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Dhoni betters Gilchrist
Rajneesh Gupta |
September 05, 2005 13:35 IST
- Rudra Pratap Singh and Keith Dabengwa made their one-day international debut in the fifth match of the Videocon [Get Quote] Cup tri-series between India and Zimbabwe in Harare, on Monday. They became the 161st and 89th player respectively to represent their countries in ODIs.
- Zimbabwe, at one stage were cruising at 227 for 4, but were finally bowled out for 250, losing their last six wickets for only 23 runs. This is the second worst six-wicket collapse for a side against India. At Gwalior on March 4, 1993, England [Images] were bowled out for 256 after being comfortably placed 246 for 4 at one stage. The following table lists the worst six-wicket collapses against India:
Runs | From | To | For | Venue | Date |
10 | 246-4 | 256 all out | Eng | Gwalior | 04 Mar 1993 |
23 | 126-4 | 149 all out | Eng | Sydney | 26 Feb 1985 |
23 | 160-4 | 183 all out | SL | Colombo | 28 Jul 2001 |
23 | 227-4 | 250 all out | Zim | Harare | 04 Sep 2005 |
25 | 114-4 | 139 all out | Aus | Sharjah | 29 Mar 1985 |
26 | 232-4 | 258 all out | Aus | Mumbai | 27 Feb 1996 |
35 | 107-4 | 142 all out | Pak | Dhaka | 31 Oct 1988 |
- Yuvraj Singh [Images] (120) scored his fourth century in his 125th one-day international. Interestingly, none of his centuries have come on home soil. His previous highest against Zimbabwe was 80 not out (off 60 balls) in Hyderabad on March 16, 2002.
- All of Yuvraj's four centuries have come while batting at number five. He now holds the record of scoring most centuries at this position, moving ahead of England's Andrew Flintoff [Images] and Kevin Pietersen [Images] who have scored three centuries each.
- Yuvraj also completed his 3,000 runs in one-day internationals when his score reached 36. He became the 13th Indian batsman to reach this milestone.
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni [Images] took his tally to 500 runs in his 18th one-day international. Surprisingly, only three Indian batsmen have completed their 500 runs in lesser matches than him -- Navjot Singh Sidhu (13), Dinesh Mongia (15) and Kris Srikkanth (17), while Mohammad Azharuddin and S Ramesh -- likewise Dhoni -- took 18 matches to accomplish this feat.
- Among the 'specialist' wicket-keepers, Dhoni's progress to 500 runs is even faster than Australia's Adam Gilchrist [Images]. The Australian wicketkeeper reached this milestone in his 21st match (19th innings). Only Kenya's K O Obuya (12) and Zimbabwe's Andy Flower (16) have taken lesser matches than Dhoni to accomplish this feat.
- Among the 'specialist' Indian wicket-keepers (excluding the likes of Rahul Dravid [Images]), Dhoni is now the fastest to reach the 500-run mark. Nayan Mongia held the previous record for being the fastest to reach this mark for India -- in 57 matches (and 34 innings).
- The sixth wicket partnership of 158 runs between Yuvraj and Dhoni is India's best for this wicket in ODIs. It obliterated the unbroken 132-run stand between Rahul Dravid and Mohammad Kaif against Pakistan in Lahore [Images] on March 21, 2004.
- India recovered from a precarious position of 36 for 4 to achieve the winning total, by reaching 255 for 6. It was only the second time India managed to reach the winning target of 200-plus despite losing first four wickets before 50 runs on the board. The only other such instance had come against Australia in Bangalore on October 21, 1996 in a Titan Cup match. Having lost 4 wickets for 47 India recovered to post the winning total of 216 for 8 on that occasion.
- The winning shot for India was a mighty six from the bat of Dhoni. This was the second time that Dhoni ended a match in this fashion. In the Indian Oil [Get Quote] Cup tri-series match against West Indies [Images] in Dambulla on July 31, 2005, Jermaine Lawson had to meet similar treatment from Dhoni. The Jharkhand wicketkeeper now joins Kapil Dev [Images] and Sachin Tendulkar [Images], who have also performed this feat on two occasions for India. The world record is held by West Indian Brian Lara [Images] with four such instances.
- India became the first team to win a match chasing 250 or more runs on more than one occasion in Zimbabwe. India had also beaten New Zealand [Images] by making 279 for 4 in the fifth match of current series on September 2, 2005.
Yuvraj won his ninth man of the match award in ODIs, it was his third against Zimbabwe.