India vs Zimbabwe stats: Shikhar Dhawan records his highest ODI score, Karthik's first fifty as wicketkeeper
Shikhar Dhawan has managed 631 runs at an average of 57.36 in twelve ODIs in 2013, including three hundreds and two fifties. He is the leading Indian run-getter in ODIs this year.
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- Updated: July 27, 2013 10:38 AM IST
# India have won seven out of nine ODIs contested vs Zimbabwe at Harare (lost two). (Scorecard | Highlights)
# Shikhar Dhawan (116) has registered his highest score in ODIs, bettering the 114 vs South Africa at Cardiff on June 6, 2013.
# Dhawan's aforesaid innings is his third century in ODIs - all three away from home. He is the first player to hit three hundreds this year in ODIs. (Read match report)
# Dhawan has managed 631 runs at an average of 57.36 in twelve ODIs in 2013, including three hundreds and two fifties. He is the leading Indian run-getter in ODIs this year.
# Dhawan is averaging 50.30 in a winning cause in ODIs - 654 runs in fourteen matches, including three hundreds and three fifties. (Match in pics)
# Dhawan has got his second Man of the Match award in ODIs - one each vs South Africa and Zimbabwe.
# Since posting 114 vs Zimbabwe at Bulawayo on May 28, 2010, Rohit Sharma has made 13, 20 & 1 against them in his next three innings.
# Dinesh Karthik's seventh fifty in ODIs is his first as a wicketkeeper. (Also read: Fourth ODI postponed by a day)
# Karthik's first fifty vs Zimbabwe is his highest away from home in ODIs - his second highest overall, next only to the 79 vs South Africa at Gwalior on February 24, 2010.
# Dhawan and Karthik were involved in a stand of 167 - India's highest fifth-wicket partnership vs Zimbabwe in ODIs. The said partnership is the highest for any wicket for India in ODIs at Harare.
# India (294/8) have registered their highest total vs Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe in ODIs, surpassing the 285 for five at Bulawayo on May 28, 2010.
# Rohit is the first player to appear in 100 ODIs without appearing in Tests (players from non-Test playing countries excluded).
# Vinay Kumar (27 not out) has registered his highest score in ODIs, bettering the 18 vs West Indies at Cuttack on November 29, 2011.
# Brian Vitori (2/27) enjoys an excellent record at Harare in ODIs, capturing 14 wickets in six matches at an average of 16.21.
# Vusi Sibanda (55 off 65 balls) has posted his first fifty vs India - his 19th in ODIs.
# Sibanda has played exceptionally well to manage 345 runs in seven matches at an average of 57.50, including a hundred and two fifties. He is the top run-scorer for Zimbabwe in ODIs this year.
# Brendan Taylor has recorded his tenth duck in ODIs - his first vs India.
# In his last eight innings as captain in ODIs, Taylor has made 8, 0, 39, 33, 37, 2, 12 & 0.
# Jaydev Unadkat (4/41) has produced his best bowling performance in ODIs. He is the third Indian bowler to bag four wickets or more vs Zimbabwe at Harare, joining Irfan Pahan - 5 for 27 and Ajit Agarkar - 4 for 18 - both on the same day on August 29, 2005.
# Elton Chigumbura (46 off 58 balls) has posted his highest score vs India in ODIs, bettering the 43 not out at Harare on July 24, 2013.
# Prosper Utseya (52 not out off 62 balls) has recorded his highest score vs India in ODIs - his first fifty vs India is his fourth in ODIs.
# Utseya and Chigumbura were involved in a 88-run stand - Zimbabwe's second highest seveth-wicket partnership vs India in ODIs, next only to the 93 (unbroken) between Sean Ervine and Heath Streak at Hobart on January 14, 2004.