India vs West Indies, 2nd ODI Stats Preview: Players records and approaching milestones

Team India’s 1000^th ODI match became a match to remember as they beat the Caribbean side comprehensively by six wickets in the first ODI in Ahmedabad. Rohit Sharma began his tenure as a full-time ODI captain in some style as the Hitman guided his team to a victory on a special occasion and scored a fifty as well. Former skipper Virat Kohli too reached his personal landmark of 5000 ODI runs on home soil.

Yuzvendra Chahal and Washington Sundar spun their web to restrict Kieron Pollard’s side to a paltry 176 runs. In his four-wicket haul spell, the leg-spinner Chahal also achieved the feat of 100 wickets in the ODI format. For the visitors, only all-rounder Jason Holder looked like scoring some runs as the tall Barbadian cricketer smashed a half-century. The target was never going to give the hosts a problem as skipper Rohit led his team with perfection.

With KL Rahul returning to the team it would be interesting to see if the team management decides to include Rahul straight away into the playing XI in place of Ishan Kishan. Virat Kohli will reach another milestone when he steps out on the field in the second one-dayer. The star batter is set to play his 100th ODI match at home, a feat which is achieved only by Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni, and Mohammad Azharuddin.

Pollard will hope for some runs from his players as the batting has been the Caribbean team’s Achilles heel for quite some time now especially in the Tests and 50-overs format. For West Indies to perform better with the bat, the experienced Darren Bravo will need to come to the party along with the explosive Nicholas Pooran and wicketkeeper-batter Shai Hope.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers ahead of India vs West Indies, 2^nd ODI:

Head-to-Head: India and West Indies have faced each other in 134 ODI matches with the Asian side winning on 65 occasions and West Indies winning 63 games. Two matches were tied and four ODIs had no result. In India, the hosts have won 30 out of 59 clashes, losing 28 times, and one fixture ended in a tie. At Ahmedabad India has played 16 ODIs and its even stevens as the men in blue have won eight and lost eight.

5 – Rohit Sharma needs five sixes to complete 250 sixes in ODIs.

1 – Virat Kohli has played 99 ODIs at home and is one match away from reaching 100 games milestone in India.

1 – Darren Bravo needs one four to reach 250 fours in ODIs.

1 – Kohli (25), equaled with MS Dhoni (25), needs one fifty to surpass him and become the second Indian batter with most ODI half-centuries at home.

2 – Nicholas Pooran is two-fours away from reaching 100 fours in ODI format.

1 – Rishabh Pant needs one run to reach 3000 runs in international cricket.

1 – Shardul Thakur is one match away from completing 50 matches across formats.

37 – KL Rahul needs 37 runs to complete 6000 runs across formats.

5 – Jason Holder requires five fours to complete 150 fours in ODI matches.

33 – Kohli (3566) needs 33 runs to surpass Allan Border (3598) and become the second-highest run-getter against West Indies across formats.

6 – Rahul also requires six fours to reach 600 fours across formats.

6 – Pooran also needs six sixes to complete 100 sixes across formats.