There was no looking back after Ashwani struck with his first ball in the IPL
Mathews hadn't been around ODI cricket much of late, but was keeping himself ready for exactly the sort of opportunity that has now come his way
Pakistan's pace sensation had 14 ODIs under his belt when he played the 2019 World Cup, but found his groove in the space of five games
The fast bowler remembers the highlights of his first World Cup - that lethal yorker to Faf du Plessis, and beating India in the semis
The South Africa batter looks back at a challenging campaign, and being compared to AB de Villiers
| Group A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SSC | 5 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 2.099 |
| SLARM | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 1.353 |
| NEGO | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0.691 |
| LkCC | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | -0.004 |
| BSC | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -0.825 |
| BRC | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -3.243 |
| Group B | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| NCC | 6 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 1.738 |
| CHLM | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 1.59 |
| CCC | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 0.773 |
| ACCC | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0.057 |
| GAL | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | -1.389 |
| PSC | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | -0.658 |
| KCCC | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | -2.488 |
| Group C | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| PAN | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0.734 |
| Sarsc | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 1.5 |
| COLT | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 1.411 |
| BLOOM | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | -0.322 |
| KYCC | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | -0.937 |
| SLNav | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | -2.872 |
| Group D | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| AFSC | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 1.376 |
| Tamil | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 0.229 |
| RAG | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0.742 |
| MOORS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0.967 |
| KALTW | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -1.35 |
| NSWC | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | -1.206 |
