT20 and thus his highest score in WT20. His previous best was 45 against Bangladesh at Pallekele on 25.09.12

Ahmed Shehzad and Mohammad Hafeez added 95 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the second occasion of Pakistan batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership for the second wicket in WT20. The first occasion was the 76 runs stand between Mohammad Hafeez and Nasir Jamshed against New Zealand at Pallekele on 09.06.09. Thus the 95 runs partnership between Ahmead Shehzad and Mohammad Hafeez in this game represent the highest second wicket partnership in WT20

Shahid Afridi scored four boundary sixes in this game which gave him an aggregate of 70 boundary sixes in T20Is. He became the fifth batsman in the history of T20Is to score 70 plus boundary sixes. Others are – BB McCullum {91}, CH Gayle {87}, SR Watson {79} and DA Warner {73}

Mohammad Hafeez’s run aggregate in T20Is read 1609 at the end of this game. He became the second Pakistan batsman to total 1600 plus runs in T20Is after Umar Akmal. Umar Akmal has an aggregate of 1611 runs in T20Is. Mohammad Hafeez became the fifth batsman in the history of T20Is to total 1600 plus runs. Others are – BB McCullum {2140}, TM Dilshan {1751}, MJ Guptil {1672} and Umar Akmal {1611}

Umar Akmal failed to score in this game to provide the 18th occasion of a Pakistan batsman scoring s duck in WT20. It also represents his third duck in WT20. He became the third Pakistan batsman to score three or more ducks in WT20. Others are – Shahid Afridi {05} and  Kamran Akmal {03}

Shakib Al Hasan scored 50 not out in this game to provide the 26th occasion of a Bangladesh batsman scoring a fifty in WT20. His 50 not out in this game represent his sixth fifty in T20I. He now owns the record for most fifties by a Bangladesh batsman in WT20. He went past Tamim Iqbal who has scored five fifties in T20I. Shakib Ali Hasan’s 50 not out represent his third fifty in WT20. He has now scored more fifties by a Bangladesh batsman in WT20. Mohammad Ashraful and Tamim Iqbal have scored two fifties in WT20.

Shakib Al Hasan’s 50 not out in this game was in a losing cause to provide the 58th occasion of a batsman’s fifty going in vain in WT20. It was Shakib Al Hasan’s third fifty in a losing cause in WT20. He now shares the record for most fifties in a losing cause with CH Gayle of West Indies. Both these batsmen have witnessed three fifties in losing cause.

CH Gayle of West Indies
No Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 117 1 v South Africa Johannesburg 11 Sep 2007
2 63* 2 v Sri Lanka The Oval 19 Jun 2009
3 54 1 v Australia Colombo (RPS) 22 Sep 2012
Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh
No Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 84 1 v Pakistan Pallekele 25 Sep 2012
2 66 1 v Australia Dhaka 01 Apr 2014
3 50* 2 v Pakistan Kolkata 16 Mar 2016

At the end of this game, Pakistan and Sri Lanka share the record for playing most games in WT20. Both the teams have played 31 games each

Pakistan won this game by 55 runs to provide its fourth win by 50 plus runs margin in WT20. Other three wins are – by 82 runs vs Netherlands at Lord’s on 09.06.09, by 51 runs vs Scotland at Durban on 12.09.07 and by 50 runs vs Bangladesh at Dhaka on 30.03.14

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