Dubai: KL Rahul (50 off 19 balls) and Rohit Sharma (30 off 16 balls) went berserk in Power-play as India thrashed Scotland by eight wickets in a Group 2 match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup at the Dubai International Stadium here on Friday.
After bowling out Scotland for 85, India made 89/2 with 81 balls to spare. The win means that India has a higher net run rate than Afghanistan and New Zealand.
With this win, India set five following records today.
- Highest Powerplay totals in T20 WCs
91/1 Net v Ire Sylhet 2014
89/3 Eng v SA Mumbai 2016
83/0 WI v Aus The Oval 2009
83/0 SA v Eng Mumbai 2016
82/2 Ind v Sco Dubai 2021 - Highest Powerplay totals for India in T20Is
82/2 v Sco Dubai 2021
78/2 v SA Joburg 2018
77/1 v SL Nagpur 2009
76/1 v NZ Joburg 2007 - Fastest 50s in T20 World Cups (balls)
12 Yuvraj Singh v Eng Durban 2007
17 Stephan Myburgh v Ire Sylhet 2014
18 Glenn Maxwell v Pak Mirpur 2014
18 KL Rahul v Sco Dubai 2021 - Winning with most balls to spare in T20 World Cups
90 SL v Net Chittagong 2014
82 Aus v Ban Dubai 2021
81 Ind v Sco Dubai 2021 *
77 SL v Net Sharjah 2021
74 NZ v Ken Durban 2007
70 Eng v WI Dubai 2021 - Winning with most balls to spare for India in T20Is
81 v Sco Dubai 2021
59 v UAE Mirpur 2016
41 v Zim Harare 2016
(With data from cricbuzz.com)
Ms Kalinga