Statsman: Shubman Gill fastest Indian to 500 ODI runs, India the master of come-from-behind series wins

Shubman Gill reached 500 career runs in One-Day Internationals during the three-match series against South Africa in October. He took 10 innings to get there and becomes the quickest Indian to get to the landmark.

In fine form: Among Indian players, Shubman Gill is now the quickest (in terms of innings) to reach 500 ODI runs. | Photo Credit: AP

10 The number of innings Shubman Gill needed to reach his career milestone of 500 ODI runs. This is now the quickest — in terms of fewest innings — by an Indian to reach this landmark. For the record, South African Janneman Malan reached this landmark in September 2021 in fewest innings — just seven. He is followed by England’s Dennis Amiss and Kevin Pietersen, Netherlands’ Tom Cooper and Pakistani Imam-ul-Haq who did so in nine innings.

Quickest to reach 500 ODI runs for India

Inns	M	Batter	Achieved on	Runs	Ave.	HS	100	50
10	10	Shubman Gill	6-Oct-22	502	62.75	130	1	3
11	13	Navjot Singh Sidhu	27-Oct-88	505	50.5	88	0	6
13	13	Shikhar Dhawan	5-Jul-13	536	44.67	114	2	3
13	20	Kedhar Jadhav	18-Jun-17	502	55.78	120	2	1
13	15	Shreyas Iyer	19-Jan-20	531	44.25	88	0	6

Note: the career figures given above are updated till the end of the match in which the landmark was achieved.

3 The number of left-arm wrist spinners who have claimed 50 or more wickets in ODI cricket. In the first ODI in Lucknow, South African left-arm wrist spinner Tabraiz Shamsi became the latest to join this exclusive club when he got rid of Ruturaj Gaikwad, stumped. For the record, Kuldeep Yadav is the quickest to reach the landmark — in just 24 matches, while Shamsi needed 39 matches and Hogg 47.

Leading wicket-takers in ODI cricket among left-arm wrist spinners

Wkts	Bowler	For	M	Balls	Runs	Ave.	S/R	Eco	5w	Best
156	Brad Hogg	Aus	123	5564	4188	26.85	35.67	4.52	2	5-32
118	Kuldeep Yadav	Ind	72	3823	3313	28.08	32.4	5.2	1	6-25
50	Tabraiz Shamsi	SA	39	1909	1719	34.38	38.18	5.4	1	5-49
36	Michael Bevan	Aus	232	1966	1655	45.97	54.61	5.05	0	3-36
29	Paul Adams	SA	24	1109	815	28.1	38.24	4.41	0	3-26

11.13 Tabraiz Shamsi’s economy in the Lucknow ODI against India on 6 October 2022. This is now the worst by any South African bowler delivering at least 42 balls (7 overs) in an ODI match. Also, his economy is the second worst by any spin bowler in an ODI match.

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Worst economical bowling performance by a South African bowler in ODI cricket (Min 7 overs)

R/O	Bowler	O	M	R	W	Opp	Venue	Date	Result
11.13	Tabraiz Shamsi	8	0	89	1	Ind	Lucknow	6-Oct-22	W
9.6	Dale Steyn	10	0	96	2	Aus	Durban	5-Oct-16	W
9.5	Wayne Parnell	10	0	95	2	Ind	Gwalior	24-Feb-10	L
9.44	Wayne Parnell	9	0	85	1	Ind	Melbourne	22-Feb-15	L
9.43	Wayne Parnell	7	0	66	0	Aus	Harare	27-Aug-14	W

Note:the previous worst economy by a South African spinner was 8.93 by Pat Symcox (7.1-0-64-0) against New Zealand in Auckland on 20 Feb 1999 (lost)

Worst economical bowling performance by a spin bowler in ODI cricket (Min 7 overs)

R/O	Bowler	O	M	R	W	For	Opp	Venue	Date	Result
12.22	Rashid Khan	9	0	110	0	Afg	Eng	Manchester	18-Jun-19	L
11.13	Tabraiz Shamsi	8	0	89	1	SA	Ind	Lucknow	6-Oct-22	W
11	Ravi Shastri	7	0	77	1	Ind	WI	Jamshedpur	7-Dec-83	L
10.85	Sanath Jayasuriya	7	0	76	0	SL	Ind	Rajkot MS	15-Dec-09	L
10.8	Philippe Boissevain	10	0	108	0	Neth	Eng	Amstelveen	17-Jun-22	L

8.63 Ravi Bishnoi’s economy in the Lucknow ODI against South Africa on 6 October 2022. This is now the second worst by any Indian debutant bowler delivering at least 42 balls (7 overs) in an ODI match. The previous worst performance by an Indian spinner was the economy of 7.11 (9-1-64-0) by leggie Karn Sharma against Sri Lanka in Kolkata on 13 Nov 2014 (won).

Ravi Bishnoi bowls during the first ODI between India and South Africa in Lucknow. Bishnoi gave away 69 runs off his eight overs. | Photo Credit: AFP

Worst economical bowling performance by an Indian bowler on ODI debut (Min 7 overs)

R/O	Bowler	O	M	R	W	Opp	Venue	Date	Result
8.68	Shivam Dube	7.5	0	68	0	WI	Chennai	15-Dec-19	L
8.63	Ravi Bishnoi	8	0	69	1	SA	Lucknow	6-Oct-22	L
7.88	Abhimanyu Mithun	8	0	63	0	SA	Ahmedabad	27-Feb-20	L
7.67	Paras Mhambrey	9	0	69	2	Eng	The Oval	23-May-96	NR
7.6	Mohd Siraj	10	0	76	0	Aus	Adelaide	15-Jan-19	W

Dubey and Bishnoi in the only ODI match of their career, so far.

38 The number of victories by Team India across all formats in 2022. This tally now equals the record for the most number of wins in a single calendar year by a side in international cricket. Australia, in 2003, also had an identical number of wins. India, therefore, needs just one more victory in 2022 to go past Australia’s 19-year-old record.

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Australia in 2003							India in 2022
Format	M	W	L	Tie	NR	Format	M	W	L	Tie	NR
Tests	12	8	3	0	1	Tests	5	2	3	0	0
ODIs	35	30	5	0	0	ODIs	18	13	5	0	0
T20Is	—	—	—	—	—	T20Is	32	23	8	0	1
Total	47	38	8	0	1	Total	55	38	16	0	1

Maximum victories by sides across all international formats in a calendar year  

Won	Team	Year	M	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR
38	Australia	2003	47	8	0	1	0
38*	India	2022	55	16	0	0	1
37	India	2017	53	12	0	3	1
35	Australia	1999	51	12	2	2	0
35	India	2018	53	15	2	0	1
35	India	2019	52	15	0	1	1

* in progress

9 The number of occasions India has managed to win an ODI series after losing the opening match. No side in ODI history has made more comebacks in an ODI series (of three or more games) than India. Pakistan has done it on seven occasions, England and New Zealand have done it six times and Australia five. For the record, Pakistan is the only ODI side to win a six-match series after losing the first two (in India in April 2005). South Africa has twice won a five-match series, while Bangladesh and Australia won once each after losing the first two.

ODI series victories for India after losing the first match of a series of three or more matches

Result	Date	Venue	Opponent
2-1 (3)	Nov 1981-Jan 1982	Home	England
2-1 (4)+	Feb-07	Home	Sri Lanka
2-1 (3)	Jun-Jul 2007	Neutral#	South Africa
2-1 (3)	Oct-17	Home	New Zealand
2-1 (3)	Dec-17	Home	Sri Lanka
2-1 (3)	Jan-19	Australia	Australia
2-1 (3)	Dec-19	Home	West Indies
2-1 (3)	Jan-20	Home	Australia
2-1 (3)	Oct-22	Home	South Africa

+ the first match was a no result

# this series was played at a neutral venue in Belfast (Northern Ireland)

All records are correct and updated until 22 October 2022