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Five-in-a-row for skipper Dhoni

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M.S. Dhoni.

Johannesburg: The following are the statistical highlights of the Twenty20 cricket World Cup final between India and Pakistan here on Monday.

* Dhoni became the first captain to win five successive tosses in the ICC World Twenty20.

* Pakistan’s defeat by five runs to India was its only one in the competition (The match against India in the group stages was a tie decided by a bowl-out).

* Irfan Pathan and Yousuf Pathan became the first pair of brothers to have played in a Twenty20 International for India. A list of brothers playing together in a World Cup final: Ian Chappell (62) & Greg Chappell (15) for Australia vs. England at Lord’s on June 21, 1975; Steve Waugh (13) and Mark Waugh (12) for Australia vs. Sri Lanka at Lahore on March 17, 1996; Steve Waugh (DNB) and Mark Waugh (37 not out) for Australia vs. Pakistan at Lord’s on June 20, 1999.

* Gautam Gambhir’s innings of 75 (off 54 balls) was the highest individual score for India in this competition, bettering Yuvraj Singh’s 70 off 30 balls against Australia.

* Gambhir became the first Indian to have recorded three half-centuries in the competition. Only Australia’s Matthew Hayden (4) hit more fifties.

* Gambhir also became the first to aggregate 200 for India — 227 at an average of 37.83 in six innings with a strike rate of 129.71.

* Gambhir’s aggregate is exceeded only by Hayden — 265 at 88.33 in six innings — in the competition.

* Rohit Sharma (30 not out) remained not out in all his three innings, aggregating 88 at a strike rate of 144.26.

* Umar Gul had a tally of 13 wickets at 11.92 runs apiece — the most in the competition, surpassing Australia’s Stuart Clark (12 at 12.00 runs apiece) and Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi (12 at 15.66 runs apiece).

* Misbah-ul-Haq became the third batsman after Hayden (265) and Gambhir (227) to aggregate 200 runs in the competition 218 at 54.50 in seven innings. — PTI

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