# Virender Sehwag has batted quite well in the present competition, aggregating 380 runs at an average of 54.28, including one century and one fifty, in seven matches.
# Sehwag's aforesaid performance is his career-best in a series/competition, bettering the 348 in five matches at an average of 69.60 in the 2008 Asia Cup.
# Sehwag's 38 off 25 balls is his best innings against Pakistan at the World Cup, eclipsing the 21 at Centurion on March 1, 2003.
# Sachin Tendulkar has recorded his 95th fifty in ODIs - his 38th at home.
# Yuvraj Singh has posted his second duck at the World Cup - his 14th in ODIs.
# Tendulkar is the top run-scorer in ODIs at Mohali, aggregating 366 (ave. 61.00) in seven matches, including four fifties.
# Tendulkar is also the top run run-getter in India-Pakistan ODIs, amassing 2474 at an average of 39.90 in 68 matches, including five hundreds and 15 fifties, surpassing Inzamam-ul-Haq's tally of 2403 (ave.43.69) in 67 matches.
# Only Sanath Jayasuriya has made more runs than Tendulkar against Pakistan - 2517 runs at an average of 32.68, including three centuries and 18 fifties in 82 matches.
# Tendulkar is the first Indian player to amass 400 runs in the present World Cup - 464 at an average of 58.00 including two hundreds and two fifties in eight games.
# Tendulkar's run-aggregate is the second highest in the present tournament, next only to the 467 by Tillakaratne Dilshan at an average of 66.71, including two centuries and two fifties, in eight games.
# Tendulkar is the first batsman to amass 400 runs in a competition three times at the World Cup - the first two occasions being 673 (ave.61.18) in 2002-03 and 523 (ave.87.16) in 1995-96.
# Virender Sehwag (1036 at 35.72) has become the sixth Indian to complete 1,000 runs or more against Pakistan, joining Sachin Tendulkar (2474), Rahul Dravid (1899), Mohammad Azharuddin (1657), Sourav Ganguly (1652) and Yuvraj Singh (1251). Dhoni soon became the seventh Indian to do so -1001 at an average of 52.68 in 25 matches.
# Gambhir and Tendulkar were involved in a stand of 68 for the second wicket - India's best against Pakistan at the World Cup.
# Wahab Riaz (5/46) has recorded his career-best bowling performance in ODIs - his first five-wicket haul
# Wahab's performance is the best for Pakistan against India at the World Cup, surpassing the 3 for 59 by Mushtaq Ahmed at Sydney on March 4, 1992.
# Wahab Riaz (5/46) is the first Pakistani bowler to bag five wickets in an innings at Mohali.
# Ntini (5/21 against Pakistan on October 27,2006) and Riaz are the only two bowlers to bag five wickets at Mohali in ODIs.
# Riaz became the fourth Pakistani bowler to claim five wickets or more in an innings in India. He has joined Naved-ul-Hasan (6/27 against India at Jamshedpur on April 9, 2005), Aaqib Javed (5 for 35 against Sri Lanka at Gwalior on May 12, 1997 & 5 for 61 against India at Chennai on May 21, 1997) and Azhar Mahmood (5/38 against India at Bangalore on April 4, 1999).
# Suresh Raina (36 not out) has posted his highest World Cup score.
# Umar Gul (8.62) has recorded worst economy rate by a Pakistani bowler against India at the World Cup.
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