Thursday 20 March 2014

T20 clashes between India and Pakistan: A Statistical view

The first clash between India and Pakistan in the modern format of cricket – T20 – was in the ICC World T20 2007 at Durban, South Africa. And the match got to end with none of the teams winning! Yes, the match was tied. Bowl-Out, the decider of tied matches, was played and India won on the same basis. With this, India continued their streak of never losing to Pakistan in World Cups (both ODIs and T20Is). India also defeated Pakistan by a mere 5 runs in the final of the same tournament to lift the inaugural T2o World Cup.



Both teams once again met in the ICC World T20, this time 5 years later, in Sri Lanka in 2012. India held the upper hand once again and the result was the same which began in the 1992 World Cup. 3 months later they played a T20 bilateral series of 2 matches in India which ended in a draw 1-1.
Now, India in the way to continue their winning streak against the neighbouring oppositions and the oppositions searching for a way to end the streak, they meet in the first match of Super-10 stage of the ICC World T20 in Bangladesh.
Overall, Pakistan has a better record against India in both the other formats – Test & ODI.
Pakistan vs India: Head to Head in all formats
Format
Total Matches
Won by India
Won by Pakistan
Tied
Drawn
No-result
Tests
59
9
12
0
38
-
ODIs
126
50
72
0
-
4
T20Is
5
3
1
1
-
0

Results of the T20I matches between the teams:
Date
Venue
India
Pakistan
Result
14-Sep-07
Durban
141/9 (20)
141/7 (20)
Tied (India won the bowl-out)
24-Sep-07
Johannesburg
157/5 (20)
152/10 (19.3)
India won by 5 runs
30-Sep-12
Colombo (RPS)
129/2 (17)
128/10 (19.4)
India won by 8 wickets
25-Dec-12
Bangalore
133/9 (20)
134/5 (19.4)
Pakistan won by 5 wickets
28-Dec-12
Ahmedabad
192/5 (20)
181/7 (20)
India won by 11 runs

Man of the Match awardees:
Date
Man of the Match
Runs
Bowling
Catches
14-Sep-07
Mohammad Asif
-
4/18 (4)
-
24-Sep-07
Irfan Pathan
3* (3)
3/16 (4)
-
30-Sep-12
Virat Kohli
78* (61)
1/21 (3)
-
25-Dec-12
Mohammad Hafeez *
61 (44)
0/12 (2)
-
28-Dec-12
Yuvraj Singh
72 (36)
1/23 (2)
-
 *-Captain
Captains:
MS Dhoni has been India’s captain in all the 5 meetings between the two sides. Whereas for Pakistan, 2 matches were skippered by Shoaib Malik in the 2007 World Cup and the rest of the 3 matches in 2012 were skippered by Mohammad Hafeez.
MS Dhoni and Mohammad Hafeez will be facing each other in the super-10 match in this world cup.
Half-Centuries by batsmen:
Runs
Batsman
Fours
Sixes
Venue
Date
Result
50 (39)
Robin Uthappa
4
2
Durban
14-Sep-07
Won
53 (35)
Misbah-ul-Haq
7
1
Durban
14-Sep-07
Lost
75 (54)
Gautam Gambhir
8
2
Johannesburg
24-Sep-12
Won
78* (61)
Virat Kohli
8
2
Colombo (RPS)
30-Sep-12
Won
61 (44)
Mohammad Hafeez
6
2
Bangalore
25-Dec-12
Won
57* (50)
Shoaib Malik
3
3
Bangalore
25-Dec-12
Won
72 (36)
Yuvraj Singh
4
7
Ahmedabad
28-Dec-12
Won
55 (26)
Mohammad Hafeez
6
3
Ahmedabad
28-Dec-12
Lost

Most Sixes:
8 – Yuvraj Singh
5 – Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Hafeez
3 – Gautam Gambhir, Shoaib Malik

Most Fours:
14 – Gautam Gambhir
13 – Mohammad Hafeez
12 – Virat Kohli
9 – Ajinkya Rahane, Shoaib Malik


Best Bowling figures:

There have been only 2 4-wicket hauls between the two teams in T20Is and 7 other 3-wicket hauls.

4/18Mohammad Asif, Durban, 14 Sep 2007 (Won)
4/37Umar Gul, Ahmedabad, 28 Dec 2012 (Lost)

Economy Rates in an inning:

Best Economy Rates in an inning (Min. 3 overs)
Worst Economy Rates in an inning (Min.3 overs)
Eco
Figures
Bowler
Date
Eco
Figures
Bowler
Date
2.25
3/9 (4)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
25-Dec-12
12.0
0/36 (3)
Harbhajan Singh
24-Sep-07
4.00
3/16 (4)
Irfan pathan
24-Sep-12
11.5
1/46 (4)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
28-Dec-12
4.00
2/16 (4)
Ravichandran Ashwin
30-Sep-12
11.0
1/44 (4)
S Sreesanth
24-Sep-12
4.50
4/18 (4)
Mohammad Asif
14-Sep-07
11.0
0/44 (4)
Sohail Tanvir
28-Dec-12
4.50
1/18 (4)
Sohail Tanvir
14-Sep-07
11.0
0/33 (3)
Shahid Afridi
28-Dec-12

Top Partnerships:

There have been only one 100+ partnership in the 5 T20I matches between the two sides. It is the 106 runs stand between Hafeez and Malik for the 4th at Bangalore to successfully chase target of 133.

Yuvraj Singh/MS Dhoni’s 97-run partnership for 4th wicket at Ahmedabad is the second best partnership.

Fielding and Wicket-Keeping:

Suresh Raina, Umar Gul, Shoaib Malik and Rohit Sharma have taken 3 catches each which is the most.

In all the 5 matches between the two sides, the wicketkeepers have remained the same – MS Dhoni & Kamran Akmal. The former dismissed 7 batsmen (including a stumping) while the latter got 3 Indian batsmen dismissed, all caught.

Some Records and Milestones to aim for the players in the match:

# Indian skipper, MS Dhoni, will be looking to get a half-century as he hasn’t got one in the 43 T20I matches he has played so far. His highest score is 48* vs Australia at Sydney in Feb 2012.

# Virat Kohli needs 58 more runs to complete 8000 runs in International matches for India. Only 12 Indians have got to the feat so far.
# Shahid Afridi needs one wicket to reach 500 wickets in International cricket. Imran Khan, Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis are the only Pakistan players to reach this landmark in their career.

# Mohammad Hafeez needs three wickets to reach 200 wickets in International Cricket.

# If, India loses this match; MS Dhoni will become the Indian captain with most number of defeats in International Cricket. Currently he is tied on 90 defeats with Mohammad Hafeez.

What Next?

Pakistan have reached into Semi-Finals in each of the 4 previous editions of ICC World T20 and will be looking to begin their campaign with a win and ofcourse they will be in concern to somehow break the streak of losing to India in World Cups.

India haven’t reached the Semi-Finals since their inaugural world cup in 2007 and with West Indies and Australia being the other 2 in-form teams in the group, they will be thinking to start off the World Cup with a positive result.

And, by the way, both the teams won one and lost one of their 2 warm-up matches so far.

Pakistan’s last 5 T20Is: Lost, Won, Won, Won, Lost
India’s last 5 T20Is: Won, Won, Lost, Lost, Won

India are the only team to play less than 50 T20Is among the top 8 teams while with 78 matches, Pakistan has played the most number of matches in T20Is.

So, another classical India vs Pakistan match on the way..



Players bagging a Duck on Birthday in Tests, ODIs and T20Is

Tamim Iqbal on 20th March 2014 became the first batsman to be dismissed for a duck on his birthday in T20 Internationals.

But there are several players who bagged a duck on their birthday in Tests and ODIs.

Players bagging a Duck on Birthday in Test Cricket

Birthday #
Date
Player
For
Opp
Venue
27
26 Mar 1889
Dicky Richards
SA
Eng
Cape Town
29
16 Feb 1931
Cyril Vincent
SA
Eng
Johannesburg
30
25 Jul 1938
Bill Bowes
Eng
Aus
Leeds
34
30 Mar 1946
John Cowie
NZ
Aus
Wellington
25
31 Dec 1954
Peter May
Eng
Aus
Melbourne
25
01 Jan 1960
Ian Meckiff
Aus
Ind
Mumbai (BS)
26
21 Jun 1963
John Edrich
Eng
WI
Lord’s
27
24 Feb 1978
Derek Randall
Eng
NZ
Christchurch
26
03 Jul 1978
Wasim Raja
Pak
Eng
Leeds
29
29 Dec 1978
Syed Kirmani
Ind
WI
Kolkata
28
31 Jan 1982
Faoud Bachhus
WI
Aus
Adelaide
32
06 Apr 1988
Mudassar Nazar
Pak
WI
Georgetown
20
16 Nov 1989
Waqar Younis
Pak
Ind
Karachi
25
26 Oct 1990
Ken Rutherford
NZ
Pak
Faisalabad
38
25 Nov 1990
Imran Khan
Pak
WI
Faisalabad
27
09 Jul 1996
Venkatapathy Raju
Ind
Eng
Nottingham
31
07 Jan 2002
Travis Friend
Zim
SL
Kandy
17
10 Dec 2002
Talha Jubair
Ban
WI
Dhaka
25
23 Oct 2003
Steve Harmison
Eng
Ban
Dhaka
26
06 Dec 2003
Andrew Flintoff
Eng
SL
Galle
31
17 Dec 2005
Charl Langeveldt
SA
Aus
Perth
28
30 Jul 2010
James Anderson
Eng
Pak
Nottingham
29
23 Jun 2011
Carlton Baugh
WI
Ind
Kingston
38
16 Oct 2013
Jacques Kallis
SA
Pak
Abu Dhabi
Thanks to Aslam Siddiqui for the missed instances.

Players bagging a Duck on Birthday in ODI Cricket 


Birthday #
Date
Player
For
Opp
Venue
34
14 Jul 1978
Mark Burgess
NZ
Eng
Manchester
29
26 Jan 1983
Kim Hughes
Aus
Eng
Sydney
28
15 Apr 1986
John Bracewell
NZ
Pak
Sharjah
19
04 Nov 1986
Asif Mujtaba
Pak
WI
Gujranwala
30
03 Nov 1994
Bryan Young
NZ
Ind
Delhi
24
13 Dec 1994
Basit Ali
Pak
NZ
Port of Elizabeth
36
14 Apr 1996
Pat Symcox
SA
Ind
Sharjah
29
20 Jan 1997
Junior Murray
WI
Pak
Melbourne
23
06 Jul 2000
Makhaya Ntini
SA
SL
Galle
26
28 Feb 2001
Azhar Mahmood
Pak
NZ
Dunedin
23
27 Jan 2002
Daniel Vettori
NZ
SA
Adelaide
31
15 Sep 2002
Nathan Astle
NZ
Aus
Colombo (SSC)
28
17 Apr 2005
Dinesh Mongia
Ind
Pak
Delhi
32
25 Oct 2005
Russel Arnold
SL
Ind
Nagpur
37
09 Feb 2007
Glenn McGrath
Aus
Eng
Melbourne
25
11 Apr 2007
Ian Bell
Eng
Ban
Bridgetown
26
09 Aug 2009
Hamilton Masakadza
Zim
Ban
Bridgetown
23
05 Dec 2013
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Ind
SA
Johannesburg

Note: Mohammad Ashraful got a duck on 09 Sep 2003. According to CricketArchive, he was born on 09 Sep 1984 whereas according to Cricinfo he was born on 07 Jul 1984. 

Updated till 23 March 2014.