Stats: India vs Sri Lanka, 1st ODI, Cuttack| Sri Lanka tour of India 2014

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After Ajinkya Rahane and Shikhar Dhawan propelled India to 363/5, the hosts bowled Sri Lanka out for 194 to kick-off the ODI series with a 169-run win. Having outplayed the visitors in Cuttack, the home team now lead the five-match series 1-0.

This match was the 400th ODI on Indian soil. India became only the second country to host 400 ODIs after Australia.

 The details:

Countries hosting most ODIs

Matches Host Country 
559 Australia
400 India
370 England
303 South Africa
276 West Indies
272 Sri Lanka
268 New Zealand
256 UAE
206 Pakistan
Suresh Raina was playing his 200th ODI. He became 12th Indian to reach this mark (including Zaheer Khan who has played 194 ODIs for India and 6 for Asia XI).

This match was the 145th between India and Sri Lanka. No other two teams have played this often against each other in ODIs as Sri Lanka- India have played. Take a look:

Most ODIs between two teams

Matches Teams Span
145 India v Sri Lanka 1979-2014
142 Pakistan v Sri Lanka 1975-2014
135 Australia v West Indies 1975-2013
127 Australia v England 1971-2014
126 Pakistan v West Indies 1975-2013
126 India v Pakistan 1978-2014
125 Australia v New Zealand 1974-2013
After leading India in 12 ODIs - all outside India – Virat Kohli was captaining India for the first time on Indian soil.

Ajinkya Rahane and Shikhar Dhawan provided the sixth instance of both Indian openers scoring a hundred in the same match. This was the second such instance against Sri Lanka. The complete list:

Both openers scoring 100s for India

Opener1 Opener2 Vs Venue Year
SC Ganguly (109) SR Tendulkar (128) SL  Colombo RPS 1998
SC Ganguly (127) SR Tendulkar (101) SA Johannesburg 2001
SC Ganguly (111) SR Tendulkar (146) Ken Paarl 2001
V Sehwag (126) SC Ganguly (117*) Eng Colombo RPS 2002
V Sehwag (130) SR Tendulkar (102) NZ  Hyderabad  2003
AM Rahane (111) S Dhawan (113) SL  Cuttack 2014

The 231-run partnership between Rahane and Dhawan is India’s fourth opening partnership in excess of 200. The details:

Highest opening stands for India in ODIs

Runs Batsmen Vs Venue Year
258 SC Ganguly & SR Tendulkar Ken Paarl 2001
252 SC Ganguly & SR Tendulkar SL Colombo RPS 1998
231 AM Rahane & S Dhawan SL Cuttack 2014
201* G Gambhir & V Sehwag NZ Hamilton 2009
The Rahane-Dhawan partnership is the highest opening partnership for India in India. The pair obliterated the previous record stand of 196 between Sourav Ganguly and Virender Sehwag against West Indies at Rajkot in 2002.

The above partnership just failed to beat the highest opening stand on Indian soil, which is still held by South Africa’s Gary Kirsten and Herschelle Gibbs at Kochi in 2000.

Suresh Raina, on 44, completed his 5000 ODI runs. He became 11th Indian to accomplish this feat. Incidentally Raina is the slowest among Indians to reach this mark, taking 172 innings. Mohammad Azharuddin held the previous record with 170 innings. 

India’s total (363-5) is their third joint highest total against Sri Lanka. The details:

India's highest totals against Sri Lanka

Total
Overs
Venue Year Result
414-7
50
Rajkot  2009 Won
373-6
50
Taunton 1999 Won
363-5
50
Colombo RPS  2009 Won
363-5
50
Cuttack  2014 Won
350-6
50
Nagpur  2005 Won
The above total is also the highest in 17 ODIs at Cuttack, expunging 301 for 3 made by India against Zimbabwe in 1998.

This was the 20th time India scored 350 or more in a ODI – most by any side. They are followed by South Africa (14) and Australia (12).

Upul Tharanga, on 21, completed 1000 ODI runs against India. He became ninth Sri Lankan to do so.

Mahela Jayawardene, on 33, completed 2500 ODI runs against India, thus becoming third Sri Lankan to reach this milestone after Sanath Jayasuriya (2899) and Kumar Sangakkara (2639).

Ishant Sharma (4-34) achieved his best figures in ODIs, bettering 4 for 38 against Australia at Melbourne in 2008. Incidentally it was the fifth time Ishant took a four-wicket haul in ODIs.

India’s 169-run win is their second biggest in terms of run-margin against Sri Lanka, after their 183-run win at Johannesburg in 2003.

The win is India’s eighth biggest win by run margin in ODIs. The details:

India's biggest wins in ODIs

 Margin Opponents Venue  Year
 257 runs Bermuda Port-of-Spain  2007
 256 runs Hong Kong Karachi  2008
 200 runs Bangladesh Dhaka  2003
 186 runs Kenya Paarl  2001
 183 runs Sri Lanka Johannesburg  2003
 181 runs Namibia Pietermaritzburg  2003
 174 runs New Zealand Hyderabad  1999
 169 runs Sri Lanka Cuttack  2014
 161 runs Zimbabwe Harare  2005
 160 runs West Indies Vadodara  2007
Indian opening pair scored 37 runs more than what whole Sri Lanka team managed. This is only the sixth time opening partnership for India scored more than opponents' total (where the opponents were all-out). The difference of 37 runs is the second most. Take a look:

Indian opening pair outscoring the opponents

Diff.
 Opening Pair (P'ship) Opponents Venue
Year
44
 SR Tendulkar & V Sehwag (153) Sri Lanka (109) Johannesburg
2003
37
 AM Rahane & S Dhawan (231) Sri Lanka (194) Cuttack
2014
9
 G Gambhir & V Sehwag (127) Hong Kong (118) Karachi
2008
3
 SM Gavaskar & FM Engineer (123*) East Africa (120) Leeds
1975
1
 SC Khanna & GA Parkar (97*) Sri Lanka (96) Sharjah
1984
1
 D Dasgupta & V Sehwag (91*) Kenya (90) Bloemfontein
2001
Virat Kohli has now won 10 matches out of 13 in which he has captained India – a win percentage of 76.92. Among all Indians who have captained in 10 or more ODIs, Kohli’s win-percentage is the highest

source: bcci.tv

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