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Statistical highlights: India v Australia, 4th ODI

November 03, 2009 08:32 IST

Statistical highlights of Monday's fourth One-day International between India [ Images ] and Australia [ Images ] at Mohali.

- It was the 15th day-night match at the venue, the most staged at any Indian ground.

- The second wicket partnership of 64 runs between Shane Watson [ Images ] and Ricky Ponting [ Images ] is Australia's highest for the second wicket at the venue against any opponent, eclipsing the previous best of 50 runs against India, registered by the same pair on 29-10-2006.

- Scorecard: India vs Australia, 4th ODI

- The fourth wicket partnership of 73 runs between Cameron White [ Images ] and Michael Hussey [ Images ] is also a record for Australia against any opponent at the venue, surpassing the previous best of 53 between Ponting and Mike Hussey [ Images ] against New Zealand [ Images ] on 01-11-2006 .

- Ponting's 52 off 59 balls is his third fifty in the ongoing series after his 74 at Vadodara and 59 at Delhi [ Images ].

- Ponting's 52 is his 14th fifty-plus score (5 hundreds and 9 fifties) against India, in his 53rd match.

- Ponting's fifty in the match is his 73rd in his 328th one day international.

- Ponting, with his 73rd fifty, occupies fourth place jointly with Jacques Kallis [ Images ] of South Africa [ Images ] for most fifties scored in one-dayers. Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ] (91), Inzamam-ul Haq (83) and Rahul Dravid [ Images ] (82) are ahead of him.

- Ponting's fifty is his third consecutive fifty-plus score at the ground after his 58 against India on 29-10-2006 and 58 against New Zealand on 01-11-2006.

- Cameron White's 62 off 71 balls is his fourth fifty in his 45th one-day international and his second against India in his fifth match. He scored 51 off 91 balls at Vadodara on 25-10-2009.

- Mahendra Singh Dhoni [ Images ], with his ninth stumping against Australia in 21 matches, stands second only to Rumesh Kaluwitharana of Sri Lanka [ Images ] (11 stumpings in 21 matches) for most stumpings by any wicketkeeper against Australia.

- Dhoni also overtook India's Chandrakant Pandit's record of eight stumpings against Australia.

- Australia's 250 in 49.2 overs is their lowest score recorded at the venue -- the previous lowest being 252-4 on 29-10-2006.

- Ashish's Nehra's [ Images ] 3-37 bettered the previous best bowling performance by an Indian against Australia at the venue -- Anil Kumble's [ Images ] 3-42 on 03-11-1996.

- The four run-outs in Australia's innings provided the third such instance for Australia against India and 12th instance overall by opponents against India.

- Sachin Tendulkar, in scoring 40 off 68 balls, extended his own record for most runs scored by any player at Mohali, bringing his aggregate to 281 runs in 6 matches.

- Ponting was run-out for the 29th time in his 328th match, nosing ahead of Allan Border's [ Images ] 28 run-outs. Among Australians, only Mark Waugh [ Images ], with 32 run-outs, is ahead of him. However, it was his only second such dismissal against India in 53 innings.

- Tendulkar was dismissed LBW for the 37th time in his 434th match. Only Sanath Jayasuriya [ Images ] of Sri Lanka (46 in 441 matches) and Inzamam-ul Haq of Pakistan (39 in 378 matches), are ahead of him in getting dismissed in this manner.

- Yuvraj Singh [ Images ] became the 22nd Indian player to be dismissed run-out on 10 or more occasions in his 242nd match.  Rahul Dravid leads the list with 39 run-outs in 335 matches.

- Shane Watson's 3-29 is his best bowling performance against India, surpassing his previous best of 2-70 at Baroda on 25-10-2009. His performance is also the best in the current series for Australia.

- Watson's 3-29 is also the best bowling performance against India by Australia at Mohali, eclipsing the previous best of 2-34 by Glenn McGrath [ Images ] on 29-10-2006.

The playing record of the two teams at the end of the match:

Australia: Played-724, Won-446, Lost-247, Tied-8, NR-23

India: Played-725, Won-351, Lost-338, Tied-3, NR-33

Against each other: Played-101,  India -34, Australia -59, No Result-8.

Rajneesh Gupta New Delhi