India vs Windies, 2018: 3rd ODI – Statistical Preview

The tied game in Vizag made the series between India and Windies interesting but the real Test for the visitors starts from the third ODI onwards. The Caribbean team’s strength has been their batting which will have a tough time as Team India is set to field their full strength bowling attack. The third ODI in Pune is going to be crucial for the Windies where they can’t lose if they want to have a chance of winning their first ODI series against India for the first time since 2006.

All the major stats and numbers ahead of the crucial third ODI in Pune:

3 – Number of ODIs hosted by the MCA Stadium in Pune. India chased in all the three matches winning in two of them.

3 – Virat Kohli has scored a century in each of his last three ODI innings in India. Only AB de Villiers (Four in 2010-2011) in India and Babar Azam (Five in 2016-2017) in UAE have scored four consecutive ODI centuries in a country.

96 – Number of wickets Bhuvneshwar Kumar has taken in his ODI career thus far. Another Indian pacer Mohammed Shami (94) is also nearing 100 wickets in this format.

212 – Virat Kohli has scored 212 runs in three ODI innings at the MCA Stadium in Pune. The Indian skipper has scored a century and a fifty at this venue thus far.

297 – Runs Virat Kohli has scored in the two ODIs in this series. These are the most runs any player has scored in the first two matches of an ODI series. He thus went past Rohit Sharma’s tally of 295 runs during the 2016 series in Australia where he scored 171* and 124 in first two games.

299 – The game in Pune will be the 300th International match of Rohit Sharma‘s career. The Indian team’s vice-captain has featured in 190 ODIs, 84 T20Is and 25 Test matches thus far.

986 – Rohit has scored 986 runs in 22 ODI innings against the Windies. The Indian opener has an average of 58 against the Caribbean team with ten fifty-plus scores including an unbeaten 152 in the Guwahati ODI.

7983 – Runs Virat Kohli has scored in ODI cricket while batting at No.3. Only Ricky Ponting (12662) and Kumar Sangakkara (9747) have scored more ODI runs while batting at No.3. Kohli is also four runs away from completing 6000 ODI runs in Asia having scored 5996 runs in this continent in 120 matches.

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