1. The match witnessed just two half centurions (Porterfield and Yuvraj Singh).
2. Virender Sehwag for three consecutive matches in a row has opened the scoring with a boundary.
3. As many as 8 Irish bowlers were involved in the 46 overs they bowled to India.
4. Till Yousuf Pathan hit 3 sixes between overs 41 and 45, the Indian innings did not have any sixer scored, uncharacteristically. Prior to this match, the Indian batsmen had scored 7 or more sixes in their innings on three consecutive instances.
5. Sachin Tendulkar (38) played just his second one dayer against Ireland in his illustrious career of 447 matches and also posted his highest score against them.
6. Kohli played his first one dayer against Ireland and has now played against ten cricketing sides in his 48 match one day career so far.
7. When Munaf Patel dismissed Johnston as the last Irish wicket, he extended his good run in World cups overall with 11 wickets in six World cup matches.
8. Yusuf Pathan has now scored 12 sixes in his last 4 one day innings.
9. Yuvraj Singh’s 5-31 is his first five wicket haul and also becomes the first cricketer to achieve the feat of five wickets and a fifty in a World cup match.
10. Yuvraj Singh scored his second consecutive fifty and has scored just three half centuries in his last 10 innings, though.
11. Zaheer Khan had yet another 3 wicket haul in Bangalore and has claimed 8 wickets in the tournament so far.
12. George Dockrell (2-49) has been among wickets consistently and has claimed 12 wickets in his last 6 international matches.
13. Trent Johnston (2-16) has claimed 2 wickets in each of the matches he has played in this World cup edition so far.

– Sharath