Asia Cup T20: Bangladesh v Pakistan – Statistical Highlights

Hosts Bangladesh entered into the finals of the Asia Cup T20 after a close win against Pakistan. After electing to bat first, Pakistan found themselves in trouble losing 4 wickets for just 28 runs on the board. However, Sarfraz Ahmed and Shoaib Malik’s knocks helped them reach a respectable total of 129/7.

Bangladesh got off to a decent start with Soumya Sarkar scoring well as they were placed at 65/2 at the end of 10th over. But some tight bowling from Pakistan bowlers brought the equation down to 18 needing from last 2 overs. A couple of no-balls from Mohammad Sami in the penultimate over helped the hosts to relieve from the pressure of scoring in the final over. Mahmudullah’s boundary in the end sealed a 5-wicket win for his side. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the game.

1 – Shahid Afridi became the first Pakistani captain to record a duck in international cricket against Bangladesh.

2.66 – Bangladesh’s win/loss ratio in international cricket at home since November 2014, the 3rd best ratio for any other team who has played at least 10 home games in this period.

3 – This is the 3rd time Bangladesh have made into finals of a tournament. They played vs Sri Lanka in tri-series final in 2009 and vs Pakistan in 2012 Asia Cup finals. Interestingly, both the earlier tournaments were also hosted by Bangladesh.

3/25 – Al-Amin Hossain’s 3/25 is now the best bowling figures for a Bangladeshi against Pakistan in T20Is and the joint 2nd best in Pakistan-Bangladesh T20Is.

4 – Number of times Shahid Afridi got out for a duck as captain in T20Is. Joint most by any other player.

5 – Bangladesh now has defeated Pakistan in 5 consecutive limited overs matches.

8 – Number of times Shahid Afridi got out on duck in T20Is. Only 2 other players have more ducks in T20Is than Afridi.

16.48 – Average runs scored by Pakistan’s top 3 in T20Is after World T20 in 2014. Among 19 teams, Pakistan’s top 3 average in T20Is during this period is 3rd worst after Nepal’s 8.66 and PNG’s 12.17.

20 – Runs conceded by Bangladesh in the powerplay. These are the fewest they have conceded in a T20I game. Earlier in 2015, Bangladesh conceded 23 runs against Zimbabwe in a T20I.

34 – Runs scored by Pakistan after 10 overs, the fewest they have scored at the end of 10th over in a T20I game. Earlier in 2014, Pakistan scored 35 runs against West Indies in WT20 also at Dhaka.

48 – Soumya Sarkar’s 48 is his highest score in T20I cricket.

129 – Pakistan’s total of 129/7 is their lowest score in T20Is against Bangladesh.