On Saturday (22nd June), India managed a thrilling 11-run victory against Afghanistan at Southampton in the match 28 of the 2019 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup.
After winning the toss, India scored 224/8 in 50 overs. In reply, Afghanistan was bundled out for 213 runs.
Brief Scores: India – 224/8 in 50 overs (Virat Kohli 67, Kedar Jadhav 52; Mohammad Nabi 2/33)
Afghanistan – 213 in 49.5 overs (Mohammad Nabi 52, Rahmat Shah 36; Mohammed Shami 4/40)
Result – India won by 11 runs
Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match:
(Teams’ stats)
India
i) India scored 224/8 in 50 overs.
- It is the lowest total for India in Cricket World Cup history when they batted the full 50 overs. Their previous lowest total was 227/6 (50 overs) against Pakistan at Manchester on 8th June 1999.
ii) India successfully defended their first innings total of 224/8 (50 overs).
- In the Cricket World Cup history, it is India’s second-lowest defended total on the England soil. Their lowest defended total in this list is 183 against West Indies at Lord’s on 25th June 1983.
- It is India’s fifth lowest defended total in Cricket World Cup history.
iii) India won this match by 11 runs.
- It is India’s smallest victory margin (by runs) in their Cricket World Cup history. Their previous smallest victory record was winning by 16 runs against New Zealand at Bengaluru on 14th October 1987.
iv) It was India’s 50th victory in Cricket World Cup.
- India is the third team to win 50 matches in Cricket World Cup. Australia (won 67 matches) and New Zealand (won 52 matches) were the first two teams to win 50 matches in CWC history.
Afghanistan
i) Afghanistan scored 213 runs (49.5 overs).
- It is the third highest total for Afghanistan in Cricket World Cup. Their top two highest totals in this list are 247/8 (50 overs) against England (at Manchester on 18th June 2019) and 232 (49.4 overs) against Sri Lanka (at Dunedin on 22nd February 2015).
ii) Afghanistan lost this match by 11 runs.
- It is the smallest defeat margin (by runs) for Afghanistan in Cricket World Cup. Their previous record was losing by 34 runs (DLS method) against Sri Lanka at Cardiff on 4th June 2019.
(Players’ stats)
Virat Kohli
i) Indian captain Virat Kohli scored 67 runs. It was his third consecutive 50+ score in this Cricket World Cup.
- Only second Indian captain to score three consecutive fifty-plus scores in a Cricket World Cup edition. Mohammad Azharuddin was the first Indian captain to play three consecutive fifty-plus scores in a CWC edition (in 1992).
MS Dhoni
i) By the end of this match, MS Dhoni has made 140 List A stumpings.
- It is the most List A stumpings for a wicketkeeper. During this match, MS Dhoni surpassed Moin Khan who made 139 stumpings in his List A career.
ii) Indian wicketkeeper MS Dhoni has made seven stumpings in Cricket World Cup.
- It is the most stumpings for an Indian wicketkeeper in Cricket World Cup history. During this match, Dhoni surpassed Kiran More’s six CWC stumpings record.
- It is the joint second most stumpings for a wicketkeeper in Cricket World Cup history. Adam Gilchrist (Australia) and Moin Khan (Pakistan) also made seven stumpings in CWC history. The record holder is Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) with 13 CWC stumpings.
Mohammed Shami
i) Indian pacer Mohammed Shami managed a brilliant hat-trick in the end after picking up the last three wickets in three consecutive deliveries.
- It was the first hat-trick in the ongoing 2019 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup.
- It was the second hat-trick by an Indian bowler in Cricket World Cup history. Chetan Sharma was the first Indian as well as the first bowler to claim a hat-trick in CWC history (against New Zealand at Nagpur on 31st October 1987).
- Mohammed Shami is the fourth Indian bowler to claim an ODI hat-trick. The first three Indian bowlers to achieve this feat were Chetan Sharma (against New Zealand at Nagpur on 31st October 1987), Kapil Dev (against Sri Lanka at Kolkata on 4th January 1991) and Kuldeep Yadav (against Australia at Kolkata on 21st September 2017)
- It was the tenth hat-trick in Cricket World Cup history.
ii) Mohammed Shami had the bowling figures of 9.5-1-40-4.
- It is the second best bowling figures by an Indian bowler against Afghanistan in ODI history. The record is 10-1-30-4 by the left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja at Dhaka on 5th March 2014.