Skipper Virat Kohli’s gritty half-century and India’s incisive bowling performance powered India to a comprehensive 125-run win over West Indies on Thursday, all but assuring them of a spot in the World Cup semi-finals.
Kohli top-scored with 72 to help set up his team’s total of 268/7 in 50 overs after electing to bat first at Manchester’s Old Trafford.
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The Indian bowlers, led by paceman Mohammed Shami, then dismissed West Indies for 143 in 34.2 overs to end the West Indies’ hopes of progressing.
India, who have displaced England as the top-ranked One-Day International team, remain the only unbeaten side in the tournament and need just one victory from their remaining three league games to guarantee a semi-finals berth.
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West Indies joined Afghanistan and South Africa as the three teams to bow out of the race for the final four so far.
Thursday’s match saw several records tumble and it also threw up some incredible numbers. From Virat Kohli becoming the fastest to 20,000 international runs to West Indies carrying on an embarrassing losing streak, there were many interesting statistics that came out from match No 34 of this 12th edition of the ICC World Cup.
Here are all of the stats and numbers:
Virat Kohli is the first Indian captain to win his first five matches in the World Cup.#INDvWI #INDvsWI #CWC19
— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) June 27, 2019
Best figures for Ind vs WI in ODIs
— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) June 27, 2019
4/16 M Shami Manchester 2019 *
3/12 M Amarnath Lord's 1983
3/26 R Shastri Manchester 1983
3/26 Zaheer Khan Chennai 2011#CWC19 #WIvIND
72 runs in this game are the fewest scored by Virat Kohli when he was the Player of Match award in an ODI. Previous lowest - 77* vs England in Ranchi, 2013. #WIvIND #CWC19
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) June 27, 2019
India's winning margin of 125 runs
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) June 27, 2019
- their fourth largest against WI in ODIs
- WI's third largest defeat in ODI WCs#WIvIND
#ViratKohli
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) June 27, 2019
- 1st Indian captain to win 10 consecutive ODIs outside home.
- 1st Indian captain to win 10 consecutive ODIs outside Asia.#WIvIND #CWC19 #TeamIndia
West Indies now becomes the 3rd side after Afg & SAf to be out of the reckoning for the #CWC19 SF spot.
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) June 27, 2019
This means since winning b2b titles in 1975/1979 and reaching #CWC final in 1983, WI, in last 9 editions, has managed to reach SFs just once-in 1996!#CWC2019#IndvsWI#IndvWI
Most wickets taken by a bowler in first 9 World Cup matches:@MdShami11 - 25
— Arun Gopalakrishnan (@statanalyst) June 27, 2019
Lasith Malinga - 24
Mitchell Starc - 23
Imran Tahir - 23
Trent Boult - 22#CWC19 #WIvIND
Fewest runs scored in first powerplay (10 overs) in #CWC19:
— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) June 27, 2019
29-2 WI v Ind
30-2 NZ v WI
32-1 WI v Ban
34-2 SA v Ind
34-1 Ind v SA#INDvsWI
Mohammad Shami is now the leading wicket-taker (25) for India in ODIs this year.#WIvIND
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) June 27, 2019
WI opening partnerships in #CWC19
— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) June 27, 2019
36 v Pak Nottingham
7 v Aus Nottingham
4 v Eng Southampton
6 v Ban Taunton
3 v NZ Manchester
10 v Ind Manchester#WIvIND #MenInMaroon
MS Dhoni today:
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) June 27, 2019
First 45 balls : 26 runs (SR - 57.78)
Next 16 balls : 30 runs (SR - 187.50)#WIvIND
MS Dhoni's 50-plus scores in ODI World Cups:
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) June 27, 2019
v Sri Lanka, Mumbai, 2011
v Zimbabwe, Auckland, 2015
v Australia, Sydney, 2015
v West Indies, Manchester, 2019*#WIvIND
46 - Jason Holder has bowled 46 dot balls today against India; the most recorded by a bowler in a single #CWC19 match. Tight. #WIvIND pic.twitter.com/4Ozf1Ew2k1
— OptaJim (@OptaJim) June 27, 2019
Fabian Allen:
— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) June 27, 2019
First five overs: 34 runs (ER 6.80)
Last five overs: 18 runs (ER 3.60)
vs Dhoni: 9 runs off 19 balls#WIvIND #CWC19
Decisions overturned in WC 2019 each team
— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) June 27, 2019
8 WI
3 SA/ Ind
2 Eng/ Afg
1 Aus/ SL/ Pak/ NZ
0 Ban#WIvIND #CWC19 #MenInMaroon
Four consecutive 50+ scores in WC (India)
— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) June 27, 2019
Navjyot Sidhu (1987)
Sachin Tendulkar (1996 & 2003)#ViratKohli (2019)
Kohli's last four inngs: 82, 77, 67 & 50*#CWC19 #WIvIND
Most consecutive fifty-plus scores by a captain in the World Cup:
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) June 27, 2019
4 - Graeme Smith, 2007
4* - Aaron Finch, 2019
4* - VIRAT KOHLI, 2019#WIvIND #CWC19
Virat Kohli third captain in #CWC history to register four consecutive 50+ scores after Graeme Smith (in 2007) and Aaron Finch (2019*).#CWC19#CWC2019#IndvWI#IndvsWI
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) June 27, 2019
Fewest inngs to 20K international runs
— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) June 27, 2019
417 #ViratKohli
453 S Tendulkar/ B Lara
464 R Ponting
483 AB de Villiers
491 J Kallis
492 R Dravid#WIvIND #CWC19 #TeamIndia
Run rates in overs 1-10 in #CWC19
— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) June 27, 2019
6.63 #LionsRoar
5.48 #RiseOfTheTigers
5.34 #WeAreEngland
5.10 #CmonAussie
5.14 #MenInMaroon
5.07 #WeHaveWeWill
5.02 #BackTheBlackCaps
4.57 #AfghanAtalan
4.32 #TeamIndia
4.01 #ProteaFire #INDvWI #WIvIND
India have scored exactly four boundaries in the first ten overs in four of their five matches. Only against Pakistan did they hit more (7). #CWC19 #WIvInd
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) June 27, 2019
[Inputs from AFP]