WORLD T20 2016

MS Dhoni surpasses numerous landmarks in India's one-run win over Bangladesh

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India beat Bangladesh by one run in Bengaluru © Cricbuzz

MS Dhoni's men prevailed over the spirited Bangladesh side in the Group 2 encounter at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Wednesday (March 23). It couldn't have gotten closer as India snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. Hardik Pandya kept his cool in the last three balls to help India stay afloat in the competition. Here are few numbers from the game:

-India have beaten Bangladesh in all the five head-to-head encounters in Twenty20 Internationals. This match, however, was by far the closest finish.

- This is the fourth time a team has won a match by one run in World T20s. India is the only team to do it twice. They also beat South Africa by one run at Colombo (RPS) in 2012.

- 146 is the lowest total successfully defended by India in T20Is. Previous lowest was 152 against South Africa at Colombo (RPS) in 2012. The victory margin in both games were one run.

- India has now won all their six games on the festive day of 'Holi'. They previously played five One-Day Internationals (ODIs) on Holi and won all five, including two wins in World Cups.

- Virat Kohli on Wednesday took 23 balls to hit his first boundary. It is the most he took to hit his first boundary in a T20I innings. The previous longest he has taken to hit his first boundary was 17 balls - against South Africa at Mirpur in 2014 World T20 semifinals and against Pakistan at the same venue last month.

- Wednesday's match was the second time Yuvraj that batted at number seven in a T20I. Last time he batted at seven was against Sri Lanka at Ranchi. In that match as well, India lost Pandya and Suresh Raina off the two previous balls.

-MS Dhoni became the fifth Indian to reach 1000 runs in T20Is. India, along with Pakistan, now have the most batsmen with 1000 plus runs in T20Is - five each.

1000 runs in T20Is for MS Dhoni:

+ First captain to reach the landmark

+Fourth wicketkeeper to do it after Kumar Sangakkara, Brendon McCullum and Mohammad Shahzad

+First to do it without scoring a fifty

+Third Indian after Virat Kohli and Yuvraj Singh to score over 1000 runs in all three formats for India

34 runsscored by India between overs 16-20 is their worst in World T20s where they batted all five overs. Previous worst was 35 runs against Sri Lanka in the final of 2014 World T20 in Mirpur.

- Ravichandran Ashwin has 16 wickets in the Powerplays. Samuel Badree (19 wickets) is the only spinner with more wickets in Powerplays than Ashwin.

- Ashish Nehra has not picked up a wicket in the Powerplays in the last two T20Is. In the nine T20Is before that, he took 11 wickets with at least one in every game.

- Shakib Al Hasan became the second player from Bangladesh after Tamim Iqbal to score 3000 runs in T20s. Shakib needed 185 matches and 172 innings to reach the landmark.

- Shakib's catch by Raina off Ashwin was the 10th by the duo - the most for any bowler - fielder combination in T20Is.

- 20 Most wickets for a bowler in T20Is in 2016. Ashwin, Al-Amin Hossain and Shakib are all tied with 20 wickets each.

- Aswhin has won his fourth Man of the Match award in T20Is. The only specialist spinner to win more is Ajanta Mendis of Sri Lanka - five.

- This is the fifth time Bangladesh have scored over 40 runs in the overs 16-20 in a chase in World T20. They have lost on all five occasions.

- Bangladesh remain winless against a Test playing nation in World T20s ever since they had won against West Indies in their inaugural World T20 match in 2007. They have played 16 games since against Test playing teams.

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