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India have defeated Pakistan convincingly by 228 runs in the super four stage of the match with the help of brilliant centuries from both Virat Kohli (122*) and KL Rahul (111*) respectively along with the 121-run opening stand provided by Rohit Sharma-Shubman Gill pair respectively. Kuldeep Yadav also recorded a five-wicket haul with the ball to ensure India bundled out Pakistan for a below-par score of just 128 runs.
Initially, Pakistan winning the toss invited India to bat first and they posted a total of 147/2 from 24.1 overs. Unfortunately, the game got washed out for that day and the match moved to a reserve day, where both King Kohli and KL Rahul were seen batting spectacularly against the Pakistan bowling attack.
Numbers and Stats from IND vs PAK (Super 4s) game:
1 - For the first time Naseem Shah has gone wicketless in his ODI career.
3 - Virat Kohli has recorded his third century against Pakistan in ODIs.
Virat Kohli's century against Pakistan in ODIs:
183 in Mirpur, Asia Cup 2012
107 in Adelaide, World Cup 2015
122* in Colombo(RPS), Asia Cup 2023
4 - This is the fourth instance of a team winning by a margin of 200-plus runs in an Asia Cup tournament.
Instances of team winning by a margin of 200 (or) more runs in the Asia Cup:
Pakistan vs Bangladesh in Dhaka, 2000
India vs Hong Kong in Karachi, 2008
Pakistan vs Nepal in Multan, 2023
India vs Pakistan in Colombo(RPS), 2023
4 - Virat Kohli has smashed his 4th consecutive century at Colombo(RPS) venue in ODIs.
Virat Kohli scores in his last four ODI innings at Colombo(RPS):
128*(119) vs SL in 2012
131(96) vs SL in 2017
110*(116) vs SL in 2017
122*(94) vs PAK in 2023
4 - For the fourth time in ODI history, the top-4 batters of team India have scored 50-plus runs in a match.
Instances of top-4 batters scoring 50-plus runs with the bat for India in an ODI game:
vs England in Indore, 2006
vs England in Leeds, 2007
vs Pakistan in Birmingham, 2017 CT (Group Stage)
vs Pakistan in Colombo(RPS), 2023 Asia Cup
5 - Virat Kohli smashed his fifth century in Asia Cup (ODI + T20I) history overall.
Most Centuries in Asia Cup (ODIs + T20Is):
Sanath Jayasuriya - 6
Virat Kohli - 5
Kumar Sangakkara - 4
Most runs in Asia Cup (ODIs + T20Is):
Sanath Jayasuriya - 1220
Virat Kohli - 1168
Rohit Sharma - 1157
5 - Kuldeep Yadav became the fifth Indian bowler to take a five-wicket haul against Pakistan in ODIs.
Indian bowlers to take a five-wicket haul against Pakistan in ODIs:
Arshad Ayub in Dhaka, 1988 Asia Cup
Sourav Ganguly in Toronto, 1997
Venkatesh Prasad in Manchester, 1999 WC
Sachin Tendulkar in Kochi, 2005
Kuldeep Yadav in Colombo(RPS), 2023
Kuldeep Yadav's best bowling figures in ODIs:
6/25 vs ENG in Nottingham, 2018
5/25 vs PAK in Colombo(RPS), 2023
4/6 vs WI in Bridgetown, 2023
5 - Virat Kohli became the fifth batsman to complete 13000 runs in ODIs. Notably, he became the fastest to reach (by inns batted) the landmark of 13000 ODI runs.
Most runs in ODIs:
Sachin Tendulkar - 18426
Kumar Sangakkara - 14234
Ricky Ponting - 13704
Sanath Jayasuriya - 13430
Virat Kohli - 13024
Fastest to reach 13000 ODI runs by innings batted:
Virat Kohli - 267
Sachin Tendulkar - 321
Ricky Ponting - 341
Kumar Sangakkara - 363
Sanath Jayasuriya - 416
6 - KL Rahul recorded his sixth ODI century in his career.
KL Rahul's ODI century when he batted at number 4 (or) 5 position:
112 vs NZ in Mount Maunganui, 2020
108 vs ENG in Pune, 2021
111* vs PAK in Colombo(RPS), 2023
12 - Virat Kohli has completed scoring 1000-plus runs in International cricket for the 12th time in his career overall. He has scored 1000+ international runs during the period of 2010-19, 2022, and 2023 respectively.
26 - Rohit Sharma has smashed joint-most sixes in the Asia Cup (ODI) history.
Most Sixes in Asia Cup (ODIs):
Shahid Afridi - 26
Rohit Sharma - 26
47 - Virat Kohli recorded his 47th century in ODI cricket overall.
Read More: Check out the list of all his 47 ODI Centuries in this link
53 - KL Rahul has completed the milestone of smashing 2000 ODI runs from just 53 innings.
Fastest to score 2000 runs for India in ODIs:
Shikhar Dhawan - 48
Navjot Singh Sidhu - 52
Sourav Ganguly - 52
Virat Kohli - 53
KL Rahul - 53
77 - Virat Kohli recorded his 77th century in international cricket overall.
Read More: Check out the list of all his 77 International Centuries in this link
233 - Virat Kohli and KL Rahul have recorded the highest-ever partnership in Asia Cup history overall.
Highest partnership in Asia Cup history:
Virat Kohli-KL Rahul : 233* vs PAK in Colombo(RPS), 2023
Mohammad Hafeez-Nasir Jamshed: 224 vs IND in Mirpur, 2012
Shoaib Malik-Younis Khan: 223 vs Hong Kong in Colombo(RPS), 2004
Highest partnership for IND vs PAK in ODIs:
Virat Kohli-KL Rahul : 233* in Colombo(RPS), 2023
Navjot Singh Sidhu-Sachin Tendulkar: 231 in Sharjah, 1996
Shikhar Dhawan-Rohit Sharma: 210 in Dubai(DSC), 2018
356 - The Indian team have recorded 356/2 in this match against Pakistan.
Highest total for India in Asia Cup:
374/4 vs Hong Kong in Karachi, 2008
356/2 vs PAK in Colombo(RPS), 2023
330/4 vs PAK in Mirpur, 2012
Highest total for India vs Pakistan in ODIs:
356/9 at Visakhapatnam, 2005
356/2 at Colombo(RPS), 2023
349/7 at Karachi, 2004
336/5 at Manchester, 2019 WC
