England vs India, 3rd ODI Stats Review: Rishabh Pant’s maiden ODI century, Hardik Pandya’s career-best figures, and other stats

Rishabh Pant slammed his maiden century in ODIs while Hardik Pandya registered his career-best bowling figures of 4/24 as India defeated England by five wickets in the third and final ODI to win the series by a 2-1 margin. Pant hammered an unbeaten 125 off 113 which included 16 fours and two sixes to help India in chasing down the target of 260 in just 42.1 overs. Hardik also scored 71 off 55 with ten fours as he and wicketkeeper-batter Pant also shared a 133-run partnership for the fifth wicket after the visitors found themselves in trouble at 72/4.

Speaking about how the series decider went by, skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to field first. Mohammed Siraj, who replaced the injured Jasprit Bumrah, made early inroads by dismissing both Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root back for ducks. Jason Roy made 41 off 31 with seven fours before falling prey to Hardik. All-rounders Ben Stokes and Moeen Ali amassed 27 and 34 runs respectively with captain Jos Buttler registering a half-century, the only one for England in the series.

Liam Livingstone played a quickfire cameo of 27 off 31 with two fours and as many maximums while Craig Overton’s 32 runs helped the English side in reaching a total of 259 in 45.5 overs. Hardik bowled seven overs which also included three maidens. Spinner Yuzvendra Chahal was also amongst the wickets with his spell of 3/60 in 9.5 overs.

Chasing 260, Reece Topley again dismantled India’s top order with the wickets of Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, and Virat Kohli. All the three batters got dismissed for below 20 runs with India struggling at 38/3 in 8.1 overs. Suryakumar Yadav made only 16 but Pant and Hardik took the game away from the hosts.  The dashing Pant looked in a hurry and tonked all the bowlers around the park with his scintillating knock which also won him the Player-of-the-Match award.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers from the 3rd ODI between England and India:

 4/24 – Hardik Pandya registered his best bowling figures of 4/24 in ODIs. His previous best was 3/31 against New Zealand in the year 2016.

1 – Rishabh Pant scripted his maiden ODI century in 24 innings. His previous best score was 85 which came against South Africa this year itself.

11 – Joe Root scored just 11 runs in three innings at a poor average of 3.66 with two ducks in this series.

443 – Rohit Sharma has managed to score just 443 runs in 18 innings at an average of 26.05 with two half-centuries across formats in 2022.

5 – Hardik became the fifth Indian to do the double of scoring 50 runs and picking up four or more wickets in an ODI. The other four are Kris Srikkanth, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, and Yuvraj Singh. Hardik produced the seventh instance of an Indian doing the double.

78.00 – Pant has mustered now 312 runs in five innings at an average of 78.00 and a strike rate of 125.30 with one century and two fifties against England in ODIs.

2014 – Moeen Ali reached the landmark of 2000 runs in one-day internationals.

1 – For the first time, Virat Kohli went through five consecutive ODI innings without reaching the 20-run mark. His last five scores read as 17, 16, zero, 18, and eight.

125* – Pant registered the highest score of 125* by an Indian wicketkeeper in away ODIs. The previous best was 112 by KL Rahul against New Zealand in 2020.

45 – Virat Kohli amassed just 45 runs in four innings at an average of 11.25 with the highest score of 17 in the limited-overs series against England on this tour.

3 – Pant also became the third Indian wicketkeeper to smash a century outside Asia. While Rahul Dravid scored 145 against Sri Lanka in Taunton in 1999, KL Rahul made 112 against New Zealand in 2020.

71 – Hardik scripted his highest score of 71 against England in the ODI format. His previous highest of 64 came in Pune in the year 2021.

2 – Hardik became only the second player after Pakistan’s Mohammad Hafeez to score 50 runs and pick four or more wickets in the same match in all three formats.

1 – Jos Buttler registered the only half-century for England in the series. India had two fifties, which were by their skipper Rohit in the first ODI and Hardik Pandya in the third ODI.

1 – Hardik also became the only Indian to score 50 and pick four wickets in the match in both ODIs and T20Is.

3 – Reece Topley dismissed Rohit for the third time in five innings in the limited-overs series on this tour.

3 – Hardik recorded the third-best spell of 4/24 by an Indian in ODIs at Old Trafford in Manchester. Venkatesh Prasad (5/27) against Pakistan in 1999 and Mohammed Shami (4/16) against West Indies in 2019 are in the top two spots.