Interesting facts about T20 WC semifinals.

Interesting  facts about T20 WC semifinals.

Two semi-finals, both won by same margin.

1st semi-final - NZ won by 5 wickets and 6 balls remaining.

2nd semi-final - AUS won with 5 wickets and 6 balls remaining.

Last two overs 22 required and finished in 1 over in both the games.

Both teams needed 60+ runs to chase in last five overs, but finished with an over to spare.

Both teams won chasing!

Both teams that lost have won the T20 world cup before. 

Both teams that won have never won the T20 World Cup before. 

Both teams that won finished 2nd in group stage.

Few more coincidences:

1) Toss won by winning side, opting to bowl first

2) losing side which batted first lost 4 wickets.

3) last over of the match was bowled by the bowler who had bowled the first over of the innings too.

4) that bowler was also successful in getting a wicket in the first over itself.

5) the first wicket of the winner' s innings fell off the third delivery of the innings.

Vinayak Tandon