India posted its 27^th win in T20 World Cup while Zimbabwe lost its eleventh game in the competition.  India and Pakistan share the second place with 27 wins each in the list of team s which have won most games in T20 World Cup. Sri Lanka with 31 wins leads the table

KL Rahul of India scored 51 in this game to provide the 150^th occasion of an opening batsman scoring a fifty in an innings in the T20 World Cup.  It also provides the 16th occasion of a Bangladesh opener scoring a fifty in an innings in the T20 World Cup.

KL Rahul’s 51 in this game represents his fifth fifty in the T20 World Cup. He became the second Indian opening batsman to score five or more fifties in the T20 World Cup after RG Sharma. RG Sharma has scored six fifties.

No	Player	R	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	KL Rahul	69	1	v Afghanistan	Abu Dhabi	03 Nov 2021
2	KL Rahul	50	2	v Scotland	Dub-DSC	05 Nov 2021
3	KL Rahul	54*	2	v Namibia	Dub-DSC	08 Nov 2021
4	KL Rahul	50	1	v Bangladesh	Adelaide	02 Nov 2022
5	KL Rahul	51	1	v Zimbabwe	Melbourne	06 Nov 2022
1	RG Sharma	52*	2	v Ireland	Nottingham	10 Jun 2009
2	RG Sharma	62*	2	v West Indies	Mirpur	23 Mar 2014
3	RG Sharma	56	2	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	28 Mar 2014
4	RG Sharma	74	1	v Afghanistan	Abu Dhabi	03 Nov 2021
5	RG Sharma	56	2	v Namibia	Dub-DSC	08 Nov 2021
6	RG Sharma	53	1	v Netherlands	Sydney	27 Oct 2022

KL Rahul became the seventh opening batsman in T20 World Cup to score five or more fifties. Others are – CH Gayle {09}, TM Dilshan {06}, RG Sharma {06}, DA Warner {06}, P Nissanka {05} and SR Watson {05}

KL Rahul became the tenth batsman in T20 World Cup to score five or more fifties. The following table lists all the ten batsmen

No	Player	Team	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	50+
1	V Kohli	Ind	13	13	9	879	89*	219.75	0	13	13
2	CH Gayle	Win	9	9	3	706	117	117.66	2	7	9
3	RG Sharma	Ind	9	9	5	537	79*	134.25	0	9	9
4	M Jayawardene	Srl	7	7	2	576	100	115.20	1	6	7
5	TM Dilshan	Srl	6	6	2	437	96*	109.25	0	6	6
6	DA Warner	Aus	6	6	2	405	89*	101.25	0	6	6
7	AB de Villiers	RSA	5	5	2	328	79*	109.33	0	5	5
8	P Nissanka	Srl	5	5	0	325	74	65.00	0	5	5
9	KL Rahul	Ind	5	5	1	274	69	68.50	0	5	5
10	SR Watson	Aus	5	5	0	328	81	65.60	0	5	5

KL Rahul became the third Indian batsman in T20 World Cup to score five or more fifties. The following table lists all the three batsmen

No	Player	Team	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	50+
1	V Kohli	Ind	13	13	9	879	89*	219.75	0	13	13
2	RG Sharma	Ind	9	9	5	537	79*	134.25	0	9	9
3	KL Rahul	Ind	5	5	1	274	69	68.50	0	5	5

India became the second team in the T20 World Cup to have three batsmen scoring five or more fifties after Sri Lanka. The following table lists the batsmen from these two teams.

No	Player	Team	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	50+
1	V Kohli	Ind	13	13	9	879	89*	219.75	0	13	13
2	RG Sharma	Ind	9	9	5	537	79*	134.25	0	9	9
3	KL Rahul	Ind	5	5	1	274	69	68.50	0	5	5
1	M Jayawardene	Srl	7	7	2	576	100	115.20	1	6	7
2	TM Dilshan	Srl	6	6	2	437	96*	109.25	0	6	6
3	P Nissanka	Srl	5	5	0	325	74	65.00	0	5	5

SK Yadav’s aggregate of T20I runs at the end of this game read 1026 in the calendar year 2022. He became the second batsman in the history of T20Is to score 1000 runs in a calendar year. Mohammad Rizwan of Pakistan had scored 1326 runs in calendar year 2021.

SK Yadav’s 61 not out in this game represent his tenth fifty in the calendar year 2022. He became the third batsman in the history of T20Is to score ten or more fifties in a calendar year. Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam of Pakistan had scored 13 and 10 fifties respectively in the calendar year 2021.

SK Yadav became the first batsman to score one thousand runs {1026} and ten fifties {10} in the calendar year 2022.

KL Rahul’s 51 in this game represent his 24^th fifty in T20Is. V Kohli {37}, RG Sharma {33}, Babar Azam {31} and DA Warner {25} are the other four batsmen who have scored more fifties than KL Rahul in T20Is.

KL Rahul has scored 99 boundary sixes at the end of this game in T20Is. One more boundary six would fetch him 100 boundary sixes. If he scores it, he would then become the 14^th batsman in the history of T20Is to score 100 plus boundary sixes.

KL Rahul has scored 99 boundary sixes at the end of this game in T20Is. One more boundary six would fetch him 100 boundary sixes. If he scores it, he would then become the third Indian batsman in the history of T20Is to score 100 plus boundary sixes. Others are – RG Sharma {182} and V Kohli {112}

W Madhavere of Zimbabwe was dismissed by the first ball of the second innings in this game to provide the 44^th occasion of a batsman dismissed by the first ball of an innings in the history of Twenty20 Internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Batter	Bowler	Match	Venue	Date
1	AA Mulla	E Chigumbura	Canada v Zimbabwe	King City	11.10.2008
2	Kamran Akmal	KMDN Kulasekara	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	12.08.2009
3	JL Denly	CK Langeveldt	England v South Africa	Johannesburg	13.11.2009
4	V Sibanda	SJ Benn	Zimbabwe v West Indies	Port of Spain	28.02.2010
5	JD Ryder	Abdul Razzaq	Pakistan v New Zealand	Hamilton	28.12.2010
6	Paul Stirling	Run out	Kenya v Ireland	Mombasa	24.02.2012
7	RE Levi	ST Finn	England v South Africa	Manchester	10.09.2012
8	WTS Porterfield	SR Watson	Australia v Ireland	Col-RPS	19.09.2012
9	WTS Porterfield	FH Edwards	West Indies v Ireland	Col-RPS	24.09.2012
10	W Barresi	NN Odhiambo	Kenya v Netherlands	Windhoek	20.04.2013
11	H Davids	KMDN Kulasekara	Sri Lanka v South Africa	Hambantota	06.08.2013
12	Mohd Shahzad	M Mortaza	Bangladesh v Afghanistan	Mirpur	06.03.2014
13	Irfan Ahmed	Shapoor Zadran	Afghanistan v Hong Kong	Chittagong	18.03.2014
14	JJ Roy	Aamer Yamin	Pakistan v England	Sharjah	30.11.2015
15	L Ronchi	M Mortaza	New Zealand v Bangladesh	Mt Maunganui	06.01.2017
16	JT Smuts	DJ Willey	South Africa v England	Southampton	21.06.2017
17	SJ Baard	Bilal Khan	Namibia v Oman	Dub-DSC	29.10.2019
18	Mohd Rizwan	GF Linde	Pakistan v South Africa	Johannesburg	12.04.2021
19	PP Shaw	PVD Chameera	India v Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	25.07.2021
20	RG Sharma	OC McCoy	India v West Indies	Basseterre	01.08.2022
21	L Vincent	B Lee	Australia v New Zealand	Perth	11.12.2007
22	CR Foggo	PC Connell	Ireland v Bermuda	Belfast	03.08.2008
23	Mohd Qazi	GH O’Brien	Bermuda v Canada	Belfast	05.08.2008
24	DM Richards	Shakib Al Hasan	West Indies v Bangladesh	Basseterre	02.08.2009
25	Kamran Akmal	DP Nannes	Australia v Pakistan	Gros Islet	02.05.2010
26	WTS Porterfield	SO Ngoche	Kenya v Ireland	Mombasa	22.02.2012
27	WTS Porterfield	Dawlat Zadran	Afghanistan v Ireland	Dub-DSC	24.03.2012
28	Mohd Hafeez	KMDN Kulasekara	Sri Lanka v Pakistan	Hambantota	01.06.2012
29	H Patel	MC Sorensen	Canada v Ireland	Abu Dhabi	16.11.2013
30	DR Smith	JW Dernbach	West Indies v England	Bridgetown	13.03.2014
31	Irfan Ahmed	P Khadka	Nepal v Hong Kong	Chittagong	18.03.2014
32	Mohd Shahzad	N Vanua	PNG v Afghanistan	Malahide	23.07.2015
33	Anshuman Rath	Bilal Khan	Oman v Hong Kong	Abu Dhabi	25.11.2015
34	JJ Atkinson	SM Sharif	Scotland v Hong Kong	Hong Kong	31.01.2016
35	Rohan Mustafa	WB Rankin	UAE v Ireland	Dubai	18.01.2017
36	KL Rahul	DT Tiripano	India v Sri Zimbabwe	Harare	18.06.2017
37	JJ Roy	JE Taylor	England v West Indies	Ch-le-St	16.09.2017
38	O Bascome	E Otieno	Bermuda v Kenya	ICCA Dubai	21.10.2019
39	JM Bairstow	TG Southee	England v New Zealand	Wellington	03.11.2019
40	BR McDermott	M Theekshana	Australia v Sri Lanka	Canberra	15.02.2022
41	P Nissanka	B Kumar	Sri Lanka v India	Lucknow	24.02.2022
42	RG Mukasa	FJ Klaassen	Uganda v Netherlands	Bulawayo	14.07.2022
43	JJ Roy	B Kumar	England v India	Birmingham	09.07.2022
44	W Madhevere	B Kumar	Zimbabwe v India	Melbourne	06.11.2022

W Madhavere of Zimbabwe was dismissed by the first ball of the second innings in this game to provide the 24^th occasion of a batsman dismissed by the first ball in the second innings in the history of Twenty20 Internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Batter	Bowler	Match	Venue	Date
1	L Vincent	B Lee	Australia v New Zealand	Perth	11.12.2007
2	CR Foggo	PC Connell	Ireland v Bermuda	Belfast	03.08.2008
3	Mohd Qazi	GH O’Brien	Bermuda v Canada	Belfast	05.08.2008
4	DM Richards	Shakib Al Hasan	West Indies v Bangladesh	Basseterre	02.08.2009
5	Kamran Akmal	DP Nannes	Australia v Pakistan	Gros Islet	02.05.2010
6	WTS Porterfield	SO Ngoche	Kenya v Ireland	Mombasa	22.02.2012
7	WTS Porterfield	Dawlat Zadran	Afghanistan v Ireland	Dub-DSC	24.03.2012
8	Mohd Hafeez	KMDN Kulasekara	Sri Lanka v Pakistan	Hambantota	01.06.2012
9	H Patel	MC Sorensen	Canada v Ireland	Abu Dhabi	16.11.2013
10	DR Smith	JW Dernbach	West Indies v England	Bridgetown	13.03.2014
11	Irfan Ahmed	P Khadka	Nepal v Hong Kong	Chittagong	18.03.2014
12	Mohd Shahzad	N Vanua	PNG v Afghanistan	Malahide	23.07.2015
13	Anshuman Rath	Bilal Khan	Oman v Hong Kong	Abu Dhabi	25.11.2015
14	JJ Atkinson	SM Sharif	Scotland v Hong Kong	Hong Kong	31.01.2016
15	Rohan Mustafa	WB Rankin	UAE v Ireland	Dubai	18.01.2017
16	KL Rahul	DT Tiripano	India v Sri Zimbabwe	Harare	18.06.2017
17	JJ Roy	JE Taylor	England v West Indies	Ch-le-St	16.09.2017
18	O Bascome	E Otieno	Bermuda v Kenya	ICCA Dubai	21.10.2019
19	JM Bairstow	TG Southee	England v New Zealand	Wellington	03.11.2019
20	BR McDermott	M Theekshana	Australia v Sri Lanka	Canberra	15.02.2022
21	P Nissanka	B Kumar	Sri Lanka v India	Lucknow	24.02.2022
22	RG Mukasa	FJ Klaassen	Uganda v Netherlands	Bulawayo	14.07.2022
23	JJ Roy	B Kumar	England v India	Birmingham	09.07.2022
24	W Madhevere	B Kumar	Zimbabwe v India	Melbourne	06.11.2022

India won this game by 71 runs to provide the 41^st occasion of a team winning a game by 50 plus runs margin in the T20 World Cup. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Sri Lanka	won	172 runs	v Kenya	Johannesburg	14 Sep 2007
2	Afghanistan	won	130 runs	v Scotland	Sharjah	25 Oct 2021
3	South Africa	won	130 runs	v Scotland	The Oval	07 Jun 2009
4	England	won	116 runs	v Afghanistan	Col-RPS	21 Sep 2012
5	South Africa	won	104 runs	v Bangladesh	Sydney	27 Oct 2022
6	India	won	090 runs	v England	Col-RPS	23 Sep 2012
7	New Zealand	won	089 runs	v Australia	Sydney	22 Oct 2022
8	Bangladesh	won	084 runs	v P.N.G.	Al Amerat	21 Oct 2021
9	West Indies	won	084 runs	v Pakistan	Mirpur	01 Apr 2014
10	New Zealand	won	083 runs	v Ireland	Nottingham	11 Jun 2009
11	Pakistan	won	082 runs	v Netherlands	Lord’s	09 Jun 2009
12	Sri Lanka	won	082 runs	v Zimbabwe	Hambantota	18 Sep 2012
13	Australia	won	081 runs	v Sri Lanka	Bridgetown	09 May 2010
14	Nepal	won	080 runs	v Hong Kong	Chattogram	16 Mar 2014
15	Sri Lanka	won	079 runs	v U.A.E.	Geelong	18 Oct 2022
16	New Zealand	won	075 runs	v Bangladesh	Kolkata	26 Mar 2016
17	West Indies	won	074 runs	v Australia	Col-RPS	05 Oct 2012
18	India	won	073 runs	v Australia	Mirpur	30 Mar 2014
19	West Indies	won	073 runs	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	25 Mar 2014
20	Pakistan	won	072 runs	v Scotland	Sharjah	07 Nov 2021
21	India	won	071 runs	v Zimbabwe	Melbourne	06 Nov 2022
22	Sri Lanka	won	070 runs	v Ireland	Abu Dhabi	20 Oct 2021
23	West Indies	won	070 runs	v Ireland	Providence	30 Apr 2010
24	India	won	066 runs	v Afghanistan	Abu Dhabi	03 Nov 2021
25	New Zealand	won	065 runs	v Sri Lanka	Sydney	29 Oct 2022
26	Sri Lanka	won	064 runs	v Bangladesh	Johannesburg	18 Sep 2007
27	Afghanistan	won	062 runs	v Namibia	Abu Dhabi	31 Oct 2021
28	Afghanistan	won	059 runs	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	12 Mar 2016
29	New Zealand	won	059 runs	v Bangladesh	Pallekele	21 Sep 2012
30	South Africa	won	059 runs	v Afghanistan	Bridgetown	05 May 2010
31	Sri Lanka	won	059 runs	v New Zealand	Chattogram	31 Mar 2014
32	Sri Lanka	won	057 runs	v West Indies	The Oval	19 Jun 2009
33	Sri Lanka	won	057 runs	v West Indies	Bridgetown	07 May 2010
34	India	won	056 runs	v Netherlands	Sydney	27 Oct 2022
35	Namibia	won	055 runs	v Sri Lanka	Geelong	16 Oct 2022
36	Pakistan	won	055 runs	v Bangladesh	Kolkata	16 Mar 2016
37	Bangladesh	won	054 runs	v Oman	Dharamsala	13 Mar 2016
38	New Zealand	won	052 runs	v Namibia	Sharjah	05 Nov 2021
39	Pakistan	won	051 runs	v Scotland	Durban	12 Sep 2007
40	England	won	050 runs	v Zimbabwe	Cape Town	13 Sep 2007
41	Pakistan	won	050 runs	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	30 Mar 2014

India won this game by 71 runs to provide the fifth occasion of India winning a game by 50 plus runs margin in the T20 World Cup. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	India	won	090 runs	v England	Col-RPS	23 Sep 2012
2	India	won	073 runs	v Australia	Mirpur	30 Mar 2014
3	India	won	071 runs	v Zimbabwe	Melbourne	06 Nov 2022
4	India	won	066 runs	v Afghanistan	Abu Dhabi	03 Nov 2021
5	India	won	056 runs	v Netherlands	Sydney	27 Oct 2022

Zimbabwe was dismissed all out for 115 in this game to provide the 84^th occasion of a team dismissed all out in an innings in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the sixth occasion of a Zimbabwe dismissed all out in an innings in the T20 World Cup.

Zimbabwe was dismissed all out for 115 in this game to provide the 51^st occasion of a team dismissed all out in the second innings in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the fourth occasion of a Zimbabwe dismissed all out in the second innings in the T20 World Cup.

W Madhavere of Zimbabwe was dismissed caught by V Kohli off B Kumar for zero in this game.  It was V Kohli’s  50^th catch in T20Is. He became the tenth fieldsman excluding wicket keepers in the history of T20Is to pouch 50 plus catches. The following table lists these ten fieldsmen.

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Inns	Dis	Ct
1	DA Miller	RSA	2010-2022	110	110	75	75
2	MJ Guptill	NZl	2009-2022	122	121	68	68
3	RG Sharma	Ind	2007-2022	147	147	58	58
4	DA Warner	Aus	2009-2022	99	99	56	56
5	GH Dockrell	Ire	2010-2022	112	109	54	54
6	Mohd Nabi	Afg	2010-2022	104	104	54	54
7	TG Southee	NZl	2008-2022	104	103	51	51
8	AJ Finch	Aus	2011-2022	103	102	50	50
9	V Kohli	Ind	2010-2022	114	113	50	50
10	Shoaib Malik	Pak	2006-2021	124	124	50	50

W Madhavere of Zimbabwe was dismissed caught by V Kohli off B Kumar for zero in this game.  It was V Kohli’s 50th catch in T20Is. He became the second Indian fieldsman excluding wicket keepers in the history of T20Is to pouch 50 plus catches. The following table lists these two Indian fieldsmen.

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Inns	Dis	Ct
1	RG Sharma	Ind	2007-2022	147	147	58	58
2	V Kohli	Ind	2010-2022	114	113	50	50

W Madhavere of Zimbabwe was dismissed caught by V Kohli off B Kumar for zero in this game.  It was V Kohli’s  50^th catch in T20Is. He became the tenth fieldsman excluding wicket keepers in the history of T20Is to pouch 50 plus catches. The following table lists these ten fieldsmen.

India became the third team in the history of T20Is to have two fieldsmen who have pouched 50 plus catches. Australia and New Zealand are the other two teams.

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Inns	Dis	Ct
1	DA Warner	Aus	2009-2022	99	99	56	56
2	AJ Finch	Aus	2011-2022	103	102	50	50
1	RG Sharma	Ind	2007-2022	147	147	58	58
2	V Kohli	Ind	2010-2022	114	113	50	50
1	MJ Guptill	NZl	2009-2022	122	121	68	68
2	TG Southee	NZl	2008-2022	104	103	51	51

It is interesting to note that these three teams have at least one opening batsman who has taken 50 plus catches.