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Riding on half-centuries from captain Shoaib Malik [Images] (89) and Mohammad Yousuf [Images] (74) Pakistan registered a 31-run victory over India in the fifth and final one-day international in Jaipur on Sunday night.
Despite the defeat in the dead rubber, India won the five-match series 3-2, ending a 24-year drought for an ODI series triumph at home against the traditional rivals.
Following are the statistical highlights:
# Pakistan have now won three out of four matches played at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium.
# Pakistan (306 for 6) registered the highest ever total at this venue, bettering India's 303 for four against Sri Lanka [Images] on 31.10.2005.
# Pakistan's previous highest at this venue was 278 for 9 against India on 24.3.1999.
# The previous highest against India at this venue was Sri Lanka's 298 for 4 on 31.10.2005.
# India (275) recorded their highest total against Pakistan at this venue, eclipsing their 169 for 6 on 2.10.1983.
# S Sreesanth [Images] (3 for 52) produced his second best performance against Pakistan, next only to his 4 for 58 at Karachi on 19.2.2006.
# Sachin Tendulkar [Images] (30) became the first batsman to aggregate 300 runs at Sawai Mansingh Stadium -- 318 runs at an average of 63.60 in six innings.
# Tendulkar has aggregated 1425 runs (ave.47.50), including one century and 13 half-centuries in 32 innings in 2007. Only Australia's Matthew Hayden [Images] has aggregated more runs than Tendulkar this year -- 1555 (ave.62.20) in 28 innings.
# Yuvraj Singh [Images] is third in the highest run-scorers list this year with 1287 runs at an average of 45.96 in 33 innings, including one century and 9 half-centuries.
# Shoaib Malik (89) registered his highest score in India, eclipsing his 75 at Jamshedpur on 9.4.2005. His knock was his 24th fifty in ODIs.
# Malik's 89 off 82 balls is his highest score as captain, bettering his 79 not out against Sri Lanka at Abu Dhabi on 22.5.2007.
# Malik got his 13th Man of the Match award -- his fourth against India.
# Mohammad Yousuf's 74 off 82 balls is his 60th fifty.
# Yousuf, with 283 runs at an average of 94.33, including three fifties, is the leading run-getter for Pakistan in the series.
# The 168-run stand fourth-wicket between Mohammad Yousuf and Malik is a record for this position at this venue, eclipsing the 164 (unbroken) between Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli for India against England [Images] in 1992-93.
# The stand is not only Pakistan's best ever partnership for any wicket in India but also the best ever fourth wicket stand against India, bettering the 163 (unbroken) between Ijaz Ahmed and Inzamam-ul-Haq [Images] in the 1998-99 Pepsi Cup at Mohali.
# Rohit Sharma (52 off 61 balls) posted his maiden half-century in ODIs.
# Yuvraj, with 272 runs (ave.68.00) was the leading run-getter for India in the series.
# Yuvraj's half-century was his 34th in ODIs and his 9th against Pakistan.
# Sohail Tanvir (4 for 53) produced his career-best figures, eclipsing his 2 for 26 at Jaipur on 11.11.2007.
# Murali Kartik [Images] (16) registered his highest score against Pakistan, taking his ODI career average to 14.00.
# Irfan Pathan [Images] (44) registered his third best score against Pakistan -- his top two scores being 65 at Peshawar on 6.2.2006 and 64 at Jamshedpur on 9.4.2005.
# The 37-run partnership between Irfan Pathan and S Sreesanth is India's best partnership for the 10th wicket against Pakistan in India and the second best against Pakistan overall after 40 between Javagal Srinath and Venkatesh Prasad at Toronto in 1998.
# Yuvraj Singh has been adjudged the Player of the series for the fourth time in ODIs.
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