India’s tryst with history

The Indians celebrate after defeating Sri Lanka in the second ODI in Mohali.

100

The number of occasions India have managed to post 300+ total in ODI cricket. They, thus, became the first team in ODI history to achieve this landmark, in the match against Sri Lanka in Mohali, where they scored 392/4. It’s worth mentioning here that among Test-playing nations, excluding Bangladesh, India was the last team to record a 300+ total in ODIs on April 15, 1996. Therefore, India’s tally since then is even more impressive compared with other teams during this period: Australia (89), South Africa (74), Pakistan/Sri Lanka (62), England (51), New Zealand (47) and West Indies (30).

The table below lists teams that have managed to cross the 300-run mark at least once in ODIs.

Teams with 300+ totals in ODI cricket

Team	First time achieved	300+ totals	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Win%	Highest total	300+ Batting 1 st	300+ Batting 2 nd
India	15 Apr 1996	100	78	20	2		78.00	418	73	27
Australia	11 Jun 1975	96	85	10		1	88.54	434	86	10
South Africa	11 Dec 1994	79	71	7		1	89.87	439	69	10
Pakistan	14 Jun 1975	69	59	10			85.51	385	57	12
Sri Lanka	23 Feb 1992	66	51	14		1	77.27	443	49	17
England	7 Jun 1975	58	39	17	2		67.24	444	47	11
New Zealand	7 Jun 1975	52	40	10	2		76.92	402	42	10
West Indies	22 Feb 1978	38	27	11			71.05	372	33	5
Zimbabwe	23 Feb 1992	25	19	6			76.00	351	19	6
Bangladesh	17 Mar 2006	11	9	2			81.82	329	8	3
Ireland	4 Feb 2007	9	6	3			66.67	331	5	4
Scotland	12 Jul 2011	5	4	1			80.00	341	4	1
Netherlands	3 Mar 2003	4	3	1			75.00	315	4
Asia XI	6 Jun 2007	3	3				100.00	337	3
Kenya	10 Oct 1997	3	3				100.00	347	3
Afghanistan	2 May 2014	2	2				100.00	338	2
Africa XI	9 Jun 2007	2		2			0.00	318		2
Canada	4 Feb 2007	1	1				100.00	312		1
Hong Kong	8 Dec 2017	1	1				100.00	323	1
ICC World XI	10 Jan 2005	1	1				100.00	344	1

8

India’s successive ODI series victories since their last bilateral series defeat in Australia in January 2016. However, India are still behind the ODI record held by the West Indies, who from May 1980 to March 1988, had won 14 successive bilateral ODI series. This sequence of eight is India’s best in their ODI history.

The tables below provide the details.

Match by match summary of India’s eight successive ODI series victories since June 2016

opponents	Home/Away	Series result	Result sequence	Month, year	Captain
Zimbabwe	Away	3-0	W W W	June 2016	MS Dhoni
New Zealand	Home	3-2	W L W L W	October 2016	MS Dhoni
England	Home	2-1	W W L	January 2017	Virat Kohli
West Indies	Away	3-1	NR W W L W	June-July 2017	Virat Kohli
Sri Lanka	Away	5-0	W W W W W	August-September 2017	Virat Kohli
Australia	Home	4-1	W W W L W	September-October 2017	Virat Kohli
New Zealand	Home	2-1	L W W	October 2017	Virat Kohli
Sri Lanka	Home	2-1	L W W	December 2017	Rohit Sharma

India’s successive ODI bilateral series victories of four or more

8	June 2016	December 2017
6	January 2007	August 2007
6	November 2007	June 2009
4	July 1990	October 1992
4	September 1999	December 2000
4	December 2009	December 2010
4	January 2013	November 2013
4	June 2014	November 2014

4000

The run aggregate achieved by India’s Shikhar Dhawan in the Visakhapatnam ODI. This makes him the 15th Indian and 106th overall to achieve the landmark. For the record, the first to reach this landmark was West Indian Viv Richards on April 14, 1985 — 32 years ago! By achieving this landmark in 95 innings, Dhawan becomes the sixth quickest in ODI history and the second quickest among Indians, after Virat Kohli (93 innings), to do so. The table below has all the details.

Fewest innings taken to reach 4000 ODI runs

Inns	Mts	Batsman	For	Achieved on
81	84	Hashim Amla	South Africa	8 Dec 2013
88	96	Viv Richards	West Indies	14 Apr 1985
91	97	Joe Root	England	29 Sep 2017
93	96	Virat Kohli	India	19 Jan 2013
93	95	David Warner	Australia	5 Jun 2017
95	96	Shikhar Dhawan	India	17 Dec 2017
96	102	Kane Williamson	New Zealand	26 Dec 2016
96	97	Gordon Greenidge	West Indies	21 May 1988
100	101	Brian Lara	West Indies	30 Mar 1996
102	104	Dean Jones	Australia	11 Dec 1990

12

The number of ODI centuries registered by Shikhar Dhawan following his hundred in the Visakhapatnam match. He, thus, became the 32nd batsman to make 12 or more ODI centuries and the eighth Indian to do it in ODIs.

Fewest innings taken to register 12th ODI century

Inns	Mts	Batsman	For	Achieved on	50s
74	74	Quinton de Kock	South Africa	10 Feb 2017	9
81	84	Hashim Amla	South Africa	8 Dec 2013	23
83	86	Virat Kohli	India	21 Jul 2012	21
90	92	David Warner	Australia	22 Jan 2017	16
95	96	Shikhar Dhawan	India	17 Dec 2017	23

 

THIS WEEK IN 1984 On January 6: The fifth and final Test against Pakistan in Sydney was the last day of their Test careers for the three Aussies — Dennis Lillee, Rodney Marsh and Greg Chappell. Interestingly, they all had made their Test debut in the same series, against England in 1970-71. At the end of their last Test, the three held the Test world record for: * Most wickets by a bowler (Lillee, 355) * Most dismissals by a wicket-keeper (Marsh, 355) * Most catches by a fielder (Chappell, 122)

 

QUERIES CORNER In the Perth Ashes Test, England lost by an innings despite scoring 400+ in the first innings. How often has this happened in Tests? — Rajesh Kamath, Chennai Batting first and making a total of 400+ and yet losing by an innings has happened on six occasions in Test cricket. England have the dubious distinction of doing so on four occasions, including three times in the last 12 months! The full list: 405 England lost to Australia by an innings & 39 runs The Oval August 1930 400 Sri Lanka lost to England by an innings & 14 runs Cardiff May 2011 400 England lost to India by an innings & 36 runs Mumbai Dec 2016 477 England lost to India by an innings & 75 runs Chennai Dec 2016 443/9d Pakistan lost to Australia by an innings & 18 runs Melbourne Dec 2016 403   In the recent ODI series against Sri Lanka, India made 112 in Dharamsala, and in the next match posted a huge total of 392/4. Have such totals in successive matches been registered before? — Vijay Tiwari, Delhi India, in August 2008, at the Premadasa in Colombo were dismissed for a paltry 103 in 26.3 overs. In their next match against England three months later, in November, India made 387/5 in Rajkot. Five English bowlers conceded over 100 runs in Perth. Is this the most 100+ conceded by bowlers in a Test? — S. Kartik, Vellore Five bowlers conceding 100+ runs in an innings has happened before in Tests — on seven occasions. But the dubious record is held by Zimbabwe bowlers. In May 2004, against Sri Lanka (713/3 decl) in Bulawayo, six of the seven bowlers used by Zimbabwe conceded over 100 runs (Note: the seventh bowler delivered just one over while conceding 5 runs!). The last time Australia lost a Test at the ’Gabba was in November 1988. What has been their record since then at this venue? — Mohammad Arif, Jamshedpur Since their last loss to the West Indies in November 1988, Australia has played 29 Tests since December 1989, won 22 and drawn 7 (%win 75.86). Note: All figures above are updated as on December 20, 2017 Queries may be sent to sportstardesk@thehindu.co.in