In their first match of the Asia Cup, India beat Pakistan by five wickets. India had to face defeat against Pakistan on this ground 308 days ago today. Where India's team could not take a single wicket from Pakistan.
At the same time, today India sent the entire team of Pakistan to the pavilion. The star of today's match was Hardik Pandya, who not only took three wickets but also added 33 crucial runs and led the team to victory by hitting a six.
17 Historical Records Made In Ind Vs Pak Asia Cup 2022 Match
1. Virat Kohli played his 100th T20I match today.
2. Virat Kohli completes 300 fours in T20I cricket.
3. For the first time 10 wickets of 10 were taken by India's fast bowlers against Pakistan.
4. Bhuvneshwar Kumar's spell was the best spell by any Indian bowler in T20Is against Pakistan. He took 4 wickets for 26 runs.
5. Today Pakistan's debutant Naseem Shah dismissed KL Rahul for a golden duck.
6. This was the fifth time in T20Is that KL Rahul was dismissed for a golden duck. As an opener, only Rohit Sharma (6) has been dismissed for golden ducks more times than him.
7. Hardik Pandya is the only Indian player to take 3 wickets more than once against Pakistan in the T20 format.
8. Highest T20I wicket-taker by openers
42 - Tim Southee
39 - Bhuvneshwar Kumar *
35 - Shakib Al Hasan
30 - Nuwan Kulasekara
Today Bhuvneshwar dismissed the opener for the 39th time.
9. Fakhar Zaman completed his 450 fours in international cricket.
10. Mohammad Rizwan completed 4000 runs in international cricket.
11. Bhuvneshwar Kumar has become the highest wicket-taker (9) for India against Pakistan in T20Is.
12. Bhuvneshwar Kumar has become the bowler with the most number of four-wicket hauls for India in T20Is. Today he took the four-wicket haul for the fourth time.
13. Highest 30+ scores for India in T20Is
45 - Virat Kohli *
45 - Rohit Sharma
28 - Shikhar Dhawan
24 - KL Rahul
24 - Suresh Raina
Today Virat Kohli has equaled Rohit Sharma.
14. This was Rohit Sharma's 30th win in his 36 T20I matches.
15. This was Rohit Sharma's sixth consecutive win in the Asia Cup as captain.
16. Hardik Pandya has equaled Mahendra Singh Dhoni in hitting most sixes in T20Is in the death overs for India.
17. Rohit Sharma has so far played three matches against Pakistan as a captain. India has won all three matches.