India capped PR Negi for this game. He became the 59th cricketer to represent Indian in T20Is. He also became the first Indian cricketer and the fourth cricketer to make his debut against UAE in T20Is. Other three are – LV van Beek of Netherlands at Sylhet on 17.03.14, Sikander Zulfiqar of Netherlands at ICCA Dubai on 03.02.16 and Mohammad Nawaz {3} at Dhaka on 29.02.16.

Harbhajan Singh was included for this game. He was making his appearance in a T20I game after sixty matches were played in Global time table. His last appearance in a T20I game was against South Africa at Cuttack on 05.10.15 which was number globally as T20I 457. The game between India and UAE at Mirpur is globally numbered T20I 517. India has played ten T20Is in between Harbhajan Singh’s last appearance at Cuttack against South Africa on 05.10.15 and today’s game.

India won this game by nine wickets to provide the 30^th occasion of a team winning a T20I game by nine or more wickets margin. All such occasions are listed below with team wise classification

No	Team	Result	Margin	BR	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Australia	won	10 wkts	58	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	20 Sep 2007
2	England	won	10 wkts	44	v New Zealand	Wellington	15 Feb 2013
3	England	won	10 wkts	28	v West Indies	The Oval	23 Sep 2011
4	Ireland	won	10 wkts	63	v Canada	Dubai (DSC)	22 Mar 2012
5	Ireland	won	10 wkts	76	v Kenya	Dubai (DSC)	14 Mar 2012
6	Kenya	won	10 wkts	45	v Scotland	Nairobi (Gym)	01 Feb 2010
7	Kenya	won	10 wkts	33	v Scotland	Nairobi (Gym)	04 Feb 2010
8	New Zealand	won	10 wkts	14	v Pakistan	Hamilton	17 Jan 2016
9	New Zealand	won	10 wkts	70	v Bangladesh	Hamilton	03 Feb 2010
10	New Zealand	won	10 wkts	39	v Zimbabwe	Harare	15 Oct 2011
11	South Africa	won	10 wkts	51	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	02 Feb 2007
12	South Africa	won	10 wkts	44	v Zimbabwe	Hambantota	20 Sep 2012
13	Australia	won	09 wkts	52	v India	Melbourne	01 Feb 2008
14	Australia	won	09 wkts	31	v India	Colombo (RPS)	28 Sep 2012
15	Australia	won	09 wkts	37	v Bangladesh	Cape Town	16 Sep 2007
16	Bangladesh	won	09 wkts	48	v Afghanistan	Dhaka	16 Mar 2014
17	England	won	09 wkts	15	v New Zealand	Manchester	13 Jun 2008
18	Hong Kong	won	09 wkts	22	v Scotland	Mong Kok	30 Jan 2016
19	India	won	09 wkts	37	v Sri Lanka	Visakhapatnam	14 Feb 2016
20	India	won	09 wkts	59	v UAE	Dhaka	03 Mar 2016
21	Kenya	won	09 wkts	31	v Canada	Dubai (DSC)	10 Feb 2010
22	New Zealand	won	09 wkts	60	v Sri Lanka	Auckland	10 Jan 2016
23	New Zealand	won	09 wkts	74	v Kenya	Durban	12 Sep 2007
24	Scotland	won	09 wkts	11	v Kenya	Belfast	04 Aug 2008
25	Scotland	won	09 wkts	60	v UAE	Edinburgh	09 Jul 2015
26	South Africa	won	09 wkts	32	v England	Johannesburg	21 Feb 2016
27	South Africa	won	09 wkts	33	v Pakistan	Dubai (DSC)	13 Nov 2013
28	Sri Lanka	won	09 wkts	28	v West Indies	Pallekele	29 Sep 2012
29	Sri Lanka	won	09 wkts	90	v Netherlands	Chittagong	24 Mar 2014
30	Sri Lanka	won	09 wkts	16	v England	Bristol	25 Jun 2011

It also provides India’s second win by nine wickets margin in T20Is. Prior to this it had won the game by nine wickets against Sri Lanka at Vishakapatnam on 14.02.16 – just 18 days earlier

No	Team	Result	Margin	BR	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	India	won	09 wkts	37	v Sri Lanka	Visakhapatnam	14 Feb 2016
2	India	won	09 wkts	59	v UAE	Dhaka	03 Mar 2016

UAE lost this game by nine wickets to provide its second loss by a similar margin in T20Is. It had lost by nine wickets against Scotland at Edinburgh on 09.07.15

No	Team	Result	Margin	BR	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Scotland	won	09 wkts	60	UAE	Edinburgh	09 Jul 2015
2	India	won	09 wkts	59	UAE	Dhaka	03 Mar 2016

India won this game by nine wickets with 59 balls to spare to provide the eleventh occasion of a team winning a T20I game by nine or more wickets with 50 plus balls to spare. All such occasions are listed below. It was India’s first win by nine plus wickets with 50 plus balls to spare.

No	Team	Result	Margin	BR	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Sri Lanka	won	09 wkts	90	v Netherlands	Chittagong	24 Mar 2014
2	Ireland	won	10 wkts	76	v Kenya	Dubai (DSC)	14 Mar 2012
3	New Zealand	won	09 wkts	74	v Kenya	Durban	12 Sep 2007
4	New Zealand	won	10 wkts	70	v Bangladesh	Hamilton	03 Feb 2010
5	Ireland	won	10 wkts	63	v Canada	Dubai (DSC)	22 Mar 2012
6	New Zealand	won	09 wkts	60	v Sri Lanka	Auckland	10 Jan 2016
7	Scotland	won	09 wkts	60	v UAE	Edinburgh	09 Jul 2015
8	India	won	09 wkts	59	v UAE	Dhaka	03 Mar 2016
9	Australia	won	10 wkts	58	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	20 Sep 2007
10	Australia	won	09 wkts	52	v India	Melbourne	01 Feb 2008
11	South Africa	won	10 wkts	51	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	02 Feb 2007

The following table furnishes the teams which have won a T20I game with 50 plus deliveries to spare in the history of T20Is. There are 14 such occasions. India’s win by nine wickets with 59 balls to spare provides the 14^th occasion and is listed as ninth when sorted under descending order of balls remaining.

No	Team	Result	Margin	BR	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Sri Lanka	won	09 wkts	90	v Netherlands	Chittagong	24 Mar 2014
2	Ireland	won	10 wkts	76	v Kenya	Dubai (DSC)	14 Mar 2012
3	New Zealand	won	09 wkts	74	v Kenya	Durban	12 Sep 2007
4	Ireland	won	08 wkts	72	v Nepal	Belfast	13 Jul 2015
5	New Zealand	won	10 wkts	70	v Bangladesh	Hamilton	03 Feb 2010
6	Ireland	won	10 wkts	63	v Canada	Dubai (DSC)	22 Mar 2012
7	New Zealand	won	09 wkts	60	v Sri Lanka	Auckland	10 Jan 2016
8	Scotland	won	09 wkts	60	v U.A.E.	Edinburgh	09 Jul 2015
9	India	won	09 wkts	59	v U.A.E.	Dhaka	03 Mar 2016
10	Australia	won	10 wkts	58	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	20 Sep 2007
11	Canada	won	08 wkts	57	v Bermuda	Belfast	05 Aug 2008
12	Australia	won	09 wkts	52	v India	Melbourne	01 Feb 2008
13	South Africa	won	10 wkts	51	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	02 Feb 2007
14	Australia	won	08 wkts	50	v West Indies	Sydney	23 Feb 2010

UAE posted 81 for 9 in this game while batting first. This total represents the lowest total by a team losing nine wickets while batting first in the history of T20Is. There are five occasions of a team scoring less than 100 runs having lost nine wickets while batting first in T20Is. All such occasions are listed below

No	Team	Score	Overs	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Pak	98/9	20.0	RSA	Dubai (DSC)	13 Nov 2013
2	Win	96/9	20.0	Ire	Kingston	21 Feb 2014
3	Pak	96/9	20.0	Aus	Dubai (DSC)	05 Oct 2014
4	PNG	92/9	20.0	Ire	Townsville	06 Feb 2016
5	UAE	81/9	20.0	Ind	Dhaka	03 Mar 2016

B Kumar bowled two maiden overs in this game to provide the 17th occasion of a bowler bowling two maiden overs in a T20I. He also became the third Indian bowler to bowl two maiden overs in a T20I. Harbhajan Singh and JJ Bumrah are the other two bowlers

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Harbhajan Singh	4.0	2	12	4	Eng	Col-RPS	23 Sep 2012
2	JJ Bumrah	3.0	2	8	1	Pak	Dhaka	27 Feb 2016
3	B Kumar	4.0	2	8	2	UAE	Dhaka	03 Mar 2016

B Kumar {02}, HH Pandya {01} and Harbhajan Singh {01} bowled maiden overs in this game to provide the 241^st,242^nd and 243^rd occasion of a bowler bowling one or more maiden overs in a 20I. It also provides the 19^th, 20^th and 21st occasion of Indian bowler bowling one or more maiden overs in a T20I.

B Kumar {02}, HH Pandya {01} and Harbhajan Singh {01} bowled maiden overs in this game to provide the fifth occasion of three or more bowlers bowling one or more maiden overs in an innings of T20I. All such occasions are listed below. It is noted that the Indian bowlers have performed such a feat for the first occasion in a T20I

No	No	Player	O	M	R	W	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	PJ Ongondo	4.0	1	7	0	2	Ken	Ire	Belfast	04 Aug 2008
	2	RG Aga	4.0	1	12	2	2	Ken	Ire	Belfast	04 Aug 2008
	3	AO Suji	3.1	1	26	0	2	Ken	Ire	Belfast	04 Aug 2008
	4	JK Kamande	4.0	1	11	2	2	Ken	Ire	Belfast	04 Aug 2008
2	1	DP Nannes	4.0	1	27	1	2	Aus	Pak	Melbourne	05 Feb 2010
	2	MG Johnson	4.0	1	24	0	2	Aus	Pak	Melbourne	05 Feb 2010
	3	SR Watson	4.0	1	24	2	2	Aus	Pak	Melbourne	05 Feb 2010
3	1	Hamid Hassan	3.0	1	4	3	2	Afg	Ken	Sharjah	30 Sep 2013
	2	Mirwais Ashraf	3.0	1	6	2	2	Afg	Ken	Sharjah	30 Sep 2013
	3	Mohammad Nabi	4.0	2	12	0	2	Afg	Ken	Sharjah	30 Sep 2013
4	1	Tanwir Afzal	4.0	1	8	2	1	HKG	Nep	Col-RPS	24 Nov 2014
	2	Haseeb Amjad	4.0	1	20	1	1	HKG	Nep	Col-RPS	24 Nov 2014
	3	Aizaz Khan	4.0	1	4	2	1	HKG	Nep	Col-RPS	24 Nov 2014
	4	Nadeem Ahmed	4.0	1	11	2	1	HKG	Nep	Col-RPS	24 Nov 2014
5	1	B Kumar	4.0	2	8	2	1	Ind	UAE	Dhaka	03 Mar 2016
	2	HH Pandya	3.0	1	11	1	1	Ind	UAE	Dhaka	03 Mar 2016
	3	Harbhajan Singh	4.0	1	11	1	1	InD	UAE	Dhaka	03 Mar 2016

Harbhajan Singh has bowled five maiden overs during his T20I career including the one he bowled in this game. He became the fourth bowler in the history of T20Is to bowl five or more maiden overs in their career. Others are KMDN Kulasekara {06}, DJ Johnston {05} and BAW Mendid {05}. Harbhajan Singh became the first Indian bowler to perform such a feat

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Overs	M	Runs	W	BBI	Ave	4	5
1	KMDN Kulasekara	Srl	47	47	166.1	6	1200	54	4/32	22.22	1	0
2	Harbhajan Singh	Ind	28	27	102.0	5	633	25	4/12	25.32	1	0
3	DT Johnston	Ind	30	28	99.0	5	636	32	4/22	19.87	1	0
4	BAW Mends	Ind	39	39	147.3	5	952	66	6/8	14.42	3	2

Harbhajan Singh’s lone wicket in this game gave him an aggregate of 25 wickets in T20Is. He became the fifth Indian bowler and 62nd bowler overall to capture 25 plus wickets in the history of T20Is. The other four Indian bowlers are – R Ashwin {45}, IK Pathan {28}, Yuvraj Singh {27} and A Nehra {25}

This game was Yuvaraj Singh’s 50^th T20I, He became the fourth Indian cricketer to appear in 50 plus T20Is. Others are – MS Dhoni {62}, SK Raina {56} and RG Sharma {54}

India’s win in this game gave its 40^th win in T20Is. Other teams to win 40 plus games in the history of T20Is are –  Pakistan {58}, South Africa {51}, Sri Lanka {45}, New Zealand {42} and Australia {40}

Amjad Javed colleted the first ball duck in this game to provide the 34th occasion of a captain to suffer from such an ignominy. He became the second captain to collect the first ball duck against India after Mashrafe Mortaza of Bangladesh. Mashrafe Mortaza was dismissed first ball for a duck at Mirpur on 24.02.16 – in the ongoing Asia Cup T20 2016.