West Indies won the toss and inserted the opposition in this game to provide the 227^th occasion of West Indies doing so in one day games. It also provides the 35^th such occasion against India and eleventh such occasion at home against India.

West Indies capped KA Hope and KDK Williams for this game. He became the 179^th and 180^th cricketer to represent West Indies in one day games. They became the 25^th and 26^th West Indies cricketers to make their one day debut against India

West Indies capped KA Hope for this game, He become the 48^th pair of brothers to represent a team in the history of one day internationals. His brother SD Hope has already represented West Indies in ODIs.

SD Hope-KA Hope became the fourth pair to represent West Indies in one day internationals. The following table lists the other three pairs of brothers who have represented West Indies in one day internationals

No	Two brothers from West Indies
1	DJ Bravo and DM Bravo (WI) (Half Brothers)
2	PT Collins and FH Edwards (WI) (Half Brothers)
3	MN and RG Samuels (WI)

AM Rahane scored 72 in this game to provide the 159^th occasion of Indian batsman scoring a fifty against West Indies in one day internationals. It also provides the 62^nd occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a fifty against West Indies in one day internationals.

AM Rahane’s 72 in this game represents the 21^st fifty of his one day career and also represent his fourth fifty against West Indies in one day games.

MS Dhoni  became the most capped wicket keeper in West Indies-India one day series. He was playing his 31^st game and went past PJ Dujon who has played 30 games.

MS Dhoni has an aggregate of 9364 runs as a wicket keeper batsman in one day games. He needed 47 more runs to overhaul the run aggregate of 9410 of AC Gilchrist. He scored 78 in this game  and his run aggregate at the end  of  this  game read 9442.  MS Dhoni now occupies the second place in the list of wicket keeper batsmen who have scored most runs in one day games. KC Sangakkara occupies the first place with 13341 runs to his credit.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0
1	KC Sangakkara	360	340	35	13341	169	43.74	23	91	14
2	AC Gilchrist	282	274	10	09410	172	35.64	16	53	19
3	MS Dhoni	204	254	70	9442	183*	51.31	10	63	08

MS Dhoni scored 78  not out in this game to provide the 70^th occasion of his  remaining not out in a one day game. He became the third batsman in the history of one day games to remain not out on 70 plus occasions. Others are- SM Pollock {72} and WPUJC Vaas {72}

MS Dhoni scored 78 not out in this game to provide the 70^th occasion of his remaining not out in a one day game. He became the first wicket keeper batsman in the history of one day games to remain not out on 70 plus occasions

MS Dhoni scored two boundary sixes in his knock of 78 in this game which fetched  a total of 25 boundary sixes against West Indies. He became the first Indian batsman to score 25 boundary sixes against West Indies. He also became the third batsman to score 25 plus boundary sixes in West Indies-India one  day series.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0	4s	6s
1	CG Greenidge	Win	24	23	3	1181	117	59.05	3	8	1	081	33
2	MN Samuels	Win	39	39	5	1142	126*	33.58	3	7	0	114	28
3	MS Dhoni	Ind	31	28	14	845	95	60.35	0	6	0	057	25

MS Dhoni has an aggregate of 97 stumping dismissals to his credit at the end of this game. He needs two more such dismissals to equal KC Sangakkara’s dismissal of 99 dismissals and four more dismissals for his 100 dismissals. If he gets to 100 dismissals, he would become the first wicket keeper in the history of one day internationals to effect 100 stumping dismissals.

The head to head summary between the two teams read thus

RESULT SUMMARY
Team	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	NR
Ind	1979-2017	119	55	60	1	3
Win	1979-2017	119	60	55	1	3

RESULT SUMMARY IN TERMS OF INDIA
Venue	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	NR
Home	1983-2014	50	24	26	0	0
Away	1983-2017	34	13	19	0	2
Neutral	1979-2015	35	18	15	1	1

West Indies were dismissed all out for 158 in this game to provide the 240^th occasion of West Indies dismissed all out in an innings in one day games. It also provides the 36^th occasion of West Indies dismissed all out against India in one day games and provides the sixth such occasion at home against India. It also provides the 67^th occasion of West Indies dismissed all out on home soil.