2017 ICC Champions Trophy (Semifinal): India vs Bangladesh - Match Stats 1

After beating Bangladesh by nine wickets, India reached the final of 2017 ICC Champions Trophy. India decided to bowl first after winning the toss at Edgbaston in Birmingham. Bangladesh managed to score 264/7 at the end of 50 overs.

In reply, India comfortably chased down the target in 40.1 overs after losing only one wicket.

Brief Scores: Bangladesh – 264/7 in 50 overs (Tamim Iqbal 70, Mushfiqur Rahim 61, Kedar Jadhav 2/22)

India – 265/1 in 40.1 overs (Rohit Sharma 123*, Virat Kohli 96*, Mashrafe Mortaza 1/29)

Result – India won by nine wickets

Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match

  1. Bangladesh batsmen Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim put up a brilliant 123-runs partnership for the 3rd wicket. It is Bangladesh’s second highest ODI partnership for any wicket against India. Their record ODI partnership against India is 133 runs between Anamul Haque and Mushfiqur Rahim for the 2nd wicket at Fatullah on 26th February 2014.

 

  1. After dismissing Bangladeshi batsman Shakib Al Hasan, Ravindra Jadeja becomes the most wicket taker for India in the ICC Champions Trophy history. It was Jadeja’s 16th wicket in this tournament history, while the previous record was 15 wickets by former Indian pacer Zaheer Khan.

 

  1. Bangladesh was awarded five penalty runs during their innings. It is the second time in the ICC Champions Trophy history when a team is awarded five penalty runs. The first such incident was between Sri Lanka and Pakistan at Colombo (RPS) on 12th September 2002, where Pakistan received five penalty runs during their innings.

 

  1. Indian batsman Shikhar Dhawan becomes the most runs scorer for India in the ICC Champions Trophy history. At the end of the match, Shikhar Dhawan had scored already 680 runs in the ICC Champions Trophy history. Through this innings, Dhawan surpassed former Indian batsman Sourav Ganguly who had scored total 665 runs in the ICC Champions Trophy history.

 

  1. During this match, Indian cricketer Virat Kohli (8,008 runs) completed his 8,000 ODI runs. It was Kohli’s 175th ODI innings, which means Kohli becomes the fastest batsman to score 8,000 ODI runs (according to the no. of ODI innings). Kohli broke the record of AB de Villiers (South Africa) who had achieved this feat in his 182 ODI innings.

 

  1. Indian batsmen Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli put a splendid unbroken 178-runs partnership for the 2nd wicket. It is India’s second highest partnership for any wicket in the ICC Champions Trophy history. India’s record partnership in this tournament history is 192 runs for the 1st wicket between Virender Sehwag and Sourav Ganguly against England at Colombo (RPS) on 22nd September 2002.

Also, the unbroken 178-runs partnership is the joint second highest 2nd wicket partnership for any team in the ICC Champions Trophy history.

 

  1. India successfully chased down the target of 265 runs (265/1). In the 50-over ODI history, it is the highest successfully chased by any team at Edgbaston (Birmingham). The previous highest successful chase in this list was 260 runs by England (262/4 in 46.3 overs) against Australia on 21st September 2004.

 

  1. India won this match by nine wickets. It is the largest victory (by wickets) for India in the ICC Champions Trophy history.