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When Dhoni took his first ODI wicket

October 01, 2009 14:15 IST

Following are the statistical highlights of the Champions Trophy match between India and the West Indies.

# West Indies (129) have posted their lowest score against India in the ICC Champions Trophy. West Indies' lowest ever in the ICC Champions Trophy is 80 against Sri Lanka at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai on October 14, 2006. 

# Virat Kohli (79 off 104 Balls) has recorded his highest innings in Limited-Overs Internationals - an innings which has fetched him his first Man of the Match award. 

# Kohli's aforesaid knock is his second half-century in ODIs, having recorded 54 off 66 balls against Sri Lanka at Colombo RPS on August 27, 2008. 

MS Dhoni# Dhoni took his first wicket in ODIs, his victim being Travis Dowlin. He has bowled for the first time in ODIs. 

# Dinesh Karthik (34) has posted his best innings in the ICC Champions Trophy. 

# Harbhajan Singh (2/14) has produced his best figures against West Indies in the ICC Champions Trophy. 

# Nehra, with three for 31 against West Indies, has taken his wickets' tally to 8 at 15.80 runs apiece in three games. He has finished as the leading wicket-taker in the present competition.

# Virat Kohli is the top run-getter for India in the 2009-10 edition of the ICC Champions Trophy, making 95 runs at an average of 95.00. 

# West Indies have been defeated in all the three game in the ICC Champions Trophy 2009-10 - the only team to do so.

# With a seven-wicket victory, India have registered their first win over West Indies in the ICC Champions Trophy.

# West Indies had won both the previous encounters against India - by 6 wickets at Dhaka on October 31,1998 and by three wickets at Ahmedabad on October 26, 2006. 

# Praveen Kumar (3/22) has bowled quite well to register his best figures against West Indies apart from recording his best ever in South Africa and the ICC Champions Trophy.

Stats: Australia vs Pakistan

Following are the statistical highlights of the Champions Trophy match between Pakistan and Australia.

# After New Zealand and South Africa, Australia became the third team to post a last-ball win in the ICC Champions Trophy.

# Kamran Akmal has posted his highest innings in South Africa. Kamran's 44 off 63 balls is his best innings score in the ICC Champions Trophy.

# Hussey (64 off 87 balls) has recorded his second successive fifty in the ICC Champions Trophy. In his previous innings, he had registered 67 against India at Centurion on September 28, 2009.

# Michael Hussey has posted his first half-century in his first ODI against Pakistan, which is his 24th ODI fifty.

# Hussey has received his seventh Man of the Match award in ODIs.

# With Shoaib Malik's wicket, Mitchell Johnson has completed his 100 wickets in ODIs at 25.22 runs apiece in 65 matches. Brett Lee's feat of taking 100 wickets in only 55 games is the fastest for Australia.

# Misbah-ul-Haq (44) has recorded his second highest innings in the ICC Champions Trophy, next only to the 47 against Sri Lanka at Colombo RPS on September 12, 2002.

# After Tatenda Taibu (Zimbabwe), Misbah-ul-Haq became the second player to be dismissed 'hit-wicket' in the ICC Champions Trophy.

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