5th ODI: Australia v India, Statistical highlights (28 August 1999)

Ajay Jadeja was captaining India for the ninth time in a ODI

28-Aug-1999

28 August 1999

5th ODI: Australia v India, Statistical highlights

Rajneesh Gupta

Ajay Jadeja was captaining India for the ninth time in a ODI.

Umpires BC Cooray and TH Wijewardane were officiating in their 40th and first match respectively.

By taking two catches as substitute LR Shukla equalled Indian record of most catches by a fielder in a match as a substitute. Robin Singh had taken two catches as substitute in Kenya's innings at Bristol on 23-05-1999.

Ricky Ponting, on 28, completed his 3000 runs in ODIs in his 87th match. He became ninth Australian and 55th batsman in the world to do so.

Gilchrist's innings is the highest by any Australian keeper against India. He bettered his own 68 that he made at Galle on 23-08-1999 (in the second match of Aiwa Cup). The following table lists highest individual scores by wicketkeepers against India :

Score Keeper For Venue Date

116 A.J.Stewart Eng Sharjah 11-12-1997 96 A.C.Parore NZ Baroda 28-10-1994 91 A.J.Stewart Eng Jaipur 18-01-1993 78 A.Flower Zim Colombo SSC 01-09-1996 77 A.C.Gilchrist Aus Colombo SSC 28-08-1999 69* Moin Khan Pak Toronto 13-09-1998 68* A.Flower Zim Leicester 19-05-1999 68 A.C.Gilchrist Aus Galle 23-08-1999 62 Salim Yousuf Pak Sharjah 27-04-1990 62 A.Flower Zim Harare 25-10-1992 61 A.C.Gilchrist Aus Kochi 01-04-1998 60 W.B.Phillips Aus Melbourne 03-03-1985 56 A.Flower Zim Indore 18-11-1993 56 K.Otieno Ken Bristol 23-05-1999 55 A.Flower Zim Harare 30-09-1998 54 Moin Khan Pak Sharjah 13-04-1999 53* P.J.L.Dujon WI Berbice 29-03-1983 53 R.S.Kaluwitharana SL Colombo RP 28-08-1996 52 A.P.Gurusinha SL Mumbai Wankhede 17-01-1987 51 Aamer Malik Pak Calcutta 28-10-1989 51 A.C.Parore NZ Delhi 03-11-1994 50 R.C.Russell Eng Nottingham 20-07-1990 50 J.C.Adams WI Jaipur 11-11-1994 50 Rashid Latif Pak Sharjah 15-04-1996 50 S.K.L.de Silva SL Colombo SSC 24-08-1997

Javagal Srinath, with two wickets in this match, has now taken 234 wickets in 172 matches, thus becoming the second highest wicket taker for India after Kapil Dev (253 wickets in 225 matches) and fourth in the world. Srinath moved ahead of Anil Kumble, who has 233 wickets from 177 matches to his name.

Rahul Dravid kept wickets through out an innings for the third time in his career. He had earlier performed this role against West Indies at Port-of-Spain on 26-04-1997 and against Sri Lanka at Taunton on 26-05-1999. However it was first time that he effected a dismissals behind the stumps.

Adam Gilchrist, when he caught Dravid, completed his 100 dismissals in ODIs in his 72nd match. He became third Australian after Ian Healy (234 dismissals in 168 matches) and Rodney Marsh (124 dismissals in 92 matches) and the 12th keeper in the world to do so.

With this Gilchrist also completed the allround double of 2000 runs and 100 dismissals. He became first Australian to do so.

The sixth wicket partnership of 123 runs between Sadagopan Ramesh and Robin Singh is India's best for this wicket against Australia.This obliterates the previous record stand of 68 between Praveen Amre and Kapil Dev at Perth on 08-12-1991.

This is also the second highest for India for this wicket against all countries. However the best still remains as 127 (between Mohammad Azharuddin and Ajay Sharma) against New Zealand at Baroda on 17-12-1988.

This is also the highest for sixth wicket by any side on Sri Lankan soil eclipsing the 115 runs partnership between Aravinda de Silva and Roshan Mahanama for Sri Lanka against Australia at Colombo RPS on 30-08-1996. Incidentally India's previous highest sixth wicket stand on Sri Lankan soil was 52 between Mohammad Azharuddin and Kapil Dev against Sri- Lanka at Colombo RPS on 25-07-1993.

Adam Gilchrist's allround performance (77 runs and 4 dismissals) makes him the only wicketkeeper to perform the allround feat of scoring 50 plus runs and effecting four dismissals in a match on two separate occasions. Gilchrist had made 52 and held four catches against England at Melbourne on 13-02-1999.

Adam Gilchrist won the MoM award for the sixth time in his career.

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

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