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The Kolkata Knight Riders secured their berth to compete in the Oppo CLT20 2014 Final after they defeated the Hobart Hurricanes by seven wickets in the first semi-final at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad. After the team for Australia opted to bat first and set them a target of 141, the IPL champions rode on Jacques Kallis’ half-century and his partnership with Manish Pandey to coast to a victory in the final over. The seven-wicket victory stretched KKR’s tally of consecutive wins to 14.   (Also Read:  QUICK STATS: SF1 - KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS V HOBART HURRICANES ) Needing to score at just over seven runs an over at the start of the innings, KKR got off to a flying start when Robin Uthappa picked up boundaries of the second and third deliveries of the chase. The Australians pulled things back, not offering too much of room in the next couple of overs, especially to the left-handed Gautam Gambhir. The KKR captain after managing just two scoring str...

100 Runs added by Aiden Blizzard and Shoaib Malik – highest third wicket partnership in this edition of CLT20.  ( Also Read:  MATCH REPORT : M9 - HOBART HURRICANES V NORTHERN KNIGHTS ) 92 Northern Knights’ total – lowest for any side in this edition of CLT20. 58 Runs scored by Scott Styris and Tim Southee. All other 9 Northern Knights batsmen could score only 26. 55 Number of dot balls consumed by Northern Knights batsmen out of 100 balls they faced. 15 Runs scored by Northern Knights in the powerplay- the lowest in CLT20 history. Wayamba had made 16 for one against Victoria at Delhi in 2009. 5 Northern Knights’ score at the fall of third wicket – second lowest in CLT20 history. Kolkata Knight Riders were three down for 3 against Delhi Daredevils in 2012. 2 Number of players to complete the allround double of 4000 runs and 100 wickets in T20s. Scott Styris followed Kieron Pollard in doing so.  source: clt20.com

Full Highlights: India Batting v Pakistan - 1st T20I, Bangalore 25 Dec, 2012 This match was the fourth between India and Pakistan – first outside the ICC World Twenty20. Umar Gul was playing his 50 th  Twenty20 International. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammad Irfan were making their Twenty20 International debut. They became the 45 th  and 50 th  players to represent India and Pakistan respectively. At 7 ft 1 in Mohammad Irfan is the tallest player ever to play international cricket. India’s total of 133/9 is their lowest ever against Pakistan. Their previous lowest was 141/9 at Durban in 2007.

Full Highlights: India vs Pakistan - 1st T20I, Bangalore 25 Dec, 2012 Here the many more interesting highlights from India v Pakistan 1st T20I  game: This match was the fourth between India and Pakistan – first outside the ICC World Twenty20. Man-of-the-Match :  Mohammad Hafeez  for his match winning 61-run knock. Brief scores: India  133/9 in 20 overs (G Gambhir 43, A Rahane 42,U Gul 3/21, S Ajmal 2/25) lost to  Pakistan  134/5 in 19.4 overs (M Hafeez 61, S Malik 57*, B Kumar 3/9) by 5 wickets Hafeez:  "It was a great effort we wanted to start the series well and we were great with the ball right from the very start. Mohammad Irfan is a surprise package and he showed just why today with some great bowling at the start. Saeed Ajmal and Umar Gul were also fantastic at the death. Myself & Shoaib Malik played very well, we took risks at the right time and ran between the wickets well. This is a great result for the whole nation an...

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Here are these and many more interesting stats highlights from India v Pakistan 1st T20I  game: This match was the fourth between India and Pakistan – first outside the ICC World Twenty20. Umar Gul was playing his 50 th  Twenty20 International. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammad Irfan were making their Twenty20 International debut. They became the 45 th  and 50 th  players to represent India and Pakistan respectively. At 7 ft 1 in Mohammad Irfan is the tallest player ever to play international cricket. India’s total of 133/9 is their lowest ever against Pakistan. Their previous lowest was 141/9 at Durban in 2007. Between the 15 th  and 19 th  overs India lost seven wickets in 24 balls while scoring only 21 runs. Bhuvneshwar Kumar had a dream Twenty20 International debut. He now shares the record of the most economical 4-over spell on T20I debut with Zimbabwe's Ray Price & West Indies' Garey Mathurin. Most economical spells on T20I debut:...

ICC World Twenty20 Warm-up Matches, India v Pakistan at Colombo (RPS), Sep 17, 2012 India win the toss, elect to bat India 185/3 (20/20 ov) Pakistan 186/5 (19.1/20 ov) Pakistan won by 5 wickets (with 5 balls remaining) India squad MS Dhoni*†, G Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, SK Raina, RG Sharma, V Kohli, V Sehwag, Z Khan, L Balaji, IK Pathan, R Ashwin, Harbhajan Singh, PP Chawla, MK Tiwary, AB Dinda Pakistan squad Mohammad Hafeez*, Shahid Afridi, Asad Shafiq, Umar Akmal, Kamran Akmal†, Shoaib Malik, Nasir Jamshed, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Sohail Tanvir, Mohammad Sami, Abdul Razzaq, Imran Nazir, Raza Hasan, Yasir Arafat Post-match analysis from captains "The way the boys approached the chase was very positive," says  Mohammad Hafeez . "We knew if India could post that total, we knew we could get it if we worked hard. Kamran Akmal was exceptional. The experience of Malik was also the key. He supported Kamran really well. The bowlers tried hard, but things didn't ...