India vs Pakistan, Asia Cup 2022 Match 2: Stats, Records and Review

India vs Pakistan Match 1 Asia Cup 2022 ended on high notes, especially for Indian fans. Team India won the toss and elected to bowl first as per the pitch history before this match out of 14 matches 13 were won by the chasing teams.

While bowling first, the Indian pace attack did not find much help from the swing but they troubled Pakistani batsmen with short deliveries throughout the 1st innings. India restricted Pakistan to 147 runs within 19.4 overs.

India won the game with the help of Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s 4-wicket spell, all-round performances by the Hardik-Jadeja combo, and Arshdeep Singh’s 2-wicket spell as well.

Asia Cup 2022 Group A Points Table
Asia Cup 2022 Group A Points Table

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However, the Indian top order struggled a little when KL Rahul got out for a golden duck, skipper Rohit scored 12 runs from 18 balls, and Virat Kohli scored a decent knock of 35 runs in 34 balls.

Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya

Let’s have a look at the all stats and records from India and Pakistan Match 2 in Asia Cup 2022:

100: Virat Kohli appeared in his landmark 100th T20 international match. He became the first Indian and second overall after Ross Taylor to play 100 matches in all three formats.

4/26: Bhuvneshwar Kumar recorded the best bowling performance of 4/26 for India against Pakistan in T20Is. The previous best was 3/8 by Hardik Pandya in Mirpur in 2016.

1: Rohit has now smashed the most runs (3499) in T20 internationals. He went ahead of Martin Guptill’s tally of 3497 runs.

1: For the first time, the Indian pacers took all ten wickets in a T20I inning.

82: Rohit Sharma has managed to score just 82 runs in eight innings at an average of 13.66 and a strike rate of 112.32 against Pakistan.

52: Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja registered the highest 5th wicket partnership of 52 for India against Pakistan in T20I cricket.

9: Bhuvneshwar has now taken the most wickets i.e 9 for India against Pakistan in the T20I cricket. He surpassed Hardik Pandya’s seven wickets tally against Pakistan in T20I cricket.

15: Teams batting second have won 15 out of the last 16 T20I matches in Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

8: India has won 8 out of the 10 India-Pakistan T20I clashes.

2: KL Rahul registered his second golden duck in 53 T20I innings. His previous one came against Zimbabwe in Harare in the year 2016.