Stats: India's record collapse and record comeback

The Pallekele ODI between Sri Lanka and India would stand among the most interesting 50 overs matches ever as the Indian chase witnessed a dominating start by the openers, a 7-wicket collapse powered by an off-spinner who bowled googlies and a sensible 8th wicket partnership which took the chasing side to victory.

It looked all easy for India when Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan were batting together putting on a 109-run stand that too at a quick pace for the opening wicket. Rohit scored 54 while Dhawan fell one short of his 7th consecutive ODI fifty-plus score against Sri Lanka. Kedar Jadhav, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul failed to read the googly from the off-spinner as they got bowled for single digits.

All of a sudden, India were 109/0 to 131/7 with MS Dhoni and Bhuvneshwar Kumar at the crease. Both the players batted sensibly with the required run rate, not a concern due to the start they had. Bhuvneshwar brought up his maiden ODI fifty while Dhoni scored an unbeaten 45 to take Team India home.

India’s 231-run partnership stands among the top 10 lowest scores in ODI cricket which included two 100-run partnerships. All the top ten lowest ODI totals with multiple century stands have come during chases.

Lowest scores to comprise two 100-run stands in an inning in ODI cricket:

India’s 7-wicket collapse for 22 runs in this game is their joint 2nd lowest in their ODI history. Four of the top five worst 7-wicket collapses for India in ODIs are against Sri Lanka. The 22 runs they managed in the 2nd ODI are also among the fewest by any team while they lost their 1st and 7th wicket in an inning in this format. Four of the top six such collapses have been triggered by Sri Lanka.

Worst 7-wicket collapses for India in ODI cricket:

Fewest runs between the dismissal of 1st wicket and 7th wicket in an innings in ODI cricket:

The Dhoni-Bhuvneshwar stand recorded only the 6th instance in ODI cricket where a team was 100+ runs away from a win at the fall of the 7th wicket while chasing in ODIs. India needed exactly 100 runs when they lost Axar Patel’s wicket.

100+ runs chased down in ODI cricket after losing 7th wicket:

(Stats as on August 25, 2017)