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 |