CR Ervine of Zimbabwe and A Balbrine of Ireland opened the innings of their respective teams to provide the tenth occasion of rival captains opening the respective teams’ innings in the history of T20 World Cup. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	No	Player	Runs	I	Team	O	Ground	Start Date
1	1	GC Smith	38	1	RSA	Sco	The Oval	07 Jun 2009
	2	GM Hamilton	05	2	Sco	RSA	The Oval	07 Jun 2009
2	1	GC Smith	33	1	RSA	NZl	Lord’s	09 Jun 2009
	2	BB McCullum	57	2	NZl	RSA	Lord’s	09 Jun 2009
3	1	BB McCullum	10	1	NZl	Ire	Nottingham	11 Jun 2009
	2	WTS Porterfield	01	2	Ire	NZl	Nottingham	11 Jun 2009
4	1	GC Smith	31	1	RSA	Win	The Oval	13 Jun 2009
	2	CH Gayle	05	2	Win	RSA	The Oval	13 Jun 2009
5	1	M Jayawardene	42	1	Srl	Pak	Col-RPS	04 Oct 2012
	2	Mohd Hafeez	42	2	Pak	Srl	Col-RPS	04 Oct 2012
6	1	WTS Porterfield	47	1	Ire	Net	Sylhet	21 Mar 2014
	2	PW Borren	31	2	Net	Ire	Sylhet	21 Mar 2014
7	1	T Bavuma	12	1	RSA	Aus	Abu Dhabi	23 Oct 2021
	2	AJ Finch	00	2	Aus	RSA	Abu Dhabi	23 Oct 2021
8	1	Babar Azam	66	1	Pak	Sco	Sharjah	07 Nov 2021
	2	KJ Coetzer	09	2	Sco	Paki	Sharjah	07 Nov 2021
9	1	Babar Azam	30	1	Pak	Aus	Dub-DSC	11 Nov 2021
	2	AJ Finch	00	2	Aus	Pak	Dub-DSC	11 Nov 2021
10	1	CR Ervine	09	1	Zim	Ire	Hobart	17 Oct 2022
	2	A Balbirnie	03	2	Ire	Zim	Hobart	17 Oct 2022

CJ Ervine and RW Chakbava opened the Zimbabwe innings in this game to provide the tenth occasion of captain and wicket keeper batsman opening the innings of a team in the T20 world cup. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	No		Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	1	C	WTS Porterfield	31	2	Ire	Srl	Lord’s	14 Jun 2009
	2	K	NJ O’Brien	31	2	Ire	Srl	Lord’s	14 Jun 2009
2	1	C	WTS Porterfield	40	2	Ire	Pak	The Oval	15 Jun 2009
	2	K	NJ O’Brien	07	2	Ire	Pak	The Oval	15 Jun 2009
3	1	C	Nawroz Mangal	22	2	Afg	Ind	Col-RPS	19 Sep 2012
	2	K	Mohd Shahzad	18	2	Afg	Ind	Col-RPS	19 Sep 2012
4	1	C	Nawroz Mangal	08	2	Afg	Eng	Col-RPS	21 Sep 2012
	2	K	Mohd Shahzad	01	2	Afg	Eng	Col-RPS	21 Sep 2012
5	1	C	Babar Azam	68*	2	Pak	Ind	Dub-DSC	24 Oct 2021
	2	K	Mohd Rizwan	79*	2	Pak	Ind	Dub-DSC	24 Oct 2021
6	1	C	Babar Azam	09	2	Pak	NZl	Sharjah	26 Oct 2021
	2	K	Mohd Rizwan	33	2	Pak	NZl	Sharjah	26 Oct 2021
7	1	C	Babar Azam	51	2	Pak	Afg	Dub-DSC	29 Oct 2021
	2	K	Mohd Rizwan	08	2	Pak	Afg	Dub-DSC	29 Oct 2021
8	1	C	Babar Azam	70	1	Pak	Nam	Abu Dhabi	02 Nov 2021
	2	K	Mohd Rizwan	79*	1	Pak	Nam	Abu Dhabi	02 Nov 2021
9	1	C	Babar Azam	66	1	Pak	Sco	Sharjah	07 Nov 2021
	2	K	Mohd Rizwan	15	1	Pak	Sco	Sharjah	07 Nov 2021
10	1	C	CR Ervine	09	1	Zim	Ire	Hobart	17 Oct 2022
	2	K	RW Chakabva	00	1	Zim	Ire	Hobart	17 Oct 2022

RW Chakabva failed to score in Zimbabwe innings to provide the tenth occasion of a wicket keeper opener scoring a duck in an innings in the T20 world cup. It also provides the second occasion of a wicket keeper opener scoring a duck against Ireland in T20 world cup.

RW Chakabva failed to score in Zimbabwe innings to provide the third occasion of a Zimbabwe wicket keeper batsman scoring a duck in an innings in the T20 world cup. It also provides the first occasion of a Zimbabwe wicket keeper opener scoring a duck against Ireland in T20 world cup.

RW Chakabva failed to score in Zimbabwe innings to provide the 90th occasion of a opening batsman scoring a duck in an innings in the T20 world cup. It also provides the first occasion of a Zimbabwe opening batsman scoring a duck against Ireland in T20 world cup.

PR Stirling failed to score in Ireland innings to provide the 91st occasion of a opening batsman scoring a duck in an innings in the T20 world cup. It also provides the sixth occasion of an Ireland opening batsman scoring a duck against Ireland in T20 world cup.

RW Chakabva of Zimbabwe and PR Stirling of Ireland failed to score in this game to provide the sixth occasion of rival opening batsman scoring ducks in a game in the T20 world cup.

Sikandar Raza scored 82 in this game to provide the sixth occasion of a Zimbabwe batsman scoring a fifty in an innings in the T20 World Cup.  It also provides the highest individual innings by a Zimbabwe batsman in the T20 World Cup. The previous best was 60 not out by BRM Taylor against Australia at Cape Town on 12 Sep 2006

It also provides the highest individual innings by a Zimbabwe batsman in the T20 World Cup against Ireland.  The previous best was 59 by BRM Taylor at Sylhet on 17 Mar 2014 and 59 by V Sibanda against Hong Kong at Nagpur on 08.03.16.

CR Ervine was dismissed stumped for 09 in this game to provide the 17^th occasion of a captain dismissed stumped in an innings in T20 World Cup. It also provides the sixth occasion of a captain opening batsman dismissed in an innings in T20 World Cup.

CR Ervine became the second Zimbabwe captain to be dismissed stumped in the T20 World Cup after BRM Taylor. BRM Taylor was dismissed stumped for zero against Sri Lanka at Hambantota on 18.09.12

Simi Singh of Ireland collected the first ball duck in this game to provide the 140th occasion of a batsman collecting a first ball duck in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the eighth occasion of a batsman collecting a first ball duck against Zimbabwe in the T20 World Cup.

It also provides the occasion of an Ireland batsman collecting a first ball duck in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the second occasion of a batsman collecting a first ball duck against Zimbabwe in the T20 World Cup.

Zimbawe posted its sixth win in T20 World Cup when it won this game by 31 runs. All the six wins are tabulated below

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Zimbabwe	won	05 wkts	v Australia	Cape Town	12 Sep 2007
2	Zimbabwe	won	05 wkts	v Netherlands	Sylhet	19 Mar 2014
3	Zimbabwe	won	05 wkts	v U.A.E.	Sylhet	21 Mar 2014
4	Zimbabwe	won	14 runs	v Hong Kong	Nagpur	08 Mar 2016
5	Zimbabwe	won	11 runs	v Scotland	Nagpur	10 Mar 2016
6	Zimbabwe	won	31 runs	v Ireland	Hobart	17 Oct 2022