1. Bangladesh’s maiden victory now means four different teams have won the last 4 editions of this tournament. South Africa, West Indies and India won the last three editions.
2. India has now been in the finals of this tournament in 7 of the13 editions, including in four of the last five editions.
3. Many successful under-19 Indian sides have sent at least 5-6 players to represent the national team in International cricket. This includes 5 players and 6 players respectively from the winning teams in the years 2000 and 2008 respectively. Even the runner up team in 2006 had 6 players to have played for India. Unfortunately, the successful teams of 2012 (winner), 2016 (losing finalist) and 2018 (winner) each have had just 2-3 players representing India so far. Hope the 2020 players turn around this abnormal trend.
4. Yashasvi Jaiswal becomes the fourth Indian to have been awarded the Player of the Series. Other three winners (Yuvraj Singh, Cheteshwar Pujara and Shubman Gill) have all represented India at the International level.
5. Yashasvi’s 400 runs is seventh among all time run getters in a single edition of this tournament and is only next to Shikhar Dhawan’s 505 runs in the 2004 edition, among the Indian players.
6. West Indies will next be hosting this tournament for the first time in 2022.

1. Zaheer Khan (2-58) has now claimed 19 wickets in the tournament so far and is now the second leading wicket-taker in this tournament, behind Afridi’s 21 wickets.
2. Yuvraj Singh’s duck is his first in nearly 15 months and the fourteenth of his career spanning 251 innings so far. He is now the eighth leading run scorer in this tournament with 341 runs. He has also claimed 13 wickets in this tournament so far.
3. Sachin Tendulkar (85) scored his second consecutive half century and is now the second leading run scorers in this tournament with 464 run in 8 matches so far. This is also his 95^th one day fifty.
4. Wahab Riaz claimed his first career five wicket haul. He has claimed 31 wickets in 18 one dayers now. However prior to this match he had claimed just 3 wickets in 4 World cup matches.
5. Zaheer Khan has kind of made an habit of striking a wicket very early in his second spell, in this tournament:
   1. Ian Bell and Andrew Strauss – England
   2. Devon Smith – West Indies
   3. Michael Hussey – Australia.
   4. Misbah Ul Haq – Pakistan, in this match
6. Umar Gul, wicket-less in this match ended the tournament with 14 wickets overall.
7. Misbah Ul Haq (56) ended the tournament as Pakistan’s leading run getter, and a whopping 19^th leading run getters in the tournament.
8. Misbah Ul Haq scored his third World cup half century and his 14^th overall. This also is his fifth fifty in 2011.
9. Interestingly, all the Indian bowlers claimed 2 wickets each in the match.
10. No sixes were scored in the first 79 overs in the match.
11. Tendulkar and Misbah Ul Haq were the only half centurions in a match that produced nearly 500 runs. Both the batsman had their batting strike rates around 73% as well.
12. 26^th Over in the match was eventful in both the innings following an interesting sequence:
    1. 25.2 – Indian innings – Kohli dismissed
    2. 25.3 – Indian innings – Yuvraj dismissed
    3. 25.4 – Pakistan innings – Younis Khan dismissed
13. The result continues the World cup record of no losses for India against Pakistan.  Afridi becomes the fifth skipper to lose a World cup match India as well joining Imran Khan, Aamir Sohail, Wasim Akram, and Waqar Younis.
14. Incidentally Tendulkar is the only Indian player to have played in all five India-Pakistan World cup matches and has scored three fifties in those encounters.
15. Waqar Younis has now lost to India in a World cup match both as a captain and coach.

– Sharath

1. New Zealand has now lost in 6 World cup Semi finals including 2 in a row.
2. Sri Lanka, for the second instance had a repeat of a previous World cup encounter.
   1. They have won New Zealand in two consecutive World cup semi finals now (2007 and 2011 edition)
   2. They have won England in two World cup quarter finals (1996 and 2011 edition).
3. New Zealand almost scored the same number of runs in their last two World cup semi final match against Sri Lanka
   1. 208 in the 2007 edition
   2. 217 in the 2011 edition
4. Tim Southee (3-57) has now claimed 70 wickets in 51 matches. He went out of the tournament as the third leading wicket taker with 18 wickets in 8 matches.
5. Dilshan (73) has now scored fifty or more runs in three of his last 4 innings and is now the leading run scorer in the tournament with 467 runs in 8 matches.
6. New Zealand has scored just five sixes in their last 3 matches. New Zealand scored more than 12 sixes in two different matches during the tournament.
7. Ross Taylor has scored 14 sixes in his last 4 matches is still the leading scorer of sixes in the tournament, though he didn’t score any six in this match.
8. Scott Styris (57) scored his sixth World cup fifty after a gap of 8 innings. Unfortunately for Styris on 3 occasions in which he scored fifty or more runs against Sri Lanka in a World cup match, New Zealand have lost.
9. Muralitharan (playing in his 38^th World cup match already) has been among the wickets in all matches in this World cup so far and his overall tally of wickets in World cups is now at 68. He has claimed 15 wickets in 8 matches in this edition and is the fifth leading wicket taker.
10. New Zealand has scored 30 sixes and only fourteen sixes have been scored against them, in their last five matches.
11. Ross Taylor has now scored 324 runs in his last 5 matches in this World cup.  Interestingly, prior to the last 5 matches, he had scored just 114 runs in his 7 World cup innings.
12. Sri Lanka had seven, while New Zealand had five survivors from their last World cup semi final clash in 2007.

– Sharath

1. The match result was a repeat of the 1996 edition, Sri Lanka winning England on both the occasions.
2. Muralitharan (playing in his 37^th World cup match already) has been among the wickets in all matches in this World cup so far and his overall tally of wickets in World cups is now at 66.
3. Rangana Herath was the only Sri Lankan bowler not to be among the wickets in the match while no England bowlers claimed a wicket.
4. Dilshan (108*) scored his second World cup hundred in 16 innings and tenth of his career overall. He is also now the second highest run getter in this World cup with 394 runs in 7 matches. Both his World cup hundreds have been scored in this edition.
5. Upul Tharanga (102*) scored his eleventh limited overs career century and also his second in 18 World cup innings.
6. Tharanga and Dishan have lot of common parameters in terms of their batting statistics, though Tharanga is almost 10 years younger to Dilshan:
   1. Both scored their first world cup hundreds in the same match (against Zimbabwe) in this edition
   2. Both have scored more than 10 or more one day hundreds
   3. They have appeared in the last 2 World cups for Sri Lanka
7. England’s World cup campaign ended as a topsy-turvy one with four wins and three losses.
8. Trott (86) scored his fifth half century in this tournament. Nevertheless, he top scored for England and is the leading run scorer in the tournament with 422 runs.
9. Strauss (5) could not get back to the form he started the tournament with, but is still the ninth leading run scorer of the tournament so far with 334 runs.
10. James Tredwell’s 4 wickets against the West Indies, still remains his only wickets in one day cricket in 5 matches he has played.
11. Muralitharan is the only surviving member of the Sri Lankan side that has won England twice in World cup quarter finals (in 1996 and 2011). Interestingly Muralitharan claimed 2 wickets on both the matches.
12. Graeme Swann had a real off day as he was the most expensive England bowler (economy rate 6.77) and also was dismissed for a golden duck.
13. Now three of the four Semi finalists in this tournament are from the sub continent.
14. Sri Lanka will now be facing New Zealand for the second consecutive instance in a World cup semi final match.

– Sharath

1. New Zealand team has qualified for the semi final in two World cup tournaments in a row, now.
2. Tim Southee (1-44) has now claimed 67 wickets in 50 matches. He is also the joint third leading wicket taker in the tournament with 15 wickets.
3. New Zealand has scored just three sixes in their last 2 matches. New Zealand scored more than 12 sixes in each of their earlier 2 matches.
4. Ross Taylor has scored 14 sixes in his last 4 matches, and is still the leading scorer of sixes in the tournament.
5. Robin Peterson (1-49) has is the joint leading wicket taker (with Tim Southee of New Zealand) in the tournament.
6. New Zealand has scored 28 sixes and only ten sixes have been scored against them, in their last four matches.
7. Ross Taylor has now scored 288 runs in his last 4 matches in this World cup.  Interestingly, prior to the last 4 matches, he had scored just 114 runs in his 7 World cup innings.
8. Imran Tahir (2-32) has claimed 14 wickets in the tournament so far playing just 5 matches.
9. Jesse Ryder (83) scored his fifth career fifty and his first in World cups. He also reached a landmark of 1000 one day runs in this match in 29 innings and he has already accumulated 30 sixes so far.
10. Jesse Ryder was the only half centurion in the match.
11. The most experienced of the New Zealand bowlers, Vettori was the only bowler who was not among the wickets in this match.
12. Nathan McCullum (3-24), prior to this match had claimed just 5 wickets in 6 matches in this tournament.

– Sharath

1. Zaheer Khan (2-53) has now claimed 17 wickets in the tournament so far and is now the second leading wicket-taker in this tournament, behind Afridi’s 21 wickets.
2. Yuvraj Singh’s 57 is his 49^th career fifty and his fourth in this tournament. He is now the fourth leading run scorer in this tournament with 341 runs. He has also claimed 11 wickets in this tournament so far.
3. Brad Haddin (53) scored his fourth fifty in this tournament.
4. Sachin Tendulkar (53) moved back to the top spot in terms of leading run scorers in this tournament with 379 runs in 7 matches so far. This is also his 94^th fifty.
5. Interestingly opening batsmen from both the sides, who didn’t take the first strike scored exactly 53 runs – Haddin and Tendulkar.
6. Ricky Ponting (104) scored his 30^th limited overs ton, fifty in World cups and sixth against India. Interestingly, prior to this match, Ricky Ponting has scored just 102 runs in five innings in this tournament which included just eight hits to the boundary. He also remained in the bottom of the list if batsmen with more than four World cup appearances, in terms of the runs scored.
7. Ashwin has claimed 2 wickets in each of the World cup matches he has played in this edition so far. He has been among the wickets in all the nine matches he has played in his career so far.
8. Sachin Tendulkar got a chance to bowl couple of overs in this match. The last time Sachin bowled in an one dayer was also against Australia in November 2009. The last time he bowled 2 overs in an one dayer was in 2008.
9. Shaun Tait (1-52) finished this World cup with 34 wickets in 18 career World cup matches.
10. Mitchell Johnson finished this World cup with a wicketless performance and overall just 10 wickets in seven matches in this World cup, which includes 8 wickets in his first 2 matches.
11. Both the Australian new ball bowlers have 30 plus wickets in World cups alone – Lee (35) and Tait (34).
12. Zaheer Khan has kind of made an habit of striking a wicket very early in his second spell, in this tournament:
    1. Ian Bell and Andrew Strauss – England
    2. Devon Smith – West Indies
    3. Michael Hussey – Australia, in this match.
13. Some milestones in this match:
    1. Zaheer Khan – 40 World cup wickets
    2. Tendulkar

i.      First batsman in the annals of the game to score 18000 or more runs

ii.      14^th World cup fifty

14. This is the second instance in which a Ponting hundred in a World cup match in the sub continent ended up in the losing cause (the first instance was against the West Indies in 1996).

– Sharath

1. West Indies became the first team to play in back to back matches in this World cup.
2. West Indies have lost three consecutive matches and bowed out of the tournament. This is the second time they have lost to Pakistan in a sub continent in a World cup and bowed out of the tournament (first was in 1987).
3. Mohammed Hafeez (61*) brought an end to his poor batting record with a just one hundred in his last 13 innings, prior to this match. He also had impressive bowling returns with 2-16 in 10 overs.
4. Shahid Afridi (4-30) is continuing to be the leading wicket taker in this edition with 21 wickets overall. Prior to this edition, he had claimed just 7 wickets in 12 world cup matches.
5. West Indies have won and lost matches by 10 wickets in this tournament.
6. Suleiman Benn, the only spinner to have  opened the bowling for a side in this World cup for six consecutive matches did not play in this match
7. Abdur Razzaq, who gave away 49 runs in 4 overs in Pakistan’s fourth match in this edition has since then  come back strongly and in the last 3 matches, has given away just 36 runs in 15 overs and has claimed 4 wickets as well.
8. Darren Sammy in just his eleventh completed match as captain of the West Indies has won just five of those matches in charge and which includes just 2 wins against a Test playing nation.
9. As many as 8 West Indian batsmen were dismissed for single digit scores in this match.
10. Umar Gul (1-13), has claimed 14 wickets overall in his 7 matches in this World cup edition so far.
11. Chris Gayle achieved a milestone of 600 World cup runs, becoming the seventh West Indian batsman to reach the milestone, which includes Brian Lara, Sir Viv Richards, Chanderpaul, Ramnaresh Sarwan, and Richie Richardson.
12. The match witnessed an embarrassing first instance of four West Indian batsmen scoring ducks in a world cup match.
13. Afridi now becomes the first bowler to capture four 4 wicket hauls in a single World cup edition.
14. Pakistan also had their first 10 wicket victory in a World cup match. Incidentally West Indies won by 10 wickets over Pakistan in the 1992 World cup.

– Sharath

1. West Indies have lost two consecutive matches in Chennai, both chasing a total less than 300.
2. Zaheer Khan (3-26) has now claimed 15 wickets in the tournament so far and is now the second leading wicket-taker in this tournament, behind Afridi’s 17 wickets.
3. India lost its last seven wickets for just 50 runs. While West Indies lost their last seven for just 39 runs.
4. Ravi Rampaul (5-51) in his first World cup match claimed his career best figures and his first career five wicket haul.
5. Rampaul has claimed 9 wickets in four matches against India in one-dayers.
6. R. Ashwin and Suresh Raina made their World cup debuts for India. Both were among the wickets.
7. Wicket-keepers in the match had their personal revenge. Dhoni was stumped by Thomas and Thomas was in turn stumped by Dhoni.
8. Suleiman Benn has now opened the bowling for the West Indies in all their six matches.
9. Darren Sammy in just his tenth completed match as captain of the West Indies has won just five of those matches in charge and which includes just 2 wins against a Test playing nation.
10. In the last three matches West Indies has played, six or more of the 20 batsmen dismissed were bowled.
11. Indian’s 268 is the highest score recorded in the four matches played in Chennai in this World cup.
12. Benn, who was once among the leading wicket takers has not been among the wickets in the last 2 matches.
13. Keiron Pollard’s wicket of Yuvraj Singh was just his second in this World cup. It has been more than a year since Pollard completed his full quota of 10 overs in an one day match, which he was able to complete in this match.
14. Yuvraj Singh’s 113 is his 13^th career 100 and his first in this tournament. He has already scored three fifties in this tournament. He has also claimed 9 wickets in this tournament so far.
15. Virat Kohli (59) scored his thirteenth limited overs half century already. He has now scored 50 or more runs in an innings on 18 occasions of his 48 innings career so far. He also averages 46 in his 51 match career so far.
16. As many as 12 batsmen were dismissed in single digit scores in this match.

– Sharath

1. Craig Ervine (66) scored his third World cup half century in this edition.
2. Zimbabwe’s whopping 161 run victory margin is their second in terms of win by over 100 runs in a World cup match. They have achieved both their highest margin victories in this edition (against Canada and Kenya respectively).
3. Taibu scored his second fifty in the tournament.
4. All Zimbabwean bowlers were among the wickets in the match.
5. Thomas Odoyo, who opened the bowling for Kenya in all its matches in this tournament didn’t bowl even a single over in this match.
6. The match ended the international career of Kenya’s Steve Tikolo, who along with Odoyo is the only player to have appeared in five World cups for Kenya starting from the 1996 edition.
7. Kenya now joins the Netherlands as the only teams to have lost all their matches in this tournament.

- Sharath

1. Pakistan becomes the first team to break the Australia’s world cup win juggernaut of 34 wins. Incidentally Pakistan was the last side to beat Australia in a world cup game, this was in 1999.
2. Shahid Afridi (1-34) is continuing to be the leading wicket taker in this edition with 17 wickets overall. Prior to this edition, he had claimed just 7 wickets in 12 world cup matches.
3. Afridi (2) however is continuing to have a disappointing World up with the bat as he has scored just 190 runs in 17 World cup innings.
4. Umar Akmal and Brad Haddin were the only batsmen to have scored sixers in this match.
5. Umar Gul (3-30), for the third consecutive match claimed 3 wickets and has claimed 13 wickets overall in his 6 matches in this World cup edition so far.
6. Abdur Razzaq, who gave away 49 runs in 4 overs in Pakistan’s fourth match in this edition has since then  come back strongly and in the last 2 matches, has given away just 32 runs in 11 overs and has claimed 3 wickets as well. He is also the fourth leading wicket taker in the tournament (joint with Baidwan and Kemar Roach).
7. Asad Shafiq has scored 124 runs in his last 2 innings.
8. Mohammed Hafeez (5) has just one hundred in his last 12 innings and has scored less than 110 runs in this World cup so far, being an opening batsman.
9. Ricky Ponting has scored just 102 runs in five innings in this World cup edition which includes just eight hits to the boundary and remains in the bottom of the list if batsmen with more than four World cup appearances, in terms of the runs scored.
10. Shaun Tait had a rare match in recent times in which he went wicketless. He has claimed 33 wickets in 17 World cup matches.
11. Mitchell Johnson (1-40) has claimed 10 wickets in six matches in this World cup, which includes 8 wickets in his first 2 matches.
12. Both the Australian new ball bowlers have 30 plus wickets in World cups alone – Lee (34) and Tait (33).

– Sharath