Statsman: Shreyas Iyer in elite list

Shreyas Iyer is the third fastest to 1000 runs in One-Day Internationals, taking 25 innings to get to the mark. Among Indians, only Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan have done it quicker than him.

Milestone: Shreyas Iyer plays a shot during the first ODI against West Indies in Port of Spain, Trinidad. En route to his 54, he reached 1000 runs in ODIs. | Photo Credit: AP

25 The number of innings for Shreyas Iyer to reach 1000 ODI runs — in the opening match of the series in Port of Spain on July 22, 2022. Among Indians, only Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan — both in 24 innings — have done it quicker than Shreyas.

Quickest to reach 1000 ODI career runs for India

Inns	Mts	Batter	Achieved on	Runs	Ave	100s	50s
24	27	Virat Kohli	5-Jun-10	1015	50.75	2	8
24	24	Shikhar Dhawan	30-Oct-10	1000	45.45	4	4
25	27	Navjot Singh Sidhu	22-Oct-89	1071	44.63	1	11
25	28	Shreyas Iyer	22-Jul-22	1001	41.71	1	10
27	28	KL Rahul	17-Jan-20	1016	44.17	3	6

Note: Dhawan is the quickest in terms of matches (24)

9 Avesh Khan’s bowling economy in the six overs he sent down during his ODI debut in the second match of the series in Port of Spain on 24 July 2022. His figures are now the worst in terms of economy rate by any Indian bowler delivering a minimum of 30 balls (5 overs) on his ODI debut.

Worst economy figures by Indian ODI debutants

Eco	Bowler	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Opposition	Venue
9	Avesh Khan	6	0	54	0	West Indies	Port of Spain
8.68	Shivam Dube	7.5	0	68	0	West Indies	Chennai
8.05	Ashok Mankad	5.5	0	47	1	England	The Oval
7.87	Abhimanyu Mithun	8	0	63	0	South Africa	Ahmedabad
7.66	Paras Mhambrey	9	0	69	2	England	The Oval

Note: Avesh Khan’s current bowling coach, Mhambrey, is also in the above list!

64 Axar Patel’s unbeaten match-winning score in 35 balls in the second match of the series in Port of Spain on 24 July 2022. This is now the third quickest fifty-plus ODI score by an Indian in terms of batting strike-rate, while chasing a target.

Incidentally, only five other scores better Patel’s effort in a successful run chase for India in ODIs by lower-order batters from batting positions 7 and below. Patel’s unbeaten knock is now the second highest by a lower-order batter (7 and below) against the West Indies in a successful run chase in ODIs.

Fastest fifty-plus ODI knocks in run chases for India

S/R	Batter	Runs	Balls	Opposition	Venue	Date	Result
192.3	Virat Kohli	100*	52	Australia	Jaipur	16-Oct-13	W
184.37	Virender Sehwag	59	32	Bangladesh	Mirpur	12-Jun-08	W
182.85	Axar Patel	64*	35	West Indies	Port of Spain	24-Jul-22	W
182.14	Sandeep Patil	51	28	Pakistan	Jaipur	2-Oct-83	W
176.74	Hardik Pandya	76	43	Pakistan	The Oval	18-Jun-17	L

Highest individual ODI scores by lower-order Indian batters (from 7 and below) in successful run chases 

Runs	Batter	Balls	S/R	Opposition	Venue	Date
87*	Mohd Kaif	75	116	England	Lord's	13-Jul-02
72*	M. S. Dhoni	46	156.52	Pakistan	Lahore	13-Feb-06
71*	Mohd Kaif	77	92.2	Pakistan	Lahore	21-Mar-04
69*	Deepak Chahar	82	84.14	Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	20-Jul-21
67*	M. S. Dhoni	63	106.34	Zimbabwe	Harare	4-Sep-05
64*	Axar Patel	35	182.85	West Indies	Port of Spain	24-Jul-22

Note: ** All the above knocks came at number seven. Only Chahar did so at #8

** For the record, Patel, with five sixes in his above knock, now has the most sixes for an Indian at these batting positions in a successful run chase. Only M. S. Dhoni and Yusuf Pathan (on two occasions) managed three sixes!

Highest individual ODI scores by lower-order batters (from 7 and below) in successful run chases against the West Indies

Runs	Batter	For	Balls	S/R	Venue	Date	Batting#
68*	Chris Woakes	Eng	83	81.92	North Sound	5-Mar-17	8
64*	Axar Patel	Ind	35	182.85	Port of Spain	24-Jul-22	7
57*	Sanjay Bangar	Ind	41	139.02	Ahmedabad	15-Nov-02	7
56	Saleem Yousuf	Pak	49	114.28	Lahore	16-Oct-87	7
53*	Jeremy Coney	NZ	65	81.53	Christchurch	6-Feb-80	7
53*	Daniel Vettori	NZ	56	94.64	Queenstown	22-Feb-06	8

Note: Patel’s batting strike-rate of 182.85 is the third-highest by a lower-order batter in successful run chases after the 192.59 by Bangladeshi Mosaddek Hossain (52* in 27 balls) in Dublin on 17 May 2019 and 192.00 by England’s Moeen Ali (48* in 25 balls) at The Oval on 27 Sep 2017.

36 Shikhar Dhawan’s age — 36 years & 234 days — when he reached his fifty (58) against the West Indies in the third ODI match in Port of Spain on 27 July 2022. This makes him the oldest Indian captain to register an ODI fifty. Five days before this knock he had made 97 in the first match of the series at the same venue on 22 July 2022. This made him the oldest Indian captain to be dismissed in the nineties.

Oldest Indian captains to register a fifty in ODIs

Age	Captain	Runs	Against	Venue	Date	Result
36y-234d	Shikhar Dhawan	58	West Indies	Port of Spain	27-Jul-22	W
36y-120d	Mohd Azharuddin	59	Pakistan	Manchester	8-Jun-99	W
35y-225d	Sunil Gavaskar	54	Pakistan	Melbourne	20-Feb-85	W
35y-108d	M. S. Dhoni	80	New Zealand	Mohali	23-Oct-16	W
35y-73d	Rohit Sharma	76*	England	The Oval	12-Jul-22	W

Note: only their latest score of 50+ score is listed above.

Oldest Indian captains to register a score in the 90s in ODIs

Age	Captain	Runs	Against	Venue	Date	Result
36y-229d	Shikhar Dhawan	97	West Indies	Port of Spain	22-Jul-22	W
35y-271d	Mohd Azharuddin	94	Sri Lanka	Sharjah	6-Nov-98	W
34y-225d	Rahul Dravid	92*	England	Bristol	24-Aug-07	W
34y-99d	M. S. Dhoni	92*	South Africa	Indore	14-Oct-15	W

9 The number of innings for Shreyas Iyer to reach 500 ODI runs against the West Indies. He achieved this in the third and final match of the series in Port of Spain on 27 July 2022. Only three others have done it quicker. However, Shreyas is the quickest among Indians. Shreyas also joins Misbah-ul-Haq to become the only two batters to hit seven fifties while crossing 500 runs against the West Indies. However, the Pakistani reached the landmark in his 13th innings, four more than Shreyas.

Quickest to reach 500 ODI runs against the West Indies

Inns	Mts	Batter	Achieved on	Runs	Ave.	100s
6	6	Babar Azam	11-Apr-17	514	102.8	4
8	8	Hashim Amla	16-Jan-15	505	63.13	2
8	9	Joe Root	24-Sep-17	500	71.43	2
9	10	Shreyas Iyer	27-Jul-22	507	56.33	0

12 The number of consecutive bilateral series victories in ODI cricket for India against the West Indies since 2007. This is now a new head-to-head record for a team in this format. The last time the West Indies managed to win an ODI series against India was in May 2006 when the home side won the five-match series 4-1.

Most consecutive H2H ODI bilateral series victories

Series	Team	Against	Victory sequence (from-to)	Home victories	Away victories
12+	India	West Indies	Jan 2007 to July 2022	7	5
11+	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	Oct 1996 to Oct 2020	5	6
10+	Pakistan	West Indies	Sept 1999 to June 2022	3	7
9+	South Africa	Zimbabwe	Oct 1995-Oct 2018	5	4
9+	India	Sri Lanka	Feb 2007 to Jul 2021	4	5

+ winning sequence still in progress

Note: South Africa has won all the nine ODI series it played against Zimbabwe

5 The number of occasions India has managed to win all its games in an away bilateral ODI series of three or more matches. This, incidentally, was India’s first such series victory in the Caribbean.

India winning every match (of three or more matches) in an away ODI series

Series result	Losing home team	Period	Indian captain
5-0	Zimbabwe	July-Aug 2013	Virat Kohli
5-0	Sri Lanka	Aug-Sep 2017	Virat Kohli
3-0	Zimbabwe	Jul-15	Ajinkya Rahane
3-0	Zimbabwe	Jun-16	M. S. Dhoni
3-0	West Indies	Jul-22	Shikhar Dhawan

All records are correct and updated until July 30 2022