Indian Cricket Team Updates

1016  Runs scored by Mahela Jayawardene in all World T20 matches – most by any batsman. He became first to cross 1,000-run mark today.    (Also Read:  Report: Final: India vs Sri Lanka – WT20 2014  ) 319  Virat Kohli’s run-aggregate in the tournament – highest for any batsman in a single edition of World T20. He obliterated Tillakaratne Dilshan’s tally of 317 in 2009. 130  India’s total – second lowest by any side losing only four wickets in a match (excluding rain affected matches). Only Pakistan (126/4 vs England at Cardiff in 2010) ended with a lower total 9  Both India and Sri Lanka have now beaten each other nine times in a tournament final. 4  Number of fifties scored by Virat Kohli in the tournament. He became only the second batsman to score four fifties in a single edition of World T20 after Australia’s Matthew Hayden who did so in the inaugural edition in 2007. 4  Kumar Sangakkara became fourth player to aggregate 25000 run...

1  First time South Africa failed to defend a 170-plus total in T20Is  (Also Read:  Report: SF: India vs South Africa – WT20 2014  ) 3  Number of times two Asian teams have reached the final of a World T20 event. In 2007, India and Pakistan made it to the final, whereas in 2009, Pakistan and Sri Lanka fought it out for the ultimate prize. 6.81  Percent – Kohli’s dot-percentage in the match – 3 dots out of 44. This is the lowest for any player playing more than 30 balls in an innings. 7  Number of consecutive matches won by India in the T20 format – only England and Ireland have enjoyed longer winning streaks (8 matches each). 10  Number of times MS Dhoni has remained not out in a chase in T20Is; the most for any batsman. 80  Virat Kohli’s average in chases in T20Is – the highest for any batsman with at least 10 innings. 176  India’s total – second highest successful chase by any side in a semi-final/final of the World T20, after Aust...

4 for 11  - R Ashwin’s figures in the match. These are the best by an Indian bowler in a Twenty20 International. Ashwin obliterated Harbhajan Singh’s 4/12 against England in 2012.  (Also Read:  Report: India vs Australia – WT20 2014  ) 6  Number of consecutive wins for India – their longest winning streak in Twenty20 Internationals. India had won five matches on the trot in 2007. 8  Number of 50s Yuvraj has scored in Twenty20 Internationals – most by an Indian. He was earlier tied with Gautam Gambhir and Rohit Sharma with seven half-centuries. 9  Number of boundaries (fours and/or sixes) hit by Yuvraj in the match. The whole Australian team managed only eight! 61.75  Yuvraj’s batting average in Twenty20 Internationals against Australia – highest for any batsman playing five innings or more. 73  Margin of victory for India – their second biggest in Twenty20 Internationals, after their 90-run win over England at Colombo RPS in 2012...

90.90  India’s winning percentage while chasing a target of under 140 – 10 wins in 11 games. Their only loss came against South Africa at Nottingham in 2009.  (Also Read:  Report: Bangladesh vs India – WT20 2014  ) 70.66  Virat Kohli’s average in chases in T20Is – highest for any batsman playing 10 innings. Australia’s Michael Hussey is a distant second with 52.62 15  Number of consecutive tosses MS Dhoni has won in international cricket across different formats. 13  Runs scored by Bangladesh in the first over of match – equals the most India have conceded in first over of a Twenty20 International. They had also done so against South Africa at Johannesburg and also against Pakistan at Colombo (RPS) in 2012. 3  The Rohit Sharma-Virat Kohli pair becomes only the third duo in T20Is to put on century partnerships in back-to-back matches. Others are: Kenya’s David Obuya and Steve Tikolo; and New Zealand’s Martin Guptill and Brendon McCullum. 1 ...

127  Number of stumpings effected by MS Dhoni in all international cricket. He now shares the record for most stumpings in international cricket with Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara.  (Also Read:  Report: India vs West Indies – WT20 2014  ) 103.03  Chris Gayle’s strike-rate in the match – his second worst while facing 25 or more balls in an innings in Twenty20 Internationals. Interestingly, his worst (78.57) also came against India when he scored 22 off 28 balls at Lord’s in 2009. 16  Number of dot balls bowled by Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the match – most by any bowler in a three-over spell in Twenty20 Internationals. He now shares the record with Ireland’s Alex Cusack and South Africa’s Dale Steyn. 2  Number of batsmen who scored 50s in the Indian innings – Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. This provided only the third instance of two Indian batsmen scoring 50s together in the same innings in a T20I. 1  Amit Mishra became the first Indian to win Man o...

In the format where spinners prefer to contain the flow of runs by bowling a flat trajectory, Amit Mishra is a rare exception. The leg-spinner has achieved recent success in the Twenty20 format by sticking to his attacking instincts, which is to bowl to pick wickets. (Also Read: Stats Highlights: India vs Pakistan – WT20 2014 ) "I am not afraid of flighting the ball because I always think about taking wickets and not restricting the batsmen,” Mishra said after bowling India to a win against Pakistan in Mirpur. “I believe you can never succeed trying to stop the flow of runs instead of trying to take wickets. If you try to take wickets, you can put pressure on the batsman," Mishra said after his Man of the Match winning performance of 4-1-22-2 in India’s first game of the World Twenty20. (Also Read: Report: India vs Pakistan – WT20 2014 ) Mishra said his belief also got the approval from his captain, who encouraged him to bowl to his strengths. "The cap...

0 India have never lost to Pakistan in a World Cup match. They have won all four encounters in World T20 and all five in ODI World Cup. So, the Men in Blue are now 9-0 against their archrivals in World Cup competition. (Also Read: Report: India vs Pakistan – WT20 2014 ) 2 Number of times Suresh Raina has taken three catches in a Twenty20 International match. He now joins Ross Taylor as the only other fielder to do so more than once. (Also Read: I always think about taking wickets: Amit Mishra ) 4 Number of times Kamran Akmal has been dismissed run-out in T20Is. Two of them have come against India, making him the first batsman to suffer this fate. His brother Umar holds the Pakistani record with 5 run-outs. 33 Number of wickets taken by Saeed Ajmal in World T20. With this he equalled Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga’s tally of most wickets in the tournament. 1011  Number of days after which Amit Mishra appeared in a Twenty20 International. He made his T20I d...

India opened their account in the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 with a seven-wicket win over archrivals Pakistan in their opening game of the tournament. In the Group 2 encounter, the Indian bowlers set up the game in their team’s favour by restricting Pakistan to 130 for seven. And later, following a 54-run opening stand between Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina took India across the line with a 66-run unbroken partnership. (Also Read: Stats Highlights: India vs Pakistan – WT20 2014 ) Opting to field first, MS Dhoni opened the bowling with Ravichandran Ashwin. India went into the game armed with the spin trio of Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Amit Mishra, to complement the pace of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammed Shami. The spinners proved to be economical as India restricted Pakistan to a modest total. (Also Read: I always think about taking wickets: Amit Mishra ) Pakistan were on 115 for six till the 19th over. But Sohaib Maqsood unleashed h...

India clinched a 20-run win against England at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur in their second warm-up game before the 2014 ICC World T20. A quick-fire 54 by Suresh Raina and 74* by Virat Kohli helped set up the game in India’s favour. The duo took their team to 178 for four after the England pacers left India floundering on 39 for three.   (Also Read:  Report: India vs Sri Lanka, WT20 Warm-up, 2014 ) Earlier, after being inserted to bat first, the opening pair of Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan returned to the hut early in the innings. Yuvraj Singh was the next to depart, trying to pull the ball as it took the edge and was caught by the wicketkeeper.   (Also Read:  Results: ICC T20 World Cup Warm-up Matches, 2014 ) Raina then joined Kohli in reviving the innings. Both batsmen took the opposition bowlers head on with an 81-run partnership. After scoring 41 in the previous outing, Raina continued his good run as he belted the ball all across...

Back in Bangladesh for the ICC World T20, India lost their first warm-up match of the tournament to Sri Lanka by five runs at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur. Ravichandran Ashwin claimed three for 22, while Suresh Raina scored 41 off 31 balls in the encounter. (Also Read:  Results: ICC T20 World Cup Warm-up Matches, 2014 ) Earlier, opting to field first, India restricted Sri Lanka to 153 for six in 20 overs. The Indian spinners struck at regular intervals to keep the SL line-up in check. Ravichandran Ashwin picked three wickets, while Amit Mishra and Suresh Raina claimed one each. Varun Aaron, who gave India their first breakthrough by dismissing Kusal Perera, was the only Indian pacer to get a wicket. Mishra then caught Mahela Jayawardene off his on bowling to leave SL on 65 for two. In the next over, Ashwin followed up with the wicket of Tillakaratne Dilshan without a run being added to the scorecard. And 12 runs later, Kumar Sangakkara was castled by Raina. Ab...

Results: World T20 Matches, 2013/14 1st Match, First Round Group A: Bangladesh v Afghanistan at Dhaka - Mar 16, 2014 Afghanistan 72 (17.1/20 ov); Bangladesh 78/1 (12/20 ov) Bangladesh won by 9 wickets (with 48 balls remaining) 2nd Match, First Round Group A: Hong Kong v Nepal at Chittagong - Mar 16, 2014 Nepal 149/8 (20/20 ov); Hong Kong 69 (17/20 ov) Nepal won by 80 runs 3rd Match, First Round Group B: Ireland v Zimbabwe at Sylhet - Mar 17, 2014 Zimbabwe 163/5 (20/20 ov); Ireland 164/7 (20/20 ov) Ireland won by 3 wickets (with 0 balls remaining) 4th Match, First Round Group B: Netherlands v United Arab Emirates at Sylhet - Mar 17, 2014 United Arab Emirates 151 (19.5/20 ov); Netherlands 152/4 (18.5/20 ov) Netherlands won by 6 wickets (with 7 balls remaining) 5th Match, First Round Group A: Afghanistan v Hong Kong at Chittagong - Mar 18, 2014 Hong Kong 153/8 (20/20 ov); Afghanistan 154/3 (18/20 ov)(18.5/20 ov) Afghanistan won by 7 wickets (with 12 balls r...

As he prepares to lead Team India to the 2014 World Twenty20, MS Dhoni is confident the IPL experience will come in handy to his players. Despite not having played a T20I since October 2013, Dhoni is not worried about the lack of practice in the shortest format. (Also Read:  India Squad for ICC T20 World Cup 2014 ) "Most of the teams, if you see, don't play a lot of T20s," Dhoni said in Dhaka in his first press conference ahead of the tournament. "Especially with the kind of schedule we have, I don't think we'll be able to accommodate more than one or two T20s [per series]. That is something that I will always face. "At the same time, we have got the IPL where we have played with the best players and the standard there is as high as international standards so that really amounts to the experience we need."  (Also Read:  ICC World T20, Bangladesh 2014 - Schedule and Fixtures ) "We will be playing two warm-up matches (against Sri Lanka and E...