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Stats Analysis

Smith's low high score and the Kotla fortress

A stats review at the end of the second ODI between India and West Indies in Delhi

Bishen Jeswant
Bishen Jeswant
11-Oct-2014
Suresh Raina and Virat Kohli average 69.7 together in the last three years - the highest for any ODI pair with at least 20 partnerships  •  BCCI

Suresh Raina and Virat Kohli average 69.7 together in the last three years - the highest for any ODI pair with at least 20 partnerships  •  BCCI

12.3 West Indies' win percentage when chasing 250-plus in ODIs over the last ten years. The only Full Member nation with a worse record is Zimbabwe, who have a marginally lower win percentage of 11.1. West Indies have lost 48 out of 57 such matches in this period. India have the best record under such circumstances, winning 39 out of 87 matches, for a win percentage of 44.8.
9 Number of years since India have lost an ODI at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi. India have played eight ODIs here in this period, and have won all six of the completed games.The last ODI India lost here was to Pakistan in April 2005.
2 Number of times all of India's middle order batsmen, i.e. Nos. 4, 5 and 6, have made a 50-plus score in the same game. The batsmen involved on both occasions were Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli. They made 62, 51* & 62 respectively against West Indies, and 68, 107 and 54 against Sri Lanka in 2009.
102 Number of ODI wickets Jerome Taylor has taken. He started the day on 99 wickets and picked up 3 for 54 in Delhi. He became the 15th West Indies bowler and 122nd overall to take 100 or more ODI wickets.
4 Number of times, including against West Indies, that Mohammed Shami has taken four wickets in an ODI. However, this was the first instance of Shami taking four wickets while conceding less than 50 runs - he gave away only 36 - making these his best ODI figures. He is yet to take a five-wicket haul in ODI cricket.
5 Number of times India have batted first after winning the toss since the start of 2013. India won the toss 32 times in this period, and chose to bowl 27 times.
55.4 Average partnership runs between Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina in ODIs. This is the fourth best for any India pair who have played together on at least 30 occasions. Topping this list are Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli, who average 60.6 together.
1 Number of times Kieron Pollard has batted higher than No. 4 in ODIs - this was the first. His strike-rate of 80 was his fourth lowest for an innings of 40 or more.
2 Number of extras that India conceded in this game. This is the fewest extras that India have conceded when they have bowled at least 40 overs in an innings. This also means that India only gave away 0.9% of the opposition's total runs through extras, which is their lowest ever.
97 Dwayne Smith's score in Delhi, his highest in List A cricket. His previous highest was 96 against Windward Islands in 2005. Previously, Smith's highest score in ODIs was 68. He had played 92 matches and scored 1318 runs at an average of 17.47, including only six fifties.
105 Number of runs scored by Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina for the fourth wicket. This is India's only 100-plus stand for the fourth wicket in more than two years. The last such partnership was between Gautam Gambhir and Manoj Tiwary against Sri Lanka in August 2012.
19 Number of West Indies players who have made 2000-plus ODI runs - Pollard became the latest. Eight of these 19 players have also taken 40-plus wickets, including Pollard.

Bishen Jeswant is a stats sub editor at ESPNCricinfo. @bishen_jeswant