Third ODI – India vs England at Pune-MCA on 28.03.21
England won the toss and chose to field in this game providing the 210th occasion of England doing so in ODIs. It also provides the 32st occasion of England doing so in ODIs against India. It also provides the 15th occasion of England doing so in ODIs against India in India.
V Kohli will be leading India for the 200th occasion in international matches {Tests/ODIs/T20Is}. He became the eighth captain to lead a team in 200 international matches. The following table lists all these captains.
No | Player | Span | Mat |
1 | MS Dhoni (INDIA) | 2007-2018 | 332 |
2 | RT Ponting (AUS/ICC) | 2002-2012 | 324 |
3 | SP Fleming (NZ) | 1997-2007 | 303 |
4 | GC Smith (Afr/ICC/SA) | 2003-2014 | 286 |
5 | AR Border (AUS) | 1984-1994 | 271 |
6 | A Ranatunga (SL) | 1988-1999 | 249 |
7 | M Azharuddin (INDIA) | 1990-1999 | 221 |
8 | V Kohli (INDIA) | 2013-2021 | 200 |
He became the third Indian captain to lead a team in 200 international matches. The following table lists all these captains.
No | Player | Span | Mat |
1 | MS Dhoni (INDIA) | 2007-2018 | 332 |
2 | M Azharuddin (INDIA) | 1990-1999 | 221 |
3 | V Kohli (INDIA) | 2013-2021 | 200 |
S Dhawan-RG Sharma partnered 5000 runs in ODIs when they added 80 runs during their partnership of runs in this game. At the end of this game, this pair has partnered 5023 runs. They became the second Indian pair to post 5000 plus runs after SC Ganguly-SR Tendulkar. SC Ganguly-SR Tendulkar pair has partnered 8227 runs. They also became the seventh pair to post 5000 plus runs in ODIs. All such pairs are tabulated below
No | Partners | Runs |
1 | SC Ganguly, SR Tendulkar (INDIA) | 8227 |
2 | M Jayawardene, KC Sangakkara (Asia/SL) | 5992 |
3 | TM Dilshan, KC Sangakkara (SL) | 5475 |
4 | MS Atapattu, ST Jayasuriya (SL) | 5462 |
5 | AC Gilchrist, ML Hayden (AUS) | 5409 |
6 | CG Greenidge, DL Haynes (WI) | 5206 |
7 | S Dhawan, RG Sharma (INDIA) | 5023 |
S Dhawan-RG Sharma added 103 runs for the first wicket in this game to provide the 453rd occasion of India posting a three figure partnership in ODIs. It also provides the 109th occasion of India posting a three figure partnership in ODIs for the first wicket.
S Dhawan-RG Sharma added 103 runs for the first wicket in this game to provide the 50th occasion of India posting a three figure partnership in ODIs against England. It also provides the 14th occasion of India posting a three figure partnership in ODIs for the first wicket against England
S Dhawan-RG Sharma added 103 runs for the first wicket in this game to provide their 17th century partnership in one day games for the first wicket. They stand second in the list of pairs who have put on most century partnerships for the first wicket in ODIs. SC Ganguly-SR Tendulkar pair have put on most partnerships for the first wicket in ODIs – 21. S Dhawan-RG Sharma pair went past AC Gilchrist-ML Hayden pair which had put on 16 century partnerships for the first wicket on their way to occupy the second place.
The following four pairs have partnered 17 or more three figure partnerships in ODIs. It is interesting to note that out of these four pairs, three pairs are from India.
No | Partners | TFPs |
1 | SC Ganguly, SR Tendulkar (INDIA) | 26 |
2 | TM Dilshan, KC Sangakkara (SL) | 20 |
3 | V Kohli, RG Sharma (INDIA) | 18 |
4 | S Dhawan, RG Sharma (INDIA) | 17 |
RR Pant scored 78 in this game to provide the 121st occasion of an Indian wicketkeeper batsman scoring a fifty in a ODI. It also provides the 17th occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty against England.
RR Pant’s 78 in this game represent his highest individual score in ODIs. It was an improvement over his 77 in the second ODI of this series at Pune on 26.03.21.
HH Pandya scored 64 in this game to provide his sixth fifty in ODIs. It also represents his second fifty in ODIs against England. Prior to this he had scored 56 at Kolkata on 22 Jan 2017.
India posted a team total of 329 in this game to provide the 120th occasion of India posting a team total of 300 plus runs in ODIs. It also provides the 18th occasion of India posting a team total of 300 plus runs in ODIs against England.
India posted a total of 329 all out in this game to provide the 50th occasion of a team dismissed all out after posting 300 plus runs in ODIs. It also provides the fifth occasion of a team dismissed all out after posting 300 plus runs in ODIs against England.
India posted a total of 329 all out in this game to provide the tenth occasion of India dismissed all out after posting 300 plus runs in ODIs. It also provides the second occasion of India dismissed all out after posting 300 plus runs in ODIs against England. Prior to this India was dismissed all out for 338 at Bangalore on 27.02.11.
AU Rashid returned with figures of 2 for 81 in this game to provide the 27th occasion of an England bowler conceding 80 plus runs in an innings in an ODI. It also provides the sixth occasion of an England bowler conceding 80 plus runs in an innings in an ODI against India.
AU Rashid returned with figures of 2 for 81 in this game to provide the third occasion of his conceding 80 plus runs in an innings in ODIs. The other two occasions are – 5 for 85 against West Indies at St George’s on 27.02.19 and 1 for 81 against Pakistan at Southampton on 11.05.19
He became the third England bowler to concede 80 plus runs in a ODI on three or more occasions. Others are – JT Ball {04} and JM Anderson {03}
DJ Malan scored 50 in this game to provide the 362nd occasion of a batsman scoring exact 50 runs in an innings in ODIs. It also provides the 43rd occasion of an batsman scoring exact 50 runs in an innings in ODIs against India.
It also provides the 33rd occasion of an England batsman scoring exact 50 runs in an innings in ODIs. It also provides the eighth occasion of an England batsman scoring exact 50 runs in an innings in ODIs against India
England posted a team total of 322 for 9 in this game to provide the 82nd occasion of England posting a team total of 300 plus runs in ODIs. It also provides the 14th occasion of England posting a team total of 300 plus runs in ODIs against India.
India {329-10} and England {329-9} posted 300 plus runs in this game to provide the 146th occasion of both teams posting 300 plus runs in an ODI.
England lost this game after posting 322-9 to provide the 151th occasion of a team losing a game after posting 300 plus runs in the history of ODIs. It also provides the 23rd occasion of England losing a game after posting 300 plus runs and also provides the sixth occasion of England losing a game after posting 300 plus runs against India.
SM Curran batting at number eight scored 95 not out. SM Curran shares the record for the highest score by a batsman batting at number eight in the history of ODIs with his fellow countryman CJ Woakes. CJ Woakes scored 95 not out against Sri Lanka at Nottingham on 21 Jun 2016.
The highest individual score by a batsman batting at number eight against India is credited to LS Klusener of South Africa. LS Klusener has scored 75 not out against India at Nagpur on 19.03.00.
SM Curran {95*}, CJ Woakes {95*} and NM Coulter-Nile {92} are the only three batsmen who have scored nineties while batting at number eight in one day games.
SM Curran’s 95 not out in this game provide the 61st occasion of an England batsman scoring ninety in one day games. It also provides the 15th occasion of an England batsman scoring ninety in one day games against India.
SM Curran’s 95 not out in this game provide the 90th occasion of a batsman scoring ninety against India in one day games.
SM Curran-AU Rashid posted 57 runs for the eighth wicket and SM Curran-M Wood posted 60 runs for the ninth wicket in this game to provide the seventh occasion of batsmen posting fifty plus runs for the eighth and ninth wickets in an one day game.
India won this game by seven runs to provide its 224th win by runs margin when it had batted first in ODIs. It also provides its 22nd win by runs margin when it had batted first in ODIs against England.
India won this game by seven runs to provide its 24th win by single digit runs margin when it had batted first in ODIs. It also provides its fourth win by single digit runs margin when it had batted first in ODIs against England.
India won this game by seven runs to provide its 107th win by runs margin when it was inserted by the opposition in ODIs. It also provides its 21st win by single digit runs margin when it was inserted by England in ODIs.
SN Thakur captured four for 67 in this game to provide the 192nd occasion of an Indian bowler capturing four or more wickets in ODIs. It also provides the 18th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing four or more wickets in ODIs against England.
SN Thakur captured four for 67 in this game to provide the 147th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing exact four wickets in ODIs. It also provides the eleventh occasion of an Indian bowler capturing exact four wickets in ODIs against England.
SM Curran was awarded the Man of the Match Award in this game for his 95 not out, though his team England was in a losing side. It provides the 180th occasion of a cricketer awarded Man of the Match despite his team losing the game. SM Curran became the 18th cricketer to be awarded the Man of the Match when Englanf lost the game. All such occasions are tabulated below.
No | Player | Span | Mat | MoM |
1 | JH Edrich | 1971-1974 | 3 | 1 |
2 | IT Botham | 1976-1992 | 47 | 1 |
3 | MW Gatting | 1978-1993 | 37 | 1 |
4 | DI Gower | 1979-1991 | 54 | 2 |
5 | CJ Tavare | 1980-1984 | 14 | 1 |
6 | AJ Lamb | 1983-1992 | 55 | 2 |
7 | RA Smith | 1989-1996 | 40 | 2 |
8 | GA Hick | 1992-2001 | 59 | 1 |
9 | JP Crawley | 1994-1999 | 7 | 1 |
10 | NV Knight | 1996-2003 | 54 | 1 |
11 | MW Alleyne | 1999-2000 | 6 | 1 |
12 | ME Trescothick | 2000-2006 | 62 | 2 |
13 | KP Pietersen | 2005-2013 | 64 | 1 |
14 | RS Bopara | 2007-2015 | 55 | 1 |
15 | IJL Trott | 2009-2013 | 27 | 1 |
16 | CR Woakes | 2011-2020 | 42 | 1 |
17 | JC Buttler | 2013-2021 | 58 | 1 |
18 | SM Curran | 2018-2021 | 4 | 1 |