Match No 4 India vs Pakistan at Birmingham on 04.06.17 – India won by 124 runs  under DLS Method

 

Both India and Pakistan had new captains in the Champions Trophy. V Kohli and Sarfraz Ahmed were leading India and Pakistan respectively in this game. They became the 56^th and 57^th captains to lead a team in the Champions Trophy. V Kohli became the fifth captain to lead India in the tournament, while Sarfraz Ahmed became the eighth   captain to lead Pakistan in the tournament. Sarfraz Ahmed became the 19^th captain to lead Pakistan against India

 

Pakistan won the toss and inserted the opposition in this game to provide the 55^th occasion of a team doing so in the Champions Trophy. It also provides the fourth occasion of Pakistan inserting the opposition in the tournament,

 

RG Sharma {91}, S Dhawan {68}, V Kohli {81*} and Yuvraj Singh {53} scored fifties in this game to provide  the very first occasion of four batsmen scoring fifties in an innings in the Champions Trophy. It also provides the first occasion of first four batsmen accomplishing such a feat in the tournament.

 

RG Sharma {91}, S Dhawan {68}, V Kohli {81*} and Yuvraj Singh {53} scored fifties in this game to provide the 59th occasion of four or more batsmen scoring fifties in an innings in the history of one day internationals. It also provides the 14th occasion of first four batsmen accomplishing such a feat in the history of one day internationals.

 

RG Sharma {91}, S Dhawan {68}, V Kohli {81*} and Yuvraj Singh {53} scored fifties in this game to provide the 33rd occasion of four or more batsmen scoring half centuries in an innings in the history of one day internationals. It also provides the seventh occasion of first four batsmen scoring half centuries in the history of one day internationals. Of these seven occasions, India has accomplished such a feat on three occasions – against England at Indore on 15.04.06, against England at Leeds on 02.09.07 and against Pakistan at Birmingham on 04.06.17

 

V Kohli’s 81 not out in this game provide the seventh occasion of an Indian captain scoring a fifty in the Champions Trophy. All the six occasions are listed below

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No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	SC Ganguly	66	2	Kenya	Nairobi (Gym)	03 Oct 2000
2	SC Ganguly	141*	1	South Africa	Nairobi (Gym)	13 Oct 2000
3	SC Ganguly	117	1	New Zealand	Nairobi (Gym)	15 Oct 2000
4	SC Ganguly	117*	2	England	Colombo (RPS)	22 Sep 2002
5	SC Ganguly	90	1	Kenya	Southampton	11 Sep 2004
6	R Dravid	52	1	Australia	Mohali	29 Oct 2006
7	V Kohli	81*	1	Pakistan	Birmingham	04 Jun 2017

 

RG Sharma {91}, V Kohli {81*} and Yuvraj Singh {53} scored fifties in this game to register their third fifty in the tournament, while S Dhawan with his 68 registered his fourth fifty of the tournament. The following table lists the Indian batsmen who have scored three or more fifties in the Champions Trophy

 

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	1	SC Ganguly	83	1	West Indies	Dhaka	31 Oct 1998
	2	SC Ganguly	66	2	Kenya	Nairobi (Gym)	03 Oct 2000
	3	SC Ganguly	141*	1	South Africa	Nairobi (Gym)	13 Oct 2000
	4	SC Ganguly	117	1	New Zealand	Nairobi (Gym)	15 Oct 2000
	5	SC Ganguly	117*	2	England	Colombo (RPS)	22 Sep 2002
	6	SC Ganguly	90	1	Kenya	Southampton	11 Sep 2004
2	1	R Dravid	68*	2	Kenya	Nairobi (Gym)	03 Oct 2000
	2	R Dravid	58	1	South Africa	Nairobi (Gym)	13 Oct 2000
	3	R Dravid	71	1	Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	14 Sep 2002
	4	R Dravid	67	1	Pakistan	Birmingham	19 Sep 2004
	5	R Dravid	52	1	Australia	Mohali	29 Oct 2006
	6	R Dravid	76	2	Pakistan	Centurion	26 Sep 2009
3	1	S Dhawan	114	1	South Africa	Cardiff	06 Jun 2013
	2	S Dhawan	102*	2	West Indies	The Oval	11 Jun 2013
	3	S Dhawan	68	2	Sri Lanka	Cardiff	20 Jun 2013
	4	S Dhawan	68	1	Pakistan	Birmingham	04 Jun 2017
4	1	V Sehwag	126	2	England	Colombo (RPS)	22 Sep 2002
	2	V Sehwag	59	1	South Africa	Colombo (RPS)	25 Sep 2002
	3	V Sehwag	65	1	Australia	Mohali	29 Oct 2006
5	1	Yuvraj Singh	84	1	Australia	Nairobi (Gym)	07 Oct 2000
	2	Yuvraj Singh	62	1	South Africa	Colombo (RPS)	25 Sep 2002
	3	Yuvraj Singh	53	1	Pakistan	Birmingham	04 Jun 2017
6	1	V Kohli	79*	2	West Indies	Johannesburg	30 Sep 2009
	2	V Kohli	58*	2	Sri Lanka	Cardiff	20 Jun 2013
	3	V Kohli	81*	1	Pakistan	Birmingham	04 Jun 2017
7	1	RG Sharma	65	1	South Africa	Cardiff	06 Jun 2013
	2	RG Sharma	52	2	West Indies	The Oval	11 Jun 2013
	3	RG Sharma	91	1	Pakistan	Birmingham	04 Jun 2017

 

V Kohli’s 81 not out and RG Sharma’s 91 represent their highest individual score in the Champions Trophy. It is interesting to note that the three fifties scored by V Kohli are unbeaten fifties.

 

RG Sharma {91}, S Dhawan {68}, V Kohli {81*} and Yuvraj Singh {53} scored fifties in this game. With these four fifties the number of fifties scored by Indian batsmen has swelled to 37 in the Champions Trophy. These 37 fifties constitute a record for most number of fifties by a team in the tournament. The previous record was 35 fifties which was held by England.

 

India posted a total of 319 for 3 in 48.0 overs to provide the 14^th occasion of a team posting a total of 300 plus  runs in the Champions Trophy. All such occasions are tabulated below

 

No	Team	Score	Overs	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	Ind	307/08	50.0	1	Aus	Dhaka	28 Oct 1998
2	RSA	316/05	50.0	1	Ken	Colombo (RPS)	20 Sep 2002
3	NZl	347/04	50.0	1	USA	The Oval	10 Sep 2004
4	Srl	302/08	50.0	1	Ban	Mohali	07 Oct 2006
5	Srl	319/08	50.0	1	RSA	Centurion	22 Sep 2009
6	Pak	302/09	50.0	1	Ind	Centurion	26 Sep 2009
7	Eng	323/08	50.0	1	RSA	Centurion	27 Sep 2009
8	NZl	315/07	50.0	1	Srl	Johannesburg	27 Sep 2009
8	RSA	301/09	50.0	2	Eng	Centurion	27 Sep 2009
10	Ind	331/07	50.0	1	RSA	Cardiff	06 Jun 2013
11	RSA	305/10	50.0	2	Ind	Cardiff	06 Jun 2013
12	Ban	305/06	50.0	1	Eng	The Oval	01 Jun 2017
13	Eng	308/02	47.2	2	Ban	The Oval	01 Jun 2017
14	Ind	319/03	48.0	1	Pak	Birmingham	04 Jun 2017

 

India posted a total of 319 for 3 in 48.0 overs to provide the third occasion of India posting a total of 300 plus  runs in the Champions Trophy. All such occasions are tabulated below

 

No	Team	Score	Overs	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	Ind	307/08	50.0	1	Aus	Dhaka	28 Oct 1998
10	Ind	331/07	50.0	1	RSA	Cardiff	06 Jun 2013
14	Ind	319/03	48.0	1	Pak	Birmingham	04 Jun 2017

 

India became the second team after South Africa to post a total of 300 plus runs in the Champions Trophy. The following table lists the occasions of scoring 300 plus runs by these two teams

 

No	Team	Score	Overs	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	Ind	307/08	50.0	1	Aus	Dhaka	28 Oct 1998
2	Ind	331/07	50.0	1	RSA	Cardiff	06 Jun 2013
3	Ind	319/03	48.0	1	Pak	Birmingham	04 Jun 2017
1	RSA	316/05	50.0	1	Ken	Colombo (RPS)	20 Sep 2002
2	RSA	301/09	50.0	2	Eng	Centurion	27 Sep 2009
3	RSA	305/10	50.0	2	Ind	Cardiff	06 Jun 2013

 

India with its 319 for 3 became the first team to post a total of 300 plus runs against Pakistan in the Champions Trophy.  The previous highest team total against Pakistan in the tournament was 289 for 9 by West Indies at Dhaka on 29.10.98.

 

RG Sharma scored 91 in this game to provide the 15^th occasion of a batsman scoring a ninety in the Champions Trophy. All such occasions are tabulated below. RG Sharma became the first batsman to score a ninety against Pakistan in the tournament,

 

No	Player	Runs	Team	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	CH Gayle	99	Win	Ban	Southampton	15 Sep 2004
2	OA Shah	98	Eng	RSA	Centurion	27 Sep 2009
3	JH Kallis	97	RSA	Ind	Colombo (RPS)	25 Sep 2002
4	Misbah-ul-Haq	96*	Pak	Win	The Oval	07 Jun 2013
5	SP Fleming	96	NZl	Zim	Dhaka	24 Oct 1998
6	N Hussain	95	Eng	Ban	Nairobi (Gym)	05 Oct 2000
7	AD Hales	95	Eng	Ban	The Oval	01 Jun 2017
8	SO Tikolo	93	Ken	Win	Colombo (SSC)	17 Sep 2002
9	AC Gilchrist	92	Aus	Win	Mumbai (BS)	18 Oct 2006
10	IR Bell	91	Eng	Aus	Birmingham	08 Jun 2013
11	RG Sharma	91	Ind	Pak	Birmingham	04 Jun 2017
12	KP Pietersen	90*	Eng	Win	Ahmedabad	28 Oct 2006
13	SC Ganguly	90	Ind	Ken	Southampton	11 Sep 2004
14	A Ranatunga	90*	Srl	NZl	Dhaka	26 Oct 1998
15	RS Morton	90*	Win	Aus	Mumbao (BS)	18 Oct 2006

 

RG Sharma became the second Indian batsman to score a ninety in the Champions Trophy. Prior to this SC Ganguly had scored 90 not out against Kenya at Southampton o 11.09.04

 

No	Player	Runs	Team	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	RG Sharma	91	Ind	Pak	Birmingham	04 Jun 2017
2	SC Ganguly	90	Ind	Ken	Southampton	11 Sep 2004

 

RG Sharma’s 91 in this game provide the sixth occasion of an opening batsman scoring a ninety in the Champions Trophy. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Player	Runs	Team	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	SC Ganguly	90	Ind	Ken	Southampton	11 Sep 2004
2	CH Gayle	99	Win	Ban	Southampton	15 Sep 2004
3	AC Gilchrist	92	Aus	Win	Mumbai (BS)	18 Oct 2006
4	IR Bell	91	Eng	Aus	Birmingham	08 Jun 2013
5	AD Hales	95	Eng	Ban	The Oval	01 Jun 2017
6	RG Sharma	91	Ind	Pak	Birmingham	04 Jun 2017

 

RG Sharma was dismissed run out for 91 in this game to provide the second occasion of a batsman dismissed run out in the Champions Trophy after AC Gilchrist. AC Gilchrist was dismissed run out for 92 against West Indies at Mum-BS on 18.10.06. It is interesting to note that both RG Sharma and AC Gilchrist were the opening batsmen for their respective teams

 

No	Player	Runs	Team	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	AC Gilchrist	92	Aus	Win	Mumbai (BS)	18 Oct 2006
2	RG Sharma	91	Ind	Pak	Birmingham	04 Jun 2017

 

S Dhawan’s run aggregate in Champions Trophy at the end of this game 431. He became the fourth Indian batsman to total 400 plus runs in  the tournament. Others are – SC Ganguly {665}, R Dravid {627} and SR Tendulkar {441}

 

India became the second team in the Champions Trophy to play 25 games. This game against Pakistan is India’s 25^th game. The other team to play  25 games in the tournament is Sri Lanka.

 

The aggregate of boundary fours socred by India read 500 at the end of this  game  in the Champions Trophy. India became the second team to score 500 plus boundary fours in the tournament after Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka has scored  502 boundary fours in the tournament.

 

Indian batsmen scored ten boundary sixes in this game which fetched them an aggregate of 64 boundary sixes in the Champions Trophy. India became the third team in the tournament to score 60 plus boundary sixes. England and West Indies have scored 67 boundary sixes

 

Imad Wasim was collected his first ball duck in this game to provide the 61^st occasion of a batsman dismissed for a first ball duck in the Champions Trophy. He became the seventh Pakistan batsman to suffer such an ignominy.

 

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Mohd Yousuf	0	1	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	12 Sep 2002
2	Wasim Akram	0	1	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	12 Sep 2002
3	Umar Akmal	0	1	1	v India	Centurion	26 Sep 2009
4	Mohd Amir	0	1	1	v India	Centurion	26 Sep 2009
5	Shoaib Malik	0	1	1	v West Indies	The Oval	07 Jun 2013
6	Junaid Khan	0	1	1	v India	Birmingham	15 Jun 2013
7	Imad Wasim	0	1	2	v India	Birmingham	04 Jun 2017

 

Imad Wasim became the fourth Pakistan batsman to collect the first ball duck against India in the Champions Trophy. Others are – Umar Akmal, Mohammad Amir and Junaid Khan.

 

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Umar Akmal	0	1	1	v India	Centurion	26 Sep 2009
2	Mohd Amir	0	1	1	v India	Centurion	26 Sep 2009
3	Junaid Khan	0	1	1	v India	Birmingham	15 Jun 2013
4	Imad Wasim	0	1	2	v India	Birmingham	04 Jun 2017

 

Imad Wasim became the seventh batsman to collect the first ball duck against India in Champions Trophy.  Others are – Umar Akmal, Mohammad Amir and Junaid Khan.

 

Wahab Riaz did not bat in this game and the score card read “absent hurt’ against his name. He became the first batsman to be absent hurt in the Champions Trophy and also the first batsman to be absent hurt in the history of one day internationals.

 

India won this game by 124 runs under DLS Method to provide the 13th occasion of a team winning a game by 100 plus  runs margin in the Champions Trophy. All such occasions are tabulated below. It also provides India’s  first win by 100 plus runs in the tournament.

 

No	Winner	Margin	Target	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	New Zealand	210 runs	348	v U.S.A.	The Oval	10 Sep 2004
2	Sri Lanka	206 runs	293	v Netherlands	Colombo (RPS)	16 Sep 2002
3	South Africa	176 runs	317	v Kenya	Colombo (RPS)	20 Sep 2002
4	New Zealand	167 runs	245	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	23 Sep 2002
5	Australia	164 runs	297	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	15 Sep 2002
6	England	152 runs	300	v Zimbabwe	Birmingham	10 Sep 2004
7	Sri Lanka	144 runs	286	v Zimbabwe	Ahmedabad	10 Oct 2006
8	West Indies	138 runs	270	v Bangladesh	Southampton	15 Sep 2004
9	South Africa	124 runs	214	v Pakistan	Mohali	27 Oct 2006
10	India	124 runs	289	v Pakistan	Birmingham	04 Jun 2017
11	Sri Lanka	108 runs	288	v West Indies	Nairobi (Gym)	04 Oct 2000
12	England	108 runs	299	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	18 Sep 2002
13	Bangladesh	101 runs	232	v Zimbabwe	Jaipur	13 Oct 2006

 

It was Pakistan’s 12^th loss in the Champions Trophy. It holds the record for losing most matches in the tournament. India posted its 16^th win in the tournament and own the record for winning most matches in  the tournament.