Thursday, October 29, 2009

Records galore in India’s thrashing of Oz

Nagpur: Following are the statistical highlights of the second one-dayer between India and Australia here.

# Suresh Raina`s 62 off 50 balls is his 11th fifty in ODIs - first against Australia.

# Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Raina shared a 136-run stand for the fifth wicket, which is India`s second highest against Australia.

# India registered 350 or more for the 12th time in ODIs.

# India`s total is the best by any team batting first against Australia.

# India (354/7) posted their highest total against Australia, surpassing the 315 at Bangalore on March 25, 2001.

# Dhoni`s innings of 124 off 107 balls is his first century against Australia and his fifth in ODIs.

# Dhoni`s innings is now the highest by a captain/wicketkeeper against Australia in ODIs.

# Michael Hussey (53 off 60 balls) posted his second half-century in a row in the series. At Vadodara, he had registered 73.

# Ravindra Jadeja (3/35) registered his best bowling performance in ODIs.

Bureau Report

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