Mumbai, Oct 23: Indian continued their dominance over England at home with a comprehensive win at the Wankhede. Young pacer Varun Aaron had a memorable debut, picking three wickets. But it was the Kohli-Raina partnership, worth 131 runs, that sealed the deal for the hosts. Take a look at the number that matter from the fourth ODI.
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Sachin Tendulkar was missing an international game at the Wankhede Stadium for the first time in his career. He appeared in all the 11 ODIs and eight Tests India played here since he made his debut before missing this one.
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Alastair Cook has now won the toss eight out of the last nine times England have played ODIs against India.
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Varun Aaron became the 192nd player to represent India in ODIs in this match.
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England raced to their best start in the mandatory Powerplay, scoring 61 runs for the loss of two wickets.
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England posted a total of 200+ without any of the batsmen reaching 50 for the second time in the series. They had made 237 in the second ODI at Delhi on October 17, with Kevin Pietersen scoring 46.
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Varun Aaron's figures (three for 24) are the best by an Indian pacer on ODI debut. Subroto Banerjee had taken three for 30 against West Indies at Perth in 1991.
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Virat Kohli has now aggregated 2,617 runs in 68 ODIs. His tally is the highest by any Indian batsman after exactly 68 ODIs. Navjot Sidhu had aggregated 2,581 runs. Interestingly, Sachin Tendulkar’s tally after his first 68 ODIs stood at 1,743.
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Kohli has the highest batting average while chasing in day-night matches among all batsmen (min.1,000 runs). Kohli has aggregated 1,321 runs at an average of 62.90 with four hundreds and eight fifties in 27 innings.
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The Kohli-Raina partnership of 131 runs is India’s best for any wicket at the Wankhede. Mohammad Azharuddin and Dilip Vengsarkar had added 117 runs for the third wicket against Sri Lanka in 1987.
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Incidentally, this was the first century partnership between Kohli and Raina in ODIs.
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The win was India’s eighth in consecutive matches at home – their best winning sequence at home. India had won seven consecutive games at home between December 1981 and October 1983.
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India have lost only two of their last 24 matches at home. Both the defeats came against South Africa. During this period, India won 20 matches, one match was tied and one offered no result.
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India are now unbeaten in their last 12 matches against England at home (this includes a tied game in the ICC World Cup 2011). They have now, in fact, won 15 out of their last 17 matches against England in India.
India have now won 10 out of the last 11 ODIs while chasing. Their only defeat came against West Indies at North Sound in June 2011.
