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3rd ODI: India v West Indies, Statistical highlights
Rajneesh Gupta - 6 September 1999

  • It was the 58th match between the two sides. The record now reads: West Indies 38, India 19, tied 1.
  • Saurav Ganguly was captaining India for the first time in his career in his 112th match. He became 15th player to lead India in a ODI.
  • Ganguly became fourth Indian and 15th player to captain his side for the first time after making 100 or more appearances. Steve Waugh holds the world record in this regard as he captained Australia for the first time in his 218th match. Indian record is held by Ajay Jadeja. The accompanying table has the details :
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    Mts Player (Country) Opp Venue Date Result

    218 SR Waugh (Aus) v SA Bloemfontein 13 Apr 1997 lost-109 runs 162 DL Haynes (WI) v Pak Sharjah 17 Oct 1989 lost-57 runs 154 PJL Dujon (WI) v Eng Georgetown 15 Mar 1990 won-7 wickets 151 Salim Malik (Pak) v Eng Nottingham 20 Aug 1992 lost-198 runs 150 ST Jayasuriya (SL)v Zim Colombo SSC 26 Jan 1998 won-4 wickets 149 CL Hooper (WI) v Pak Sydney 14 Jan 1997 lost-8 wickets 147 IA Healy (Aus) v Zim Colombo RPS 26 Aug 1996 won-125 runs 138 RB Richardson (WI)v Pak Sharjah 17 Oct 1991 won-1 wicket 138 Wasim Akram (Pak) v Zim Sharjah 01 Feb 1993 won-49 runs 133 Rameez Raja (Pak) v Eng Manchester 24 Aug 1992 lost-6 wickets 130 A Jadeja (Ind) v Ken Bangalore 20 May 1998 won -4 wickets 125 CA Walsh (WI) v Ind Faridabad 17 Oct 1994 won-96 runs 124 SR Tendulkar (Ind)v SL Colombo RPS 28 Aug 1996 lost-9 wickets 112 K Srikkanth (Ind) v WI Sharjah 13 Oct 1989 lost-5 wickets 112 SC Ganguly (Ind) v WI Singapore 05 Sep 1999 lost - 42 runs

  • Wavell Hinds was making his ODI debut. He became 95th player to make an ODI appearance for West Indies.
  • Ridley Jacobs became second West Indian to be dismissed off very first ball of the match after Philo Wallace who has got this dubious distinction on two separate occasions. It was also the first time that a batsman got out to the first ball of the match against India.
  • Brian Lara scored 50 plus runs in an innings for the 50th time in his career. He became third West Indian after Desmond Haynes (74) and Viv Richards (56) to score 50 or more 50 plus runs (including hundreds) in a career.
  • Sadagoppan Ramesh became first Indian to get a wicket off first ball in ODI career (victim : Nixon McLean). Overall it was the tenth occasion of an Indian getting a wicket in first over in ODIs.
  • Debasish Mohanty's figures (6-0-53-3) are the most expensive for any bowler in a six over spell against West Indies. The previous record was held by England's David Capel (6-0-52-1, at Bridgetown on 03 April 1990) and Pakistan's Shahid Afridi (6-0-52-0, at Perth on 10 January 1997).
  • Wavell Hinds became the second West Indian to get a wicket off first ball in ODI career (victim Mannava Prasad) after Clive Lloyd (who dismissed England's Mike Smith at The Oval on 07 September 1973. Overall it was seventh instance of a West Indian bowler getting a wicket in his first over in ODIs.
  • Ridley Jacobs, when dismissed Ganguly, completed his 50 dismissals in ODIs. He became third West Indian(after Jeff Dujon and Junior Murray )and the 19th keeper in ODIs to complete 50 dismissals. By doing so in his 30th match, Jacobs became the quickest to reach this milestone. India's Nayan Mongia and South Africa's Dave Richardson were the previous record holder as they took 33 matches each to accomplish this feat.
  • Brian Lara won MoM award for the 22nd time in his career.

Contributed by: Rajneesh Gupta (rgcricket@hotmail.com)