 | « Back to article | Print this article |
Statistical highlights of the first one-dayer between India and the West Indies played in Port of Spain, Trinidad on Monday.
- First ODI: Sharma guides India to easy win over WI
# Suresh Raina (43) recorded his highest innings against West Indies in ODIs, eclipsing the 35 at Dambulla on July 31, 2005.
# Raina's innings is his highest as Indian captain in ODIs, eclipsing the 37 against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo on May 28, 2010.
# The 80-run fifth wicket stand between Raina and Rohit Sharma is India's highest against West Indies in West Indies, eclipsing the 75 between Ajay Jadeja and Robin Singh at Bridgetown on May 3, 1997.
# India's highest fifth wicket partnership in the West Indies is 122 between Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh against Bermuda on March 19, 2007.
# Anthony Martin (2/39) produced his best bowling figures in ODIs. In his previous two games against Pakistan, he had failed to bag a wicket.
# Marlon Samuels recorded his fifth half-century against India -- his 19th in ODIs. Samuels, for the first time against India in ODIs, has recorded three consecutive half-centuries -- 98 at Chennai on January 27, 2007, 55 at Vadodara on January 31, 2007 and 55 at Port of Spain on June 6, 2011.
# Harbhajan Singh (3/32) registered his best bowling performance at Port of Spain, surpassing the 2 for 55 against West Indies on June 2,2002.
# Harbhajan's performance is the second best by an Indian spinner at Port of Spain, behind Noel David's 3 for 21 against West Indies on April 27, 1997.
# Harbhajan Singh (3/32) produced his best bowling figures against the West Indies, eclipsing the 3 for 35 at Kuala Lumpur on September 20, 2006.
# In 29 ODIs against West Indies, Harbhajan has claimed 32 wickets at 33.00 runs apiece.
# Harbhajan (150 at an average of 31.89 in 134 matches) became the sixth bowler to claim 150 wickets or more for India on foreign soil in ODIs, joining Javagal Srinath (212), Anil Kumble (208), Ajit Agarkar (179), Zaheer Khan (166) and Kapil Dev (153).
# Suresh Raina (2/23) recorded his best bowling performance in ODIs.
# Praveen Kumar (2/37) produced his best bowling figures in the West Indies.
# For the fourth time, India (217/6) recorded 200 or more against West Indies at Port of Spain --their highest being 260 on June 2, 2002.
# Ramnaresh Sarwan (56 off 94 balls) recorded his 36th ODI fifty -- his ninth against India.
# India's four-wicket victory is their 40th over West Indies in 97 ODIs -- Lost 54, Tied 1 and NR 2 -- winning percentage 42.63.
# India have won three and lost seven out of 10 ODIs against the West Indies at Port of Spain.
# Rohit Sharma (68 not out off 75 balls) posted his first fifty against the West Indies -- his sixth in ODIs.
# Rohit's knock is the highest by an Indian batsman in a winning cause against West Indies at Port of Spain.
# Under Raina's leadership, Rohit has averaged 109.33 -- 328 in five innings, including two hundreds and one fifty.
# Rohit has received the Man of the Match for the second time in ODIs. He had first got the award against Sri Lanka for posting an unbeaten 101 at Bulawayo on May 30, 2010.
# Shikhar Dhawan (51 off 76 balls) registered his first fifty in ODIs after posting a duck against Australia at Visakhapatnam on October 20, 2010.