Fourth match : India vs Pakistan at Dambulla on 19.06.10: India won by three wickets with a ball to spare

Salman Butt’s 74 in this game provide the 53^rd occasion of a Pakistan opening batsman scoring a fifty against India. It was his seventh fifty and he becomes the third Pakistan opening batsman to score seven or more fifties against India. Others are Saeed Anwar {12} and Aamir Sohail {07}. Salman Butt’s seven fifties read thus – 108* at Kolkata on 13.11.04, 101 at Jamshedpur on 09.04.05, 101 at Peshawar on 06.02.06, 50 at Guwahati on 05.11.07, 129 at Kanpur on 11.11.07, 129* at Dhaka on 14.06.08 and 74 at Dambulla on 19.06.10

Salman Butt’s run out for 74 in this game provide the sixth occasion of a Pakistan opening batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in a one day game against India. The six occasions are – Shoaib Mohammad for 65 at Sharjah on 15.10.89, Aamer Sohail for 78 at Sharjah on 15.04.96, Yasir Hameed for 86 at Rawalpindi on 16.03.04, Salman Butt for 101 at Jamshedpur on 09.04.05, Salman Butt for 50 at Guwahati on 05.11.07 and Salman Butt for 74 at Dambulla on 19.06.10

Salman Butt’s run out for 74 in this game provide the 13^th occasion of a Pakistan batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty against India and 72^nd occasion in such a manner against various oppositions. Salman Butt has been dismissed run out on six occasions with a fifty to his credit against various oppositions and he becomes the fourth Pakistan batsman to be dismissed in such a manner on six or more occasions. Others are – Inzamam-ul-Haq {09}, Javed Miandad {06} and Mohammad Yousuf {06}

Salman Butt’s run out for 74 in this game provide the 17^th occasion of a batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in Asia Cup. He is the fourth Pakistan batsman to be dismissed in such a manner in Asia Cup. The other three are – Wasim Akram for 50 vs India at Sharjah on 07.04.95, Imran Nazir for 80 vs Bangladesh at Dhaka on 02.06.00 and Shoaib Malik for 118 vs Hong Kong at Col-SSC on 18.07.04

Salman Butt became the 25^th Pakistan batsman to be dismissed run out against India in Asia Cup and Mohammad Aamer became the 26^th batsman.

Salman Butt’s 74 and Kamran Akmal’s 51 in this game provide the 39^th and 40^th occasion of Pakistan batsmen scoring fifty in Asia Cup. It is Salman Butt’s second fifty in Asia Cup, the other being his 56* vs Bangladesh at Karachi on 04.07.08. Thus his 74 represent his highest individual score in Asia Cup. Kamran Akmal’s 51 is his first fifty in Asia Cup, his previous best being 14 vs Sri Lanka at Dambulla on 15.06.10

Kamran Akmal’s 51 in this game provide the 17^th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in Asia Cup. His knock represents the second fifty by a Pakistan wicket keeper, the first being Moin Khan’s 56 not out against Sri Lanka at Dhaka.

Kamran Akmal’s 51 represent his fifth one day half century and tenth fifty, while Salman Butt’s 74 represent his 14^th one day half century and 22^nd fifty

Kamran Akmal’s 51 in this game provide the seventh occasion of a Pakistan wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in one day games against India. The seven occasions are – 51 by Aamer Malik at Kolkata on 28.10.89, 62 by Saleem Yousuf at Sharjah on 27.05.90, 50 by Rashid Latif at Sharjah on 15.04.96, 69 by Moin Khan at Toronto on 13.09.98, 54 by Moin Khan at Sharjah on 13.04.99, 72 by Moin Khan at Lahore on 24.03.04 and 51 by Kamran Akmal at Dambulla on 19.06.10

With two catches in this game MS Dhoni has an aggregate of 30 dismissals against Pakistan. Other wicket keepers to effect 30 or more dismissals against Pakistan are – MV Boucher of South Africa {59}, RS Kaluwitharana of Sri Lanka {54}, PJL Dujon of West Indies {46}, AC Gilchrist of Australia {44}, IA Healy of Australia {39}, and KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka {35}

With a six in this game, Shahid Afridi now has an aggregate of 268 sixes in one day games. Only ST Jayasuriya with 270 sixes is ahead of Shahid Afridi in terms of sixes scored.

V Sehwag’s run aggregate at the end of this game in Asia Cup stood at 509. He became the eleventh batsman to total 500 plus runs in Asia Cup. Others are – ST Jayasuriya {1220}, SR Tendulkar {799}, A Ranatunga {741}, PA de Silva {645}, MS Atapattu {642}, KC Sangakkara {595}, Inzamam-ul-Haq {591}, Shoaib Malik {575}, NS Sidhu {530} and SC Ganguly {518}

V Sehwag became the fourth Indian batsman to complete 500 runs in Asia Cup. Others are – SR Tendulkar {799}, NS Sidhu {530} and SC Ganguly {518}

Kamran Akmal {51} and MS Dhoni {56} scored fifties in this game providing the 39^th occasion of rival wicket keepers scoring fifties in the same game. The feat of Kamran Akmal and MS Dhoni is the first of such kind in Asia Cup.

MS Dhoni’s 56 in this game provide his 36^th one day half century and 43^rd fifty. His knock represents the 18^th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in Asia Cup. It also represents his fourth fifty in Asia Cup. The other three occasions are – 109* vs Hong Kong at Karachi on 25.06.08, 76 vs Pakistan at Karachi on 02.07.08 and 67 vs Sri Lanka at Karachi on 03.07.08.

MS Dhoni’s 56 in this game represents the fifth occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty against Pakistan in Asia Cup, The other four occasions are – 76 by MS Dhoni of India at Karachi on 02.07.08, 54 by Khaled Mashud of Bangladesh at Col-RPS on 29.07.04, 56 by SC Khanna of India at Sharjah on 13.04.84 and 112 by KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka at Karachi on 29.06.08

MS Dhoni remains the only wicket keeper batsman to score two fifties against Pakistan in Asia Cup.

MS Dhoni’s 56 in this game represents his ninth fifty against Pakistan. Other wicket keepers to score nine or more fifties against a specific opposition are – KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka – 15 vs India, MS Dhoni of India – 14 vs Sri Lanka, AC Gilchrist of Australia – 13 vs India, A Flower of Zimbabwe – 10 vs New Zealand, AC Gilchirst of Australia – 10 vs New Zealand, AC Gilchrist of Australia – 10 vs Sri Lanka and KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka – 09 vs South Africa.

MS Dhoni became the first wicket keeper batsman in the history of one day game to score nine fifties against Pakistan

G Gambhir’s 83 in this game provide the 62^nd occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a fifty against Pakistan. His knock represents his third fifty against Pakistan. Other two fifties are – 62 at Dhaka on 10.06.08 and 57 at Centurion on 26.09.09. This his 83 in this game represents his highest individual score against Pakistan

MS Dhoni’s 56 in this game provide the 24^th occasion of an Indian captain scoring a fifty against Pakistan in one day games. His knock in this game represents his fourth fifty, Only M Azharuddin {05} and R Dravid {05} have scored more fifties than MS Dhoni against Pakistan.

MS Dhoni’s 56 in this game represent the 33^rd occasion of a captain scoring fifty in Asia Cup. A Ranatunga of Sri Lanka {06}, SC Ganguly of India {04} and MS Dhoni {04} are the three captains who have scored four or more fifties in Asia Cup

SK Raina was run out for 34 in this game providing the 21^st occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out in Asia Cup. SK Raina has been run out for the second occasion in Asia Cup – the first occasion was against Sri Lanka at Karachi on 03.07.08 after scoring 54. He became the third Indian batsman to be dismissed run out on two occasions in Asia Cup, after Mohd Kaif and V Sehwag

India won this match by three wickets with a ball to spare providing the 37^th occasion of a team winning a one day game with a ball remaining. This victory is India’s seventh victory with a ball to spare. The other six victories are – by four wickets vs South Africa at Vadodara on 17.03.00, by two wickets vs New Zealand at Napier on 12,01.99, by five wickets vs West Indies at Kingston on 18.05.06, by one wicket vs New Zealand at Auckland on 11.01.03, by three wickets vs Pakistan at Dhaka on 18.01.98 and by six wickets vs West Indies at Gros Islet on 03.07.09

India’s victory in this game by three wickets with a ball to spare provides the third such victory against Pakistan. The other two victories are – India won by three wickets at Dhaka on 18.01.98 and New Zealand won by one wicket at Christchurch on 17.12.95