Cricket statistician Rajneesh Gupta offers his insight into the gentleman's game like no one else!. You can e-mail the author at rgcricket@gmail.com
The last time India successfully chased a target of 200 or more outside India was almost one year back - against West Indies at Kingston on May 18, 2006.
It was on India's last tour to Bangladesh, in December 2004, that the hosts registered their first ever limited-overs international victory. They beat their more fancied neighbours by 15 runs in one of the matches.
Among all wicketkeepers in the world, he is the third fastest to reach this landmark.
New Zealand in the third ODI vs Australia achieved the second highest winning total for a side batting second.
Rajneesh Gupta presents statistical analysis of the third ODI between India and Sri Lanka in Margao.
A look at the track record of the 15-man squad.
Before the Rajkot ODI both Ganguly and Tendulkar were levelled with 49 sixes on Indian soil from 64 and 124 innings respectively.
The Man of the series award was 12th for Tendulkar. Jayasuriya is second with 10 such awards.
Robin Uthappa's innings of 70 runs off 41 balls (SR-170.73) is the third best by any batsman scoring at least a fifty against West Indies
Statistical highlights, India - West Indies, 2nd ODI, Cuttack.
Statistical highlights of the first ODI between India and the West Indies, in Nagpur on Sunday.
Scored 86 off 96 balls with 12 fours and a six in his debut ODI v England at Indore in 2005-06.
Wasim Jaffer and Dinesh Karthik provided only the second instance in this decade of both Indian openers scoring fifty in the same innings in a Test away from subcontinent, on Day 1 of the third Test against South Africa in Cape Town.
B catching Wasim Jaffer on Day 1 of the third Test against South Africa, Kallis completed his 100 catches in Test cricket.
India have won only twice in eight deciding Tests of an overseas series.
The Durban defeat is the seventh instance since 2000 when India lost the next Test after gaining a 1-0 lead in the series.
India's maiden Test win in South Africa came after 14 years and in their tenth Test.
Rajneesh Gupta presents a statistical summary of Test series between India and South Africa.
Rajneesh Gupta presents a detailed statistical analysis of the Indian Test squad for the South Africa series.
Now only Sachin Tendulkar - with 35 hundreds - is ahead of Lara in Test cricket.
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