Statsman: Chahar, Axar, Prasidh achieve rare feat for India

Deepak Chahar, Prasidh Krishna and Axar Patel took three wickets each one of the ODIs in the three-match series against Zimbabwe. It was the fifth occasion when three Indian bowlers had managed to claim at least three wickets in the same match.

Deepak Chahar appeals for the wicket of Zimbabwe’s Innocent Kaia during the ODI series against Zimbabwe. | Photo Credit: AFP

5 The number of occasions when three Indian bowlers managed to claim at least three wickets in the same ODI match. In the recent Harare ODI match on 18 July 2022, Deepak Chahar (3/27), Prasidh Krishna (3/50) and Axar Patel (3/24) achieved this for India. On all these occasions, the bowling side was part of the winning squad.

Three Indian bowlers claiming three or more wickets in same ODI match

The bowlers	Opp	Venue	Date	Result	Inns
S. Sreesanth 3/30, R. Ashwin 3/50, Yuvraj Singh 3/43	NZ	Guwahati	28-Nov-10	Won	2
Irfan Pathan 4/32, R. Vinay Kumar 3/55, R. Ashwin 3/39	SL	Mirpur	13-Mar-12	Won	2
Mohd. Shami 3/48, Umesh Yadav 3/43, Mohit Sharma 3/48	Zim	Auckland	14-Mar-15	Won	1
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3/32, Jasprit Bumrah 3/37, Ravindra Jadeja 4/29	Ban	Dubai	21-Sep-18	Won	1
Deepak Chahar 3/27, Prasidh Krishna 3/50, Axar Patel 3/24	Zim	Harare	18-Jul-22	Won	1

Notes: ** The first three Indians who bowled in the innings claimed 3 or more wickets in Auckland

** The Auckland match was the World Cup, while the Mirpur and Dubai games were the Asia Cup

153 The number of innings taken by Shikhar Dhawan to aggregate 6500 ODI runs. During his unbeaten knock of 81 in the first match in Harare on 18 July 2022, he became the 57th male batter to reach this landmark in ODI cricket. Among these players, Dhawan is now the third quickest to reach this landmark in terms of fewest innings. Only South African Hashim Amla (137) and fellow-Indian Virat Kohli (148) have done it quicker. However, in terms of matches, only Amla (140) has done it quicker, with both Kohli and Dhawan doing so in 156 games.

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Incidentally, at 36 years and 256 days, Dhawan is the fourth oldest to reach this landmark.

Batters to reach the milestone of 6500 ODI runs in fewest innings

Inns	Mts	Batter	For	Achieved on	Runs	Ave.
137	140	Hashim Amla	SAf	12-Oct-16	6519	51.33
148	156	Virat Kohli	Ind	14-Mar-15	6533	52.26
153	156	Shikhar Dhawan	Ind	18-Aug-22	6574	45.97
156	162	AB de Villiers	SAf	12-Jul-14	6543	49.95
160	179	Viv Richards	WI	7-Mar-90	6501	47.8

Oldest to reach the milestone of 6500 runs in ODI cricket

Age	Batter	For	Achieved on	Runs	Ave.	Inns	Mts
38y-253d	Allan Border	Aus	6 Apr 1994	6513	30.72	251	272
38y-238d	Mohd. Hafeez	Pak	12 Jun 2019	6508	33.20	211	213
38y-0d	Viv Richards	WI	7 Mar 1990	6501	47.80	160	179
36y-256d	Shikhar Dhawan	Ind	18 Aug 2022	6574	45.97	153	156
35y-239d	Tillekeratne Dilshan	SL	9 Jun 2012	6579	35.76	216	240

Note: ** Viv Richards was the first batter to reach this milestone in ODI cricket and he did so on his 38th birthday

9 The number of occasions India has managed to win an ODI match by successfully chasing a target without the loss of any wicket. This is its second such victory this year. It had defeated England at the Oval on 12 July by a similar margin, which means this is the first time India has won matches by 10 wickets on two occasions in the same year. India has now achieved wins in this manner twice at both venues in Sharjah and Harare.

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This is now its third occasion against Zimbabwe after having done so once against East Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Kenya, New Zealand and England.

Incidentally, this is India’s third-highest successful run chase achieved without the loss of a wicket. Also this is the seventh time India has successfully chased a target of 100-plus without losing a wicket in an ODI match.

Highest successful ODI run chases of 100 or more by India without losing a wicket

Total	Opponent (total)	Venue	Date
201/0+	New Zealand (270/5)	Hamilton	11 Mar 2009
197/0	Zimbabwe (196/9)	Sharjah	13 Nov 1998
192/0	Zimbabwe (189)	Harare	18 Aug 2022
126/0	Zimbabwe (123)	Harare	15 Jun 2016
123/0	East Africa (120)	The Oval	11 Jun 1975
116/0++	West Indies (121)	Port of Spain	27 Apr 1997
114/0	England (110)	The Oval	12 Jul 2022

+ Since India was ahead of its revised DL target of 118 when rain stopped play in Hamilton, the margin of victory in the record books as per DL method is shown as 84 runs and not by 10 wickets.

++ India’s target revised to 113 when rain stopped play.

130 Shubman Gill’s maiden international century for India in the third match in Harare on 22 August 2022 is also now the highest individual ODI score by an Indian player on Zimbabwean soil. The previous highest was the unbeaten 127 by Sachin Tendulkar in Bulawayo on 26 September 1998. Meanwhile, Gill at 22 years, 348 days has become the second youngest Indian to register a three-figure ODI score against Zimbabwe after Mohd. Kaif’s 112 in Colombo RPS on 14 Sep 2002 (Champions Trophy) at the age of 21 years, 287 days.

Highest ODI scores by Indian batters in Zimbabwe

Runs	Batter	Against	Venue	Date	Result	Inns
130	Shubman Gill	Zimbabwe	Harare	22-Aug-22	Won	1
127*	Sachin Tendulkar	Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	26-Sep-98	Won	2
124*	Ambati Rayudu	Zimbabwe	Harare	10-Jul-15	Won	1
122*	Sachin Tendulkar	West Indies	Harare	4-Jul-01	Won	2
120	Yuvraj Singh	Zimbabwe	Harare	4-Sep-05	Won	2

15 The number of successive victories for India against Zimbabwe in ODI cricket. This unbeaten streak began nine years ago in Harare and continues with the recent three victories at the same venue in this series. The last time Zimbabwe won an ODI match against India was way back in 2010 when it won two successive games in Bulawayo (by 6 wickets on 28 May 2010) and in Harare (by 7 wickets on 3 June 2010) in a tri-series tournament.

Team India’s successive ODI victories against one opponent

ODIs	Opponent	From	To
15*	Zimbabwe	24-Jul-13	22-Aug-22
12	Bangladesh	27-Oct-88	23-Dec-04
11	New Zealand	25-Jan-86	17-Dec-88
10	Zimbabwe	16-Mar-02	4-Sep-05
9	Zimbabwe	11-Jun-83	25-Mar-93
8	Bangladesh	10-May-07	19-Feb-11
8*	West Indies	18-Dec-19	27-Jul-22

* Winning sequence is still unbroken

17 The number of international match appearances for Deepak Hooda since he made his ODI debut for India on 6 Feb 2022 in Ahmedabad against the West Indies. Since then, he has always been on the winning side. And these number of matches is now a new record for the longest winning streak by a player since his debut in international cricket.

Players involved in most consecutive victories since international debut

Mts	Player	For	Debut	To	Tests	ODIs	T20Is
17*	Deepak Hooda	India	6-Feb-22	22-Aug-22	0	8	9
15	Satvik Nadigotla	Romania	29-Aug-19	12-Jul-22	0	0	15
13	David Miller	South Africa	20-May-10	29-Oct-10	0	8	5
13	Shantanu Vashisht	Romania	29-Aug-19	12-Jul-22	0	0	13
12	Collis King	West Indies	8-Jul-76	23-Jun-79	4	8	0

* Winning sequence is still unbroken

Note: Two other players in the above list are also Indians but they appear for Romania in T20I cricket.

All records are correct and updated until 26 August 2022