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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. source: bcci.tv For the latest  India Cr

India Women registered their first win of the ICC World T20, 2014 with a 79-run win over Bangladesh Women at the Sylhet Stadium in Bangladesh. A magnificent 77-run whirlwind knock by Harmanpreet Kaur helped India set Bangladesh a challenging target in the match. The Jhulan Goswami-led attack then strengthened the team’s position by dealing early blows. Goswami and Shubhlakshmi Sharma claimed three wickets each to hold Bangladesh to 72 for eight to claim a comprehensive victory.  (Also Read:  Report: England vs India (Women), WT20, 2014 ) Electing to bat, Mithali Raj and Harmanpreet Kaur got the India off to a flying start with a 107-run opening stand. Kaur joined Raj, who has been in good form, and joined in milking the opposition bowlers as they laid the foundation for India. Raj set the tone of the game with couple of boundaries off Jahanara Alam in the second over. Boundaries came at frequent intervals as the pair kept the scoreboard ticking. It was only when the innings was app

India registered their fourth consecutive win in the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 with a 73-run victory over Australia. The Indian bowlers skittled the opposition out for 86 after Yuvraj Singh’s 60 off 61 balls helped them to a challenging total. Chasing 160, the Australians perished miscuing shots while taking the aerial route. Indian spinners fashioned Australia’s collapse. Ravichandran Ashwin starred with a four-wicket haul as India coasted to a win in their last league game.  (Also Read:  Stats Highlights: India vs Australia – WT20 2014  ) Earlier, opting to field first, George Bailey opened the bowling with spin from both ends. Rohit Sharma, who took first strike, began the proceedings with a boundary to deep square-leg off Brad Hodge. But two balls later, he was back to the dugout after handing a catch to point. Virat Kohli then joined Ajinkya Rahane in the middle. Rahane had replaced Shikhar Dhawan in the team, while Mohit Sharma got his T20I debut.  Kohli took off from wher

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  For the first time since 2007, India have

With a comprehensive eight-wicket win over Bangladesh, India posted their third consecutive win in the 2014 ICC World T20. The Indian spinners responded to their captain’s call by restricting Bangladesh to 138 for seven after MS Dhoni opted to field first.     (Also Read:  Stats Highlights: Bangladesh vs India – WT20 2014  ) While Ravichandran Ashwin (2/15) applied the breaks at the top, India’s man of the moment, Amit Mishra (3/26), spun a web around the Bangladesh batsmen later in the innings. Unfortunately, both spinners missed out on hat-tricks. Rohit Sharma (56) and Virat Kohli (56*) then helped India to an easy victory.  Earlier, with 13 runs off Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the first over, the Bangladesh openers had got their team off a good start despite Ashwin’s miserly bowling at the other end. Tamim Iqbal picked a boundary through the slips, while Anamul Haque sent the pacer through the covers and claimed four runs to deep square leg. The beating forced Dhoni to replace Bhuvnesh

India Women lost their second consecutive match of the ICC World T20, to England Women by five wickets. While captain Mithali Raj scored a half-century, the rest of the batting line-up succumbed to Anya Shrubsole and Jenny Gunn without much resistance. Chasing the 96-run target, England got across the line with 11 balls to spare.  (Also Read:  Report: India vs Sri Lanka (Women), WT20, 2014 ) The wicket of India opener Smriti Mandhana, in the third over with just eight runs on the board, set the tone for the game. Shrubsole and Gunn wrecked the Indian line-up and restricted them to 95 for nine, after Raj opted to bat first. 57 of the 95 runs that India posted were scored by the captain, who opens the batting for her side. In fact, India's first run came off a wide as the Women in Blue continued to struggle to keep the scoreboard ticking. While the skipper scored at over run-a-ball, she received no support from the other end. With a contribution of 11 runs, Sravanthi Naidu was th

India Women lost their opening match of 2014 ICC World Twenty20 to Sri Lanka Women by 22 runs at the Sylhet Stadium. Chasing 129 runs, the Mithali Raj-led side succumbed to the SL attack and was restricted to 106 for nine by them.  (Also Read:  Report: India vs Ireland (Women), WT20 Warm-up, 2014 ) Earlier, SL Women posted 128 for eight, courtesy a 43-run knock by opener Chamari Atapattu and a 29-ball 34 by Eshani Kaushalya. Opting to bat first, SL lost Yashoda Mendis in the second over with just 14 runs on the board. Gouher Sultana provided India with their first breakthrough early in the innings, while Soniya Dabir followed up with the wicket of Deepika Rasangika nine runs later. Shashikala Siriwardene was caught by Shikha Pandey off her own bowling after contributing just five runs to the total.  (Also Read:  Report: New Zealand vs India (Women), WT20 Warm-up, 2014 ) Kaushalya then joined Atapattu in the middle and the pair took the team to 83, before the opener was castled by H

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 of Match awards in back-to-back matches

The opposition was different but the script remained similar for India as they cantered to their second victory in the 2014 ICC World T20. After the spinners restricted West Indies to 130 runs, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli took India to a seven-wicket win at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Mirpur. Unbeaten on 62, Rohit anchored the innings to attain the target with two balls to spare.    (Also Read:  Stats Highlights: India vs West Indies – WT20 2014  ) Once again, MS Dhoni opted to field first, and his spin attack once again responded by keeping the defending champions to a modest total, after Bhuvneshwar Kumar posed questions early on. The wiry pacer bowled a superb initial spell of 3-0-3-0.  After surviving a chance while on the zero, Chris Gayle unleashed himself on Shami. He pulled the pacer over mid-wicket for six and then sent him racing for four in the same area. While Dwayne Smith struggled, the big-hitting opener kept the scoreboard moving. He also struck Amit Mishra for