Asia Cup T20: Bangladesh v UAE – Statistical Highlights

Once again UAE put on a good show with the ball but it was their batting which led them down in hunt of mere targets in consecutive games in the ongoing Asia Cup at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur.

After winning the toss yet again, UAE invited Bangladesh to bat first. The hosts got off to a good start scoring 70 for the loss of 1 wicket after 9 overs. It was the UAE spinners again, who slowed down the things and picked up wickets in middle overs. Mohammad Mithun got out after scoring a 47. Mahmudullah’s blitz towards end powered Bangladesh to finish on 133/8.

The other night, the Sri Lanka captain Lasith Malinga struck early for his side, while it was Mashrafe Mortaza who gave crucial top order wickets of UAE. The associate nation kept losing wickets. Muhammad Osman top scoring with 30 helped his side to avoid their lowest T20I total. The UAE were finally bowled out for 82 without playing 20 overs, falling 52 runs short of the target. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the game.

1 – This is the first time where Bangladesh has bowled out a team in 2nd innings of a T20I.

2 – This was only the 2nd instance where captains of both the sides didn’t bat in the top 6 in a T20I match. Sri Lanka-UAE game was interestingly the first instance.

3 – This was only the 3rd instance where a team won by a margin of over 50 runs despite posting 135 or lesser while batting first. Other 2 instances were Sri Lanka winning by 59 runs after posting 119 vs New Zealand in 2014 while Pakistan defeated Bangladesh by 50 runs after scoring 135 during a T20I in 2011.

4 – Mashrafe Mortaza became the 4th full member nation captain and 7th in overall to take 3 or more catches in a T20I as fielder.

6 – Number of players before Amjad Javed have been dismissed hit wicket in T20Is.

7 – Mashrafe Mortaza became the 7th player to be dismissed for a duck in consecutive innings as captain in T20Is.

12 – Runs conceded by Mohammad Naved in his 4 overs. These are the 2nd fewest runs conceded by a bowler from an associate team against full-member nation bowling full quota of 4 overs.

27 – Amjad Javed became the 27th captain in international cricket to be dismissed hit wicket. Among the associate nations, he is only the 3rd captain to be dismissed hit wicket. When coming to T20Is, only Mohammad Hafeez got dismissed hit wicket as captain.

51 – Bangladesh’s 51-run win is their 2nd largest winning margin in terms of runs in T20Is.

63 – Runs scored by Bangladesh in their last 11 overs. They lost 7 wickets in this period.

82 – This was UAE’s 2nd lowest total in T20Is. Their lowest total in this format is 73 vs Netherlands earlier this month.

258 – Sixes hit at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur in T20Is. It became only the 2nd venue after New Wanders, Johannesburg to record 250+ sixes in T20I format.

905 – Sixes hit at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur in international cricket. It became only the 4th to record 900+ sixes in international cricket.