India Tour Of West Indies 2017: Match Stats - 5th ODI 1

India clinched the 5-match ODI series against the hosts West Indies after securing a victory in the final match of the series at Sabina Park (Kingston, Jamaica).

After winning the toss, West Indies decided to bat first and managed to score 205 runs (205/9) at the end of 50 overs. In reply, India reached the target in 36.5 overs after losing just two wickets.

India won this last ODI of the series by 8 wickets and also took over the 5-match ODI series with the margin of 3-1 lead.

Brief Scores: West Indies – 205/9 in 50 overs (Shai Hope 51, Kyle Hope 46, Mohammed Shami 4/48)

India – 206/2 in 36.5 overs (Virat Kohli 111*, Dinesh Karthik 50*, Alzarri Joseph 1/39)

Result – India won by 8 wickets

Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match

  1. West Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Shai Hope scored 51 runs in this match. It was his second ODI fifty against India. Shai Hope becomes the second West Indian wicketkeeper-batsman to play more than one 50+ ODI innings against India. Dinesh Ramdin is the record holder with 3 times 50+ score against India in his ODI career.

However, Shai Hope’s this knock (51 runs) is the third highest ODI individual knock by a West Indian wicketkeeper-batsman against India on the Caribbean soil. The top two in this list are 81 by Shai Hope (at Port of Spain on 25th June 2017) and 53* by Jeff Dujon (at Albion on 29th March 1983)

 

  1. Indian pacer Mohammed Shami bowled very well in this match as his bowling figure was 10-0-48-4. It is the second best ODI bowling figure by an Indian bowler against West Indies on the Caribbean soil. The best bowling figure in this list is 10-2-31-4 by Amit Mishra at Port of Spain on 8th June 2011.

Also, Mohammed Shami’s this bowling figure (10-0-48-4) is the second best ODI bowling figure by an Indian pacer on the Caribbean soil. The best bowling figure in this list is 6-1-8-4 by Bhubaneswar Kumar against Sri Lanka at Port of Spain on 9th July 2013.

 

  1. Indian pacers took total 8 wickets (Mohammed Shami 4/48, Umesh Yadav 3/53 and Hardik Pandya 1/27) in this match. This is the second time when Indian pacers took total 8 wickets in an ODI match on the Caribbean soil, which is also the most no.of wickets taken by Indian pacers in this situation.

Previously, Indian pacers took 8 wickets in an ODI on the Caribbean soil was against West Indies at Port of Spain on 5th July 2013.

 

  1. Indian skipper Virat Kohli played a brilliant match-winning knock of unbeaten 111 runs. Here are some important stats of this knock:

i) It was Virat Kohli’s 18th ODI century during It is the most no.of ODI centuries scored by a batsman while chasing. Kohli broke the record of the legendary Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar’s record who had hit 17 ODI centuries while chasing.

ii) As a captain, it was the second ODI century for Virat Kohli against West Indies. Only, South African ODI skipper AB de Villiers is another batsman who has hit more than one ODI century against West Indies as a captain, as he has also hit 2 ODI centuries in the similar occasions.

iii) It is the highest runs ODI score by an Indian skipper on the Caribbean soil. The previous record holder was former Indian skipper Rahul Dravid who had scored 105 runs against West Indies at Kingston on 18th May 2006.

iv) Also, it is the third highest individual ODI knock by an Indian batsman on the Caribbean soil. The top two in this list are 131 by Yuvraj Singh (against West Indies at Kingston on 26th June 2009) and 114 by Virender Sehwag (against Bermuda at Port of Spain on 19th March 2007)

 

  1. Indian batsmen Virat Kohli and Dinesh Karthik put a superb unbroken 122 runs partnership for the 3rd wicket. It is the second highest third wicket ODI partnership for India on the Caribbean soil. The best in this list is 135 runs partnership between Dinesh Karthik and Yuvraj Singh against West Indies at Kingston on 26th June 2009.

 

  1. India won this match by 8 wickets. It is the second-largest ODI victory (by wickets) for India against any teams on the Caribbean soil. Their largest ODI victory (by wickets) on this occasion is by 10 wickets against West Indies at Port of Spain on 27th April 1997.

 

  1. Indian opening batsman Ajinkya Rahane scored total 336 runs in this ODI series. It is the second most total runs scored by an Indian opener in a bilateral ODI series, where played 5 or lesser games. The most total runs scored in this list is 441 runs by Rohit Sharma against Australia in the 5-match ODI series on the Australian soil in January 2016.