Number crunch: Rohit Sharma, Shimron Hetmyer in record books

India opener Rohit Sharma, with 190 sixes on Indian soil, surpassed M.S. Dhoni's record (186 sixes) in the ODI series against West Indies recently.

Shimron Hetmyer's 139 in the Chennai ODI against India is the fifth highest for the West Indies in run chases.

 

139

The runs scored by Shimron Hetmyer in the Chennai One-Day International is now the joint third-highest score by a batsman in a successful run chase against India in ODIs. Incidentally, it is the fifth highest for the West Indies in run chases.

Highest ODI scores by batsmen against India in successful run chases
Runs	Batsman	Country	Venue	Date
151*	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	Mumbai (Wankhede)	May 17, 1997
149	Steve Smith	Australia	Perth	January 12, 2016
139*	Ijaz Ahmed	Pakistan	Lahore	October 2, 1997
139	Shimron Hetmyer	West Indies	Chennai	December 15, 2019

 

Highest ODI scores by West Indian batsmen in successful run chases
Runs	Batsman	Opponent	Venue	Date
153	Brian Lara	Pakistan	Sharjah	November 5, 1993
148	Sunil Ambris	Ireland	Dublin	May 11, 2019
146*	Shai Hope	Bangladesh	Mirpur	December 11, 2018
146*	Brian Lara	New Zealand	Port of Spain	March 30, 1996
139	Shimron Hetmyer	India	Chennai	December 15, 2019

 

151

The number of balls taken by West Indian Shai Hope during his unbeaten match-winning 102 in Chennai is now one of the slowest centuries made in recent times in ODI cricket. Since 2000, his effort is the third slowest, but the slowest by a batsman from a major cricketing side. Further, his century is now the fourth slowest by any batsman against India.

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Slowest individual 100-plus scores in ODI cricket this millennium
Strike rate	Batsman	Run (Balls)	Country	Opponent	Venue	Date	Result
65.16	Tom Cooper	101 (155)	Netherlands	Afghanistan	The Hague	July 7, 2010	Lost
67.10	David Hemp	102* (152)	Bermuda	Kenya	Potchefstroom	April 6, 2009	Lost
67.54	Shai Hope	102* (151)	West Indies	India	Chennai	December 15, 2019	Won
68.02	Alec Stewart	100* (147)	England	West Indies	Nottingham	July 20, 2000	Lost
68.91	Ahmed Shehzad	102 (148)	Pakistan	West Indies	Gros Islet	April 25, 2011	Won

 

Slowest individual 100-plus scores in ODI cricket against India
Strike rate	Batsman	Run (Balls)	Country	Venue	Date	Result
60.71	David Boon	102* (168)	Australia	Hobart	December 10, 1991	Won
61.27	Gordon Greenidge	106* (173)	West Indies	Birmingham	June 9, 1979	Won
64.40	Glenn Turner	114* (177)	New Zealand	Manchester	June 14, 1975	Won
67.54	Shai Hope	102* (151)	West Indies	Chennai	December 15, 2019	Won

 

190

The number of sixes hit by Rohit Sharma in all international matches on Indian soil. During the Visakhapatnam ODI, he went past the tally of M. S. Dhoni, who had 186 international sixes in India. Now, only three other batsmen have hit more sixes than Sharma in a particular country – Brendon McCullum (230) and Martin Guptill (207) in New Zealand and Chris Gayle (212) in the Caribbean.

Most international sixes hit by batsman in each country that has hosted Test matches
Sixes	Batsman	Country
230	Brendon McCullum	New Zealand
212	Chris Gayle	West Indies
190	Rohit Sharma	India
147	A. B. De Villiers	South Africa
138	Eoin Morgan	England
112	Shahid Afridi	UAE
105	Adam Gilchrist	Australia
91	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka
80	Hmilton Masakadza	Zimbabwe
77	Tamim Iqbal	Bangladesh
74	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan

 

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The number of 150-plus scores by Rohit Sharma in ODI cricket is by far the most by any batsman in this format. The next best is six scores by Aussie David Warner.

Most 150-plus scores in ODI cricket
150-plus scores	Batsman	Country	Innings	100s	50s	Highest score
80	Rohit Sharma	India	213	28	42	264
6	David Warner	Australia	114	17	20	179
5	Sachin Tendulkar	India	452	49	96	200*
5	Chris Gayle	West Indies	294	25	54	215

 

Queries Corner How often have three batsmen scored centuries in the same ODI innings? And how often have sides lost despite three batsmen registering centuries in the same innings? – Aditya Prakash Tripathi, Kanpur. Three batsmen scoring centuries in the same ODI innings has occurred on two occasions – both by South African batsmen against the West Indies and India in 2015. Needless to say, South Africa won both games easily. 1) Hashim Amla (153), Rilee Rossouw (128), A. B. de Villiers (149) versus the West Indies at Johannesburg on January 18, 2015. South Africa won by 148 runs. 2) Quinton de Kock (109), Faf du Plessis (133*), A. B. de Villiers (119) versus India at Mumbai (Wankhede Stadium) on October 25, 2015. South Africa won by 214 runs. Marnus Labuschagne made his maiden Test century in Brisbane and then followed it up with two more Test centuries. Has this happened before? – Salil Joshi, Mumbai. Marnus Labuschagne at Perth became the fourth Australian and the ninth batsman to achieve this in Tests. West Indian Everton Weekes has the unique distinction of scoring four more successive centuries after registering his maiden Test century in 1948, that is, five centuries on the trot. In fact, Weekes was dismissed run out for 90 while going for his sixth successive hundred. Is it true that Rohit Sharma has the highest ODI score for India in each of the last five years? – S. Rajan, Nagpur. Actually, in the last seven years, that is, since 2013, Rohit Sharma has been the Indian batsman with the highest ODI scores in each calendar year. 2013 209 Australia Bangalore Highest for any batsman for the year 2014 264 Sri Lanka Kolkata All-time highest score 2015 150 South Africa Kanpur 10th highest of the year 2016 171* Australia Perth 3rd highest of the year 2017 208* Sri Lanka Mohali Highest for any batsman for the year 2018 162 West Indies Mumbai (Brabourne) 4th highest of the year 2019 159 West Indies Visakhapatnam 5th highest of the year   How often have both Indian openers scored ODI centuries in the same match and also achieved this against West Indian bowling? – Ramesh Narayan, Surat. In the Visakhapatnam ODI, both Rohit Sharma (159) and KL Rahul (102) became the only second openers after South Africans Hashim Amla (153*) and Rilee Rossouw (128) at Johannesburg in January 2015 to achieve this rather rare feat against the West Indians. Overall, this is the ninth time that Indian openers have managed to make centuries in the same match. Both Sharma and Rahul have done it once before against Sri Lanka at Leeds during the 2019 World Cup. Note: All figures above are updated as of December 21, 2019.