Statistical highlights of the pool B match between India and UAE in the cricket World Cup in Perth on Saturday
# Ravichandran Ashwin (4/25) has recorded his first four-wicket haul in ODIs, eclipsing the 3 for 24 vs New Zealand at Chennai on December 10, 2010.
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# Ashwin's impressive figures are the third best by an Indian bowler in ODIs at Perth. Ravi Shastri had captured five for 15 vs Australia on December 8, 1991 and Irfan Pathan – 4 for 24 vs Zimbabwe on February 3, 2004.
# Ashwin's superb figures are the third best by an Indian spinner in World Cups. Yuvraj Singh is the only Indian spinner to capture five wickets in an innings - 5 for 31 vs Ireland at Bangalore on March 6, 2011, followed by 4 for six vs Namibia at Pietermaritzburg on February 23, 2003.
# Ashwin's figures are the best by an Indian bowler in ODIs vs UAE, bettering Sachin Tendulkar's figures of three for 21 at Dambulla on July 16, 2004.
# Ashwin has got the Man of the Match award for the first time in World Cups - his third in ODIs.
Bowlers impress
# Ravindra Jadeja (2/23) has recorded his best bowling performance in World Cup.
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# Umesh Yadav (2/15) has recorded his best bowling figures in World Cup,bettering the 2 for 50 vs Pakistan at Adelaide on February 15, 2015.
# India have won all three World Cup matches by big margins in the present edition - by 76 runs vs Pakistan at Adelaide on Feb.15, by 130 runs vs South Africa at Melbourne on February 22 and by 9 wickets vs UAE at Perth on February 28.
# India have outclassed UAE in all three ODIs - by 71 runs at Sharjah on April 13, 1994; by 116 runs at Dambulla on July 16, 2004 and by 9 wickets at Perth on February 28, 2015.
# India's magnificent nine-wicket win is their first World Cup victory at Perth. England had defeated India by 9 runs on Feb. 22, 1992 in the only World Cup game previously played by India at Perth..
# Nine times, the tenth-wicket pair has recorded the highest partnership in an ODI innings against India - the most against any team.
UAE’s lowest total in World Cup
# UAE (102) have posted their lowest World Cup total, surpassing the 136 vs England at Peshawar on February 18, 1996.
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# UAE's aforesaid score is actually their lowest in ODIs - the previous lowest was 123 vs Sri Lanka at Dambulla on July 17, 2004.
# The above total is the lowest by any team against India in World Cups,outstripping the 109 by Sri Lnka at Johannesburg on March 10, 2003.
# UAE's 102 is the tenth lowest score by any team against India in ODIs.
# Shaiman Anwar (35) has finished as the highest scorer in UAE's innings. With 208 runs at an average of 69.33, including a century and a fifty, in three innings, he is the leading run-getter for UAE batsman in World Cups.
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