7th Match (Final), India v West Indies, Coca Cola Cup, Statistical Highlights

It was the 1734th ODI in the cricket history

Rajneesh Gupta08-Jul-2001

• It was the 1734th ODI in the cricket history. It was India’s 469th and
  West Indies’ 429th match. It was the 66th match between these two
  sides. The record now reads : West Indies 41,India 23,tied one and
  abandoned one. Umpires Ian Robinson and Russell Tiffin were
  officiating in their 79th and 32nd match respectively. Saurav Ganguly
  won toss for the sixth consecutive time. Darren Ganga (71) recorded
  his highest ODI score in his 15th match. His previous highest was 66
  against Zimbabwe at Harare in this series on June 23.

• Wavell Hinds ,on 9, completed his 1000 runs in his ODI career. He was
  playing his 38th match and 37th innings. Hinds became 18th West Indian
  and the 146th batsman in ODI history to do so.

• The 108 run partnership between Carl Hooper and Shivnarine Chanderpaul
  was the second best partnership for the West Indies against India for
  the fourth wicket after the 126 between Hooper and Jimmy Adams at
  Jaipur on November 11,1994. However the stand is the best for the
  Windies against India at a neutral venue. The previous best was the 81
  between Viv Richards and Gus Logie at Sharjah on November 30,1986.

• Hooper’s 66 was his highest score as a captain. His previous highest
  was 57 against South Africa at Port Elizabeth on January 30,1999.

• West Indies’ total (290-6) was its second highest against India in
  ODIs. The best still remains as the 333-8 in 45 overs at Jamshedpur on
  December 7,1983.

• West Indies’ innings included three fifties – Ganga (71),Hooper (66)
  and Chanderpaul (50) ,which equals the record of maximum individual
  fifties in a match against India. This was the 24th such occasion
  against India and second for West Indies. The only other instance took
  place at Berbice on March 29,1983 when Viv Richards (64), Foud Bacchus
  (52) and Jeff Dujon (53*) scoring fifties.

• Tendulkar was getting dismissed for the 13th time in his career in his
  273rd match. He last failed to open his account in the match against
  New Zealand at Delhi on November 17,1999 in his 229th match.

• This was Tendulkar’s fourth duck against West Indies. He now equals
  the tally of four ducks by Arun Lal – the maximum ducks by an Indian
  batsman against West Indies.

• This was the fourth time Tendulkar failed to open his account in the
  grand final of a tournament. His other ducks being : v Pakistan at
  Sharjah on October 25,1991 (first ball) in Wills Trophy; v Sri Lanka
  at Colombo (SSC) on September 17,1994 (2nd ball) in Singer Cup and v
  West Indies at Singapore on September 8,1999 (six balls) in Coca Cola
  Cup. Tendulkar is now moving towards recording a dubious distinction
  that is aggregating most ducks in a career for India. With 13 ducks to
  his name Tendulkar is now placed jointly second among the Indians with
  most ducks on their name. Javagal Srinath heads the table with 14
  ducks while Tendulkar alongwith Anil Kumble and Kapil Dev have 13
  ducks to their (dis)credit.

• The sixth wicket partnership of 101 runs between Reetinder Singh Sodhi
  and Sameer Dighe was India’s second best for this wicket against West
  Indies after the 113 run-partnership between Kapil Dev and Ravi
  Shastri at Nagpur on December 8,1987.The partnership was the best ever
  for the sixth wicket by any team on Zimbabwe soil. The previous best
  was the unbeaten 90 between Graeme Hick and Mark Ealham for England
  against the home team at Bulawayo on February 16, 2000.

• Sodhi (2-31 and 67 runs) recorded his best batting and bowling
  performances in the same match. Interestingly, his previous best allround performance (53* and 2-43) also came in the same match against
  Zimbabwe at Rajkot on December 14,2000.

• The unbroken partnership of 65 runs between Dighe and Debasis Mohanty
  was the best for the ninth wicket for India against the West Indies.
  The pair bettered the previous best of 29 runs between Chetan Sharma
  and Arshad Ayub at Ahmedabad on January 7,1988. The partnership was
  also the best for the ninth wicket on Zimbabwean soil by any team
  bettering the previous best of 55 runs between the New Zealanders
  Chris Harris and Gavin Larsen at Bulawayo on October 1,1997.

• Sameer Dighe’s unbeaten 94 was the highest ever individual score by a
  “genuine” Indian `keeper in ODIs. Stopgap keeper Rahul Dravid has
  scores of 145 (v Sri Lanka at Taunton, 26-5-1999) and 103 not out (v
  West Indies at Singapore, 8-9-1999). Interestingly the previous
  highest by a genuine Indian keeper against West Indies was a paltry 33
  by Kiran More at Nagpur on December 8,1987.Dighe also bettered his
  previous best of 36*against Australia at Perth on January 30,2000.

• Dighe’s innings was the second highest by any batsman in all matches
  at number seven. Sri Lankan Hassan Tillekeratne (100 v West Indies at
  Sharjah on October 16,1995) heads the following list.

• Corey Collymore (4-49) recorded his best bowling figures in his ninth
  match.His previous best was the 2-29 against South Africa at Port of
  Spain on May 12,2001.

• Leon Garrick became only the second West Indian to take two catches in
  a match as a substitute. The only other being Keith Arthurton (v
  England at Gwalior on October 27,1989). The total was India’s highest
  against West Indies while batting second. This obliterated the
  previous highest of 256 for two in 49.2 overs at Cuttack on November
  9,1994.It was also only the 17th occasion a side scored 250 plus runs
  batting second against West Indies. India’s total was also the third
  highest by any side against West Indies batting second and still
  losing the match. Sri Lanka had made 329 at Sharjah on October 16,1995
  and Australia had made 274 at Lord’s in 1975 World Cup final. The
  match aggregate of 564 for the loss of 14 wickets was a new record in
  India-West Indies matches. This bettered the previous highest of 537
  for 14 at Berbice on March 29,1983. India has not won a tournament
  since November 1998, when it won the Coca Cola Cup at Sharjah beating
  Zimbabwe in the final. Since then India has qualified for the final of
  a tournament on as many as seven occasions without winning once.

• Saurav Ganguly has now captained India in five tournaments (consisting
  of three or more teams) only to lose the final on three occasions.
  India lost to New Zealand in the final of ICC Knock Out at Nairobi in
  October 2000 and then to Sri Lanka in the final of Sharjah Cup at
  Sharjah in the same month.

• West Indies was winning a ODI tournament (consisting of three or more
  teams) for the 15th time. Interestingly West Indies had last
  registered a tournament win by beating India in the final of Coca Cola
  Challenge at Singapore in September 1999.

At the end of the tournament :
West Indies’ overall ODI record: played 429,won 249,lost 167,tied 5
and abandoned 8.
India’s overall ODI record: played 469,won 214,lost 234,tied 3 and
abandoned 18.
Zimbabwe’s overall ODI record: played 188,won 51,lost 129,tied 4 and
abandoned 4.
Carl Hooper’s captaincy record: played 16,won 5,lost 11.
Saurav Ganguly’s captaincy record: played 39,won 21,lost 18.
Grant Flower’s captaincy record: played one,lost one.
Heath Streak’s captaincy record: played 29,won 9,lost 20.
Guy Whittall’s captaincy record: played one ,lost one.