Highlights: India v England, 3rd ODI, Ranchi, Jan 19, 2013
Statistical highlights of the 3rd ODI between India and England, Ranchi, Jan 19, 2013:
On a day that marked a perfect homecoming for skipper MS Dhoni and an ideal beginning for a brand new stadium at Ranchi, Virat Kohli managed to make quite a few heads turn too. The 24-year-old bounced back to form with a match-winning 77-run innings. In the process, he surpassed the 4,000-run mark in ODIs.
Thanks to his batting exploits, the right-hander was also adjudged Man of the Match – his 13th such award and second against England. Here are these and many more stats highlights from a very special match, both for Team India and the city of Ranchi:
Jharkhand State Cricket Association Stadium in Ranchi became India’s 42nd and world’s 82nd ODI ground. India has the most number of ODI grounds.
England’s total of 155 is their third lowest against India.
England’s lowest totals vs India (excluding shortened games):
Total
|
Overs
|
Venue
|
Year
|
Result
|
---|---|---|---|---|
125
|
37
|
Jaipur
|
2006
|
Lost
|
149
|
41.4
|
Sydney
|
1985
|
Lost
|
155
|
42.2
|
Ranchi
|
2013
|
Lost
|
158
|
36
|
Kochi
|
2013
|
Lost
|
162
|
55
|
The Oval
|
1986
|
Lost
|
164
|
38.1
|
Delhi
|
2006
|
Lost
|
168
|
45.3
|
Durban
|
2003
|
Lost
|
169
|
45.2
|
Birmingham
|
1999
|
Lost
|
Virat Kohli, while on 49, completed his 4,000 runs in one-day internationals. He became the 12th Indian and 84thbatsman in the world to accomplish this feat.
By taking 93 innings to complete his 4,000 runs Kohli became the second quickest in ODIs to reach this mark, after Viv Richards, who took 88 innings to do so. However, both Richards and Kohli reached the mark in same number of matches (96).
At 24 years 75 days, Kohli is the second youngest, after Sachin Tendulkar (22 years 359 days), to tally 4,000 runs in ODIs.
Kohli took 1615 days (from the day of his ODI debut) to reach the 4,000-run mark. Only Rahul Dravid (1453) and MS Dhoni (1500) have taken fewer days to accomplish this feat.
India won the match with 131 balls to spare – their biggest ever against England in terms of balls remaining. The previous best was with 123 balls to spare at Jaipur in 2006.
India’s biggest wins over England (in terms of balls remaining):
Balls
|
Venue
|
Date
|
Margin
|
---|---|---|---|
131
|
Ranchi
|
19 Jan 2013
|
7 wickets
|
123
|
Jaipur
|
15 Oct 2006
|
4 wickets
|
80
|
Delhi
|
17 Oct 2011
|
8 wickets
|
63
|
Colombo RPS
|
22 Sep 2002
|
8 wickets
|
59
|
Mumbai WS
|
23 Oct 2011
|
6 wickets
|
56
|
Kanpur
|
28 Jan 2002
|
8 wickets
|
This win puts MS Dhoni at level with Sourav Ganguly as India's second most successful ODI captain in terms of number of wins. Now only Mohammad Azharuddin is ahead of him with 90 wins.
Most successful Indian Captains:
Captain
|
Span
|
Mts
|
Won
|
Lost
|
NR
|
Tied
|
Win%
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mohammad Azharuddin
|
1990-1999
|
174
|
90
|
76
|
6
|
2
|
51.72
|
MS Dhoni
|
2007-
|
133
|
76
|
46
|
8
|
3
|
57.14
|
Sourav Ganguly
|
1999-2005
|
146
|
76
|
65
|
5
|
0
|
52.05
|
Rahul Dravid
|
2000-2007
|
79
|
42
|
33
|
4
|
0
|
53.16
|
Kapil Dev
|
1982-1987
|
74
|
39
|
33
|
2
|
0
|
52.70
|
Sachin Tendulkar
|
1996-2000
|
73
|
23
|
43
|
6
|
1
|
31.51
|
Sunil Gavaskar
|
1980-1985
|
37
|
14
|
21
|
2
|
0
|
37.84
|
Virat Kohli won his 13th Man of the Match award – his second against England.
Brief Scores: India 157/3 (Virat Kohli 77; James Tredwell 2/29) beat England 155 all-out (Joe Root 39; Ravindra Jadeja 3/19) by 7 wickets with 131 balls to spare.
Man of the Match: Virat Kohli for his match-winning knock of 77 runs off 79 balls with nine 4s and two 6s.
Virat Kohli is the Man of the Match. Kohli: "I was batting well for a while, getting out in different ways, got a few good balls, made a few mistakes. Today I just reacted to the way the ball was thrown at me. I did not have to pre-plan which I was doing in the previous games. I was relying on my reflexes. It was a difficult wicket, Finn gets the ball to seam on any wicket. Crowd support was brilliant."
Dhoni: "Bowlers did the job for us. It was important to take wickets with the new ball. 150-odd was not enough to defend for the English side. Gautam batted well with Virat, that was important as the ball was doing something. Most of the bowlers are new. Bhuvi and Shami have just got into the side. They will get a lot of confidence out of this. [When asked if he was nervous as he walked out to bat] Not really, I have played a lot of cricket here. Yuvi got out, so I got an opportunity to bat, at one stage it did not look if I would get to bat. I cannot say it was good that I got to bat, they will beat me in the dressing room. It is one of the best facilities. Execution is very important. Response from the people has been amazing. Everything went off well, we won the game, it was a perfect script."
Cook: "150 was nowhere near enough on that wicket. Credit to India. Not really going to defend that, unless it is a freak day. We did not get out to attacking shots, got out to defensive shots. It is frustrating, We have the potential, but we are not clicking at the moment. The ball skid on slightly better in the second innings, we knew that would happen."
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