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India vs. Bangladesh: A numbers guide

653:Runs scored in the match. This is the second most in a World Cup encounter after 617-16 between Australia and South Africa at Basseterre in 2007.

370: India’s total is the highest ever ODI total on Bangladesh soil. The previous record was also held by India - 348 for five against Bangladesh in 2004.

203: Runs added by Virender Sehwag and Virat Kohli for the third wicket. This is India’s highest partnership for any wicket against Bangladesh, obliterating the 154-run stand between Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly for the second wicket at Colombo SSC in 2004.

175: Virender Sehwag made his highest score in ODIs beating his 146 against Sri Lanka at Rajkot in 2009.

140: Number of balls faced by Sehwag during his innings – most he has ever played in a ODI. It just managed to surpass his previous longest innings of 139 balls against New Zealand at Auckland in 2003 (Sehwag scored 112 runs in that innings).

14: Number of countries to host World Cup matches. Bangladesh joined England (94), West Indies (51), South Africa (46), India (35), Pakistan (26), Australia (25), New Zealand (14), Zimbabwe (5), Scotland & Sri Lanka (2 each) and Ireland, Kenya & Netherlands (one each).

2: Number of batsmen to score centuries in Indian innings – Sehwag and Kohli. They provided the sixth instance of two batsmen scoring hundreds in the same innings in World Cup. Indians feature in four of these six instances.

1: Virat Kohli became the first Indian batsman to score a century on World Cup debut.