Stats highlights from the Champions Trophy match between Pakistan and India in Dubai
Sampath Bandarupalli23-Feb-20256-0 — India’s head-to-head record in completed ODIs against Pakistan since the 2017 Champions Trophy final after the six-wicket win in Dubai.158 — Catches taken by Virat Kohli in ODIs, the most as a non-wicketkeeper for India, going ahead of Mohammad Azharuddin’s 156. Kohli ranks third in the overall ODI list, with Mahela Jayawardene (218) and Ricky Ponting (160) ahead of him.287 — Innings Kohli needed to complete 14,000 ODI runs, the quickest to get there. Sachin Tendulkar, who got there in 350 innings, was the previous fastest, while Kumar Sangakkara is the third in the list — he needed 378 innings.Related
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147 — Dot balls in Pakistan’s innings of 241 against India in Dubai — a similar pattern from their previous match against New Zealand, where they played 161 dots in 47.2 overs.But there was not much of a gap between Pakistan and India on the dot-ball front: Pakistan’s innings had 49.33% dot balls, while India’s had 47.84%.However, India outscored Pakistan with boundaries: 42.62% of India’s total was scored through boundaries, while Pakistan had 30.71%.43 — Runs conceded by Shaheen Afridi in the powerplay on Sunday, the most he has conceded in the first ten overs of an ODI innings. Shubman Gill alone scored 33 off those in the 25 balls he faced, with seven fours.4.33 — Run rate during the partnership of 104 between Saud Shakeel and Mohammad Rizwan, which came off 24 overs. It is the lowest scoring rate in a century stand for Pakistan in men’s ODIs since March 2014.53.1 — Overs bowled by India in the middle overs (11-40) in this Champions Trophy before taking a wicket in this phase — Rizwan at 33.2. India failed to take a wicket during the middle overs in their previous match against Bangladesh. The average runs conceded per wicket by India in the middle overs of this Champions Trophy is 85.66, much poorer than the 16 wickets at 25.87 in the middle overs during the recent three-ODI series against England.
12 — Consecutive ODIs in which India have lost the toss. The previous time they won the toss in an ODI was against New Zealand in the semi-final of the 2023 men’s ODI World Cup. This is the longest streak of lost tosses for any team in men’s ODIs, surpassing Netherlands’ 11-match run between 2011 and 2013.Rohit Sharma was captain for nine of the twelve tosses, while KL Rahul was captain for the other three.6 — Number of players to score 9000 ODI runs as an opening batter, including Rohit. He is the quickest of the six, having got there in 181 innings, ahead of Tendulkar’s 197.
