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Dhoni storms to new record
Rajneesh Gupta
November 04, 2005

By winning the fourth one-day international in Pune on Thursday, India also clinched the seven-match series against Sri Lanka [Images]. India had last won a bilateral series at home in 2001-02 against Zimbabwe. 

A look at India's wins in bilateral series (at least two matches) at home soil:

ResultMtsOpponentSeason
*4-07Sri Lanka2005-06
3-25Zimbabwe2001-02
4-15Zimbabwe2000-01
3-25South Africa [Images]1999-00
3-25New Zealand [Images]1999-00
3-25New Zealand1995-96
4-15West Indies [Images]1994-95
2-13Sri Lanka1993-94
3-03Zimbabwe1992-93
2-13South Africa1991-92
2-13Sri Lanka1990-91
4-04New Zealand1988-89
4-15Sri Lanka1986-87
3-26Australia [Images]1986-87
2-02Pakistan1983-84
3-03Sri Lanka1982-83
2-13England [Images]1981-82

Note: * denotes India vs Sri Lanka ODI series currently being played

Highest batting averages in ODIs:

After the fourth ODI in Pune, Indian wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni's [Images] batting average stands at 52.73, which is the highest for any Indian player in one-dayers.

In fact, Dhoni's career average is second only to Australia's Michael Bevan [Images] among all players in ODIs who have played at least 20 innings.

AvgBatsmanForMtsInnsNORunsHs100s50s0s
53.58M BevanAus232196676912108*6465
52.73M S DhoniInd23227791183*221
47.62Zaheer AbbasPak6260625721237132
47.00V RichardsWI 187167246721189*11457
47.00G TurnerNZ 414061598171*391
45.18J KallisSA217208377726139135411
45.03G GreenidgeWI 128127135134133*11313
44.90B DippenaarSA83711226491232222
44.62D JonesAus1641612560681457466
44.56S TendulkarInd3523433313815186*387115
44.53R SarwanWI 8782202761104*2164
44.37M ClarkeAus5751131686105*2104

Highest career average for keepers in ODIs: (Minimum10 innings)

Dhoni tops the list of wicketkeepers with the highest career batting average in one-dayers and does so by a large margin as is evident by the following table:

AvgBatsmanForMtsInnsNORunsHs100s50s0s
52.73M S DhoniInd23227791183*221
43.72R DravidInd74651223171454143
37.96K SangakkaraSL 9284132695138*2182
35.82A GilchristAus21320787129172114013
34.73A FlowerZim18518214583514544611
33.50D HoughtonZim12120402142133
33.47A StewartEng13813212401711642610
31.18H TillakaratneSL 514815102968*020

Most 4-wicket hauls for India:

Ajit Agarkar's [Images] 5 for 44 in the fourth match against Sri Lanka on Thursday was the 11th instance that the Mumbai pacer had taken four or more wickets in an innings in his ODI career.

He now holds the record of taking four-wickets on most occasions for India, surpassing the tally of Javagal Srinath and Anil Kumble [Images]. What is amazing with Agarkar's feat is that he did so in much lesser games than these two.

4WIBowlerMtsMts/4WI
11Ajit Agarkar144 13.09
10Javagal Srinath22922.90
10Anil Kumble262 26.20
6Zaheer Khan [Images]99 16.50
6Manoj Prabhakar130 21.66
6Sachin Tendulkar [Images]35258.66

Most consecutive wins for India in a bilateral series:

India clinched the seven-match series against Sri Lanka by winning the fourth ODI at Pune to take an unassailable 4-0 lead in the series. This was only the fifth occasion when India won four matches at a trot in a bilateral series.

MtsOpponentsSeasonVenueRemarks
4Sri Lanka1986-87Indiawon last four at a trot after losing the first
4New Zealand1988-89Indiaclean sweep in the series by   4-0
4West Indies1994-95Indiawon last four at a trot after losing the first
4#Pakistan1997Canada [Images]won first four at a trot before losing the last
4Sri Lanka2005-06Indiawon first four matches of the series

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