Finally something to cheer for the Indians, Bangladesh v India 3rd ODI - Statistical Review

Finally something to cheer for the Indians, Bangladesh v India 3rd ODI – Statistical Review: The dead rubber contest between Bangladesh and India for the third game of the 3-match ODI series resulted in some hard earned fruitful prospects for the visitors after being thrashed in the first two ODIs. After being put to bat first, the Indian batsmen looked to play big with determination. Aided by fantastic knocks from Dhawan (75) and Dhoni (69), coupled up with the fantastic cameo from Raina (37) at the death overs, India managed to pose a total of 317 runs on the board after 50 overs.

In reply, Bangladesh kept scoring as per the asking rate but they compromised wickets while doing so and in the end, as it happened, India managed to snatch a comprehensive victory by a margin of 77 runs to make the series stand as 2-1. Let us take a glance about the statistical aspects of the game.

The Match in Numbers:

• Number of Fours Hit by Bangladesh/India: 22/27
• Number of Sixes Hit by Bangladesh/India: 3/4
• Number of wides bowled by Bangladesh/India: 3/9
• Number of dot deliveries bowled by Bangladesh/India: 132/158
• Runs Scored by Bangladesh/India in the first 10 overs: India – 61/1 and Bangladesh – 65/2
• Highest Run Scorer of the Match: Shikhar Dhawan (75 runs off 73 deliveries with 10 fours)
• Highest Wicket Taker of the Match: Suresh Raina (8-0-45-3)
• Total Runs Scored in the Match: 557/16 in 97 overs

The other statistical facts:

• Mustafizur Rahman, for yet another time managed to dismiss Rohit Sharma in the series. This happened to be the third consecutive time when Rohit has been dismissed by Mustafizur.
• Mustafizur Rahman, by taking 2 wickets in today’s match became the joint-highest wicket taker by playing three or less matches bilateral series with 13 wickets. Ryan Harris took 13 wickets in the 3 match series against Pakistan in 2010.
• Rohit Sharma faced 15 consecutive deliveries on a trot at the beginning of the Indian innings. Shikhar Dhawan managed to get the strike for the first time in 16 deliveries. This happens to be a rare one.
• India have been whitewashed in a 3-match bilateral series in Asia only once and that was against West Indies in 1983. India escaped the whitewash with the victory tonight.
• Raina has bowled a maximum 22 overs in a 3-match bilateral series before. He has bowled 20 overs in this series.
• With 487 runs in 13 innings, Soumya Sarkar stands to be the Bangladeshi batsman with the possession of best career average for batsmen with over 250 runs in international career. He averages 40.58. Next to him is Shakib Al Hasan, who averages 35.23.
• Mortaza stands to be the Bangladeshi bowler with the most number of ODI wickets against India. He has managed to take 20 wickets in 13 matches. Mustafizur comes 4^th in the list with 13 wickets in 3 matches.
• Each of the top 5 batsmen of India managed to score 25 or more runs individually. They had done this before in an ODI at Dhaka in 20014.
• Dhoni averages 68.40 at number 4 for India. He has played 20 innings so far in the position and his innings were as: 20,80,68,77*,62*,29,33,50*,63,109*,67,50,26,56,38,5,46*,31,47,69.
• Shikhar Dhawan stood to be highest run scorer of the series with 158 runs in 3 matches. Next in the list is Soumya Sarkar with 128 runs in 3 innings.
• Dhawan happens to be the only Indian with over 1000 ODI runs in the last year. He has scored 1161 runs in 25 innings. Virat Kohli stands second in the list with 952 runs.
• India have managed to score 300+ totals for 86 times and MS Dhoni was involved in 55 of those.