Indian Team outplayed by a Thunderous Bangladeshi Pace Attack, 1st ODI, Bangladesh Vs India - Statistical Review

Indian Team outplayed by a Thunderous Bangladeshi Pace Attack, 1st ODI, Bangladesh Vs India – Statistical Review: The first ODI of the three match ODI series between Bangladesh and India at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium did produce quite a number of things to cheer for, for the home side spectators. And as a matter of fact, Bangladesh pulled off their maiden victory against India in a bilateral series. Bangladeshi pacers simply outplayed the Indian pacers in comparison. Chasing down a target of 307 runs, the Indian openers did manage to contribute a centurion partnership but since the first wicket fell, things turned like a whirl for the Men in Blue. Bangladesh managed to enforce a thumping victory over the Indians and they won the match by 79 runs. To sum things up, let us explore about the statistical aspects of the match.

The Match in Numbers:

• Number of Fours Hit by Bangladesh/India: 31/15
• Number of Sixes Hit by Bangladesh/India: 4/4
• Number of Dot deliveries bowled by Bangladesh/India: 138/139
• Number of Wide deliveries bowled by Bangladesh/India: 2/5
• Runs Scored by Bangladesh/India in the first 10 overs: Bangladesh – 79/0 and India – 66/0
• Highest Scorer of the Match: Rohit Sharma (63 runs off 68 deliveries with 4 fours and a six)
• Highest Wicket Taker of the Match: Mustafizur Rahman (9.2-0-50-5)
• Total Runs Scored in the Match: 535/20 in 95.4 overs

The other statistical facts of the Match:

• Today’s match marked the fastest start for Bangladesh against a top-8 team in ODIs. They reached to 100 runs in just 79 deliveries. Their fastest was against Zimbabwe, when they scored 100 off 73 deliveries in 2005.
• Today’s match marked the best opening stand for Bangladesh against India. Tamim Iqbal and Soumya Sarkar contributed to a 102-run opening partnership surpassing the partnership between Imrul Kayes and Tamim Iqbal of 80 runs back in January, 2010.
• Bangladesh reached to 50 runs in 40 deliveries today. This is their second-fastest against India. Their fastest came in Dhaka in 2011.
• This match marked the 46^th total of over 300 runs in ODIs in 2015. This was Bangladesh’s 3^rd in this year.
• Virat Kohli has scored 5 runs(3,1,1) in his last 3 ODI innings. This happens to be the roughest trot for him.
• Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma managed to score 2027 runs as the opening pair of India with an average of 49.43. This pair is the third best opening pair for India. Of course Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar leads the chart with 6609 runs with an average of 49.32.
• Bangladesh were bundled for 307 runs today. This marked to be their highest score against India. Their previous best was 296/6 in Dhaka in January, 2010.
• Today’s match marked the second time when 5 of the Top 7 batsmen of Bangladesh scored over 30 runs in an innings against India. They haven’t managed to do more than once against any other opposition.
• Today’s half century marked Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal’s 19^th half century in Bangladesh.
• Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma contributed 95 runs for the opening partnership. This marked their 18^th 50+ partnership on the opening slot for India.
• This marked the 4^th time that Suresh Raina managed to bowl his full quota of 10 overs. He has done it thrice at Brisbane, Kochi and Hamilton respectively.
• For the first time since 2007, Rohit Sharma has attained an ODI batting average of over 40 in ODIs. He scored 63 runs today.
• So far in the history of ODIs, 10 bowlers managed to clinch a 5 wicket haul on debut. The 19-year old left handed seamer, Mustafizur Rahman became the 2^nd Bangladeshi to do so. The first Bangladeshi was Taskin Ahmed.
• This marked Bangladesh’s first victory against India in a bilateral series.