Windies v India 2017: 1st ODI – Statistical Highlights

The rain gods made had their say in Team India’s first game on their West Indies tour as the first ODI of the 5-match series between India and Windies ended in a washout after the visitors batted for 39.2 overs. The home side won the toss and invited the Indians to bat on a wicket that looked damp.

The visiting side’s opening pair Shikhar Dhawan and Ajinkya Rahane kept going and registered a record stand by scoring fifties. India slowed down after their dismissals and the rain started interrupting their innings. They posted 199/3 in the 39.2 possible overs after which the game never resumed.

Here we look at all the stats and records created during the game.

1 – Shikhar Dhawan and Ajinkya Rahane scoring fifties is the first occasion for India where they’re both openers managed to score a fifty in the same ODI on West Indies soil.

2 – Kuldeep Yadav became only the 2nd chinaman from Asia to make his debut in ODI cricket. Sri Lanka’s Lakshan Sandakan is the other Chinaman to represent an Asian team in this format.

5 – Number of consecutive fifty-plus partnerships for Dhawan-Rahane pair in ODIs; they are the 5th Indian pair with 5 consecutive fifty-plus stands in ODI cricket. Last 5 ODI stands between Dhawan and Rahane read: 83, 125, 56, 112 and 132.

8 – Kuldeep Yadav is the 8th Indian player whose ODI debut resulted in a washout. Ajinkya Rahane was the last Indian whose ODI debut was a no result game.

31.58 – Percentage of partnerships converted by Dhawan-Rahane pair into century stands in ODIs; the 2nd best for any pair. (Min: 5 100+ stand) The Indian pair has 6 century stands in the 19 ODI innings. New Zealand’s Nathan Astle and RW Twose have seven 100+ stands in 21 innings, which accounts to 33.33 percent.

74 – Partnership average of Shikhar Dhawan and Ajinkya Rahane in ODI format; the 3rd best for any pair with over 1000 partnership runs in this format. Only Azharuddin-Gavaskar pair (78) and Dhoni-Gambhir pair (74.7) have a better partnership average than Dhawan-Rahane.

132 – Partnership stand between Shikhar Dhawan and Ajinkya Rahane in this game; India’s highest for the opening wicket in ODIs in West Indies. Previous highest was 128 by Rohit-Dhawan pair in 2013 vs Windies at the same venue.

400 – This ODI was the 400th international match for Yuvraj Singh. He is now the 30th player and 7th Indian to feature in 400 Internationals.

502 – Runs Yuvraj Singh has scored on West Indies soil in ODIs; the most by any Indian. He became the first Indian to aggregate 500 ODI runs in West Indies.