9th Match, India v New Zealand, Coca Cola Cup, Statistical Highlights
It was the 1743rd ODI in cricket history
- It was the 1743rd ODI in cricket history.
Fastest hundreds in ODIs :
Balls |
Batsman |
Opponents |
Venue |
Date |
37 |
Shahid Afridi (102) |
Pak v SL |
Nairobi Gym |
04-10-1996 |
45 |
BC Lara (117) |
WI v BD |
Dhaka |
09-10-1999 |
48 |
ST Jayasuriya (134) |
SL v Pak |
Singapore |
02-04-1996 |
62 |
M Azharuddin (108*) |
Ind v NZ |
Baroda |
17-12-1988 |
67 |
Basit Ali (127*) |
Pak v WI |
Sharjah |
05-11-1993 |
68 |
Ijaz Ahmed (139*) |
Pak v Ind |
Lahore |
02-10-1997 |
69 |
V Shewag (100) |
v NZ |
Colombo SSC |
02-08-2001 |
71 |
SR Tendulkar (124*) |
Ind v Zim |
Sharjah |
13-11-1998 |
72 |
Zaheer Abbas (118) |
Pak v Ind |
Multan |
17-12-1982 |
72 |
IVA Richards (149) |
WI v Ind |
Jamshedpur |
07-12-1983 |
72 |
ST Jayasuriya (108) |
SL v BD |
Colombo SSC |
22-07-1997 |
72 |
RL Powell (124) |
WI v Ind |
Singapore |
08-09-1999 |
73 |
Javed Miandad (119*) |
Pak v Ind |
Lahore |
31-12-1982 |
75 |
IVA Richards (110*) |
WI v Ind |
Rajkot |
05-01-1988 |
75 |
CL Cairns (115) |
NZ v Ind |
Christchurch |
19-01-1999 |
75 |
CD McMillan (104*) |
NZ v Pak |
Christchurch |
25-02-2001 |
- Shewag's innings included 20 shots to the fence - 19 fours and a six, giving him a whopping boundary percentage of 82.00 .A detailed study into all 554 ODI hundreds scored till date reveals the fact that Shewag's percentage is the fourth highest in the game. This is easily the best performance by an Indian. Sachin Tendulkar had scored 67.74 runs in boundaries during his unbeaten knock of 124* against Zimbabwe at Sharjah on November 13,1998. The following table has the details :
Highest percentage of boundary shots : |
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(Minimum Qualification : 100 runs) |
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% |
Runs |
Batsman |
Countries |
Venue |
Date |
88.23 |
90/102 |
Shahid Afridi |
Pak v SL |
Nairobi Gym |
04-10-1996 |
82.08 |
110/134 |
ST Jayasuriya |
SL v Pak |
Singapore |
02-04-1996 |
82.05 |
96/117 |
BC Lara |
WI v BD |
Dhaka |
09-10-1999 |
82.00 |
82/100 |
V Shewag |
Ind v NZ |
Colombo SSC |
02-08-2001 |
75.43 |
86/114* |
Ijaz Ahmed |
Pak v SA |
Durban |
17-12-1994 |
74.00 |
74/100* |
RS Kaluwitharana |
SL v Ken |
Nairobi Gym |
28-09-1996 |
74.00 |
74/100 |
PA Wallace |
WI v SA |
Dhaka |
01-11-1998 |
72.26 |
86/119* |
IVA Richards |
WI v Eng |
Scarborough |
26-08-1976 |
- Saurav Ganguly (64) scored his 40th fifty (excluding 16 hundreds) in his 173rd match. He became the third Indian after Mohammad Azharuddin (58) and Sachin Tendulkar (53) and 18th batsman in the game's history to reach this milestone. Incidentally Pakistan's Inzamam-ul-Haq,with 60 fifties, holds the ODI record.