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Mahendra Singh Dhoni equals world record for most stumpings in international cricket
India beat West Indies by 7 wickets in their second match of the ICC World Twenty20 on Sunday. India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who stumped Marlon Samuels, equallied the world record for most stumpings in international cricket - 127 dismissals. Catch all the other statistical highlights from the encounter at Mirpur:
# India's seven-wicket triumph is their joint-second biggest win in terms of wickets at the World Twenty20. They had previously won two games by seven-wicket margin against Afghanistan and Pakistan. (Read: India batting yet to be tested, says MS Dhoni)
# India had won two games by eight wickets' margin - vs Ireland at Nottingham on June 10, 2009 and vs Pakistan at Colombo (RPS) on September 30, 2012. (Match pics)
# India have won their first World T20 game in three outings against the West Indies. They had lost the first two - by 7 wickets at Lord's on June 12, 2009 and by 14 runs at Bridgetown on May 9, 2010.
# India's triumph by seven wickets is their biggest against the West Indies in four games in T20Is - their only previous win was by 16 runs at Port of Spain on June 4, 2011.
# India have won 14 and lost eight out of 24 played at the World Twenty20 - winning per cent 63.04 (tied one and NR 1)
# West Indies (129/7) have recorded their lowest total against India in T20Is.
# Bhuvneshwar Kumar (3-0-3-0) has equalled a record for best economy rate (1.00) in an innings in T20Is. Alex Richard Cusack had recorded figures of 3-1-3-2 for Ireland against Kenya at Belfast on August 4, 2008 (minimum twelve balls).
# Ravindra Jadeja (4-0-48-3) has produced his best bowling figures in T20Is. For the first time, he has conceded 40 runs or more in an innings in T20Is.
# Jadeja is the second Indian bowler to take three wickets against West Indies in a T20I - the first being Ashish Nehra - 3 for 35 at Bridgetown on May 9, 2010.
# With Marlon Samuels' stumping, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (439 innings) has emulated Kumar Sangakkara's tally of 127 stumpings in 637 innings in international cricket. Both share a world record for most stumpings in international cricket. Romesh Kaluwitharana is the only other wicketkeeper to have 100 stumpings in international cricket - 101 in 275 innings.
# Dwayne Bravo's second golden duck is his third duck in T20Is.
# Chris Gayle, with 154 runs at an average of 51.33 in three matches, is the top run-scorer in West Indies-India T20Is.
# Shikhar Dhawan has recorded his first duck in T20Is.
# Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were involved in a stand of 106 - India's highest for any wicket against West Indies in T20Is, outstripping the 71 for the fifth wicket between Subramaniam Badrinath and Rohit Sharma at Port of Spain on June 4, 2011.
# The 106-run stand is India's highest for the second wicket in T20Is - their second highest for any wicket, next only to the 136 for the first wicket between Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag against England at Durban on September 19, 2007.
# Virat (54 off 41 balls) has recorded his third fifty at the World Twenty20 - his fifth in T20Is.
# Virat is averaging 55.00 in seven matches at the World Twenty20 - his tally being 275 at a strike rate of 122.76.
# Rohit Sharma (62 not out off 55 balls) has posted his fifth fifty at the World Twenty20 - his sixth in T20Is.
# Rohit is averaging 58.87 at the World Twenty20 - his aggregate being 471 in 16 innings. Amongst the batsmen with 400 runs or more at the World Twenty20, his average is the highest.
# Amit Mishra has got his second Man of the Match award in T20Is - both in succession - vs Pakistan and the West Indies.
# Mishra's figures of two for 18 are his best in T20Is, bettering the two for 22 vs Pakistan at Dhaka on March 21, 2014.
