By winning the fourth one-day international in Pune on Thursday, India [ Images ] also clinched the seven-match series against Sri Lanka [ Images ]. India had last won a bilateral series at home in 2001-02 against Zimbabwe. 

A look at India's wins in bilateral series (at least two matches) at home soil:

Result	Mts	Opponent	Season
*4-0	7	Sri Lanka	2005-06
3-2	5	Zimbabwe	2001-02
4-1	5	Zimbabwe	2000-01
3-2	5	South Africa [ Images ]	1999-00
3-2	5	New Zealand [ Images ]	1999-00
3-2	5	New Zealand	1995-96
4-1	5	West Indies [ Images ]	1994-95
2-1	3	Sri Lanka	1993-94
3-0	3	Zimbabwe	1992-93
2-1	3	South Africa	1991-92
2-1	3	Sri Lanka	1990-91
4-0	4	New Zealand	1988-89
4-1	5	Sri Lanka	1986-87
3-2	6	Australia [ Images ]	1986-87
2-0	2	Pakistan	1983-84
3-0	3	Sri Lanka	1982-83
2-1	3	England [ Images ]	1981-82

Note: * denotes India vs Sri Lanka ODI series currently being played

Highest batting averages in ODIs:

After the fourth ODI in Pune, Indian wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni's [ Images ] batting average stands at 52.73, which is the highest for any Indian player in one-dayers.

In fact, Dhoni's career average is second only to Australia's Michael Bevan [ Images ] among all players in ODIs who have played at least 20 innings.

Avg	Batsman	For	Mts	Inns	NO	Runs	Hs	100s	50s	0s
53.58	M Bevan	Aus	232	196	67	6912	108*	6	46	5
52.73	M S Dhoni	Ind	23	22	7	791	183*	2	2	1
47.62	Zaheer Abbas	Pak	62	60	6	2572	123	7	13	2
47.00	V Richards	WI	187	167	24	6721	189*	11	45	7
47.00	G Turner	NZ	41	40	6	1598	171*	3	9	1
45.18	J Kallis	SA	217	208	37	7726	139	13	54	11
45.03	G Greenidge	WI	128	127	13	5134	133*	11	31	3
44.90	B Dippenaar	SA	83	71	12	2649	123	2	22	2
44.62	D Jones	Aus	164	161	25	6068	145	7	46	6
44.56	S Tendulkar	Ind	352	343	33	13815	186*	38	71	15
44.53	R Sarwan	WI	87	82	20	2761	104*	2	16	4
44.37	M Clarke	Aus	57	51	13	1686	105*	2	10	4

Highest career average for keepers in ODIs: (Minimum10 innings)

Dhoni tops the list of wicketkeepers with the highest career batting average in one-dayers and does so by a large margin as is evident by the following table:

Avg	Batsman	For	Mts	Inns	NO	Runs	Hs	100s	50s	0s
52.73	M S Dhoni	Ind	23	22	7	791	183*	2	2	1
43.72	R Dravid	Ind	74	65	12	2317	145	4	14	3
37.96	K Sangakkara	SL	92	84	13	2695	138*	2	18	2
35.82	A Gilchrist	Aus	213	207	8	7129	172	11	40	13
34.73	A Flower	Zim	185	182	14	5835	145	4	46	11
33.50	D Houghton	Zim	12	12	0	402	142	1	3	3
33.47	A Stewart	Eng	138	132	12	4017	116	4	26	10
31.18	H Tillakaratne	SL	51	48	15	1029	68*	0	2	0

Most 4-wicket hauls for India:

Ajit Agarkar's [ Images ] 5 for 44 in the fourth match against Sri Lanka on Thursday was the 11th instance that the Mumbai [ Images ] pacer had taken four or more wickets in an innings in his ODI career.

He now holds the record of taking four-wickets on most occasions for India, surpassing the tally of Javagal Srinath and Anil Kumble [ Images ]. What is amazing with Agarkar's feat is that he did so in much lesser games than these two.

4WI	Bowler	Mts	Mts/4WI
11	Ajit Agarkar	144	13.09
10	Javagal Srinath	229	22.90
10	Anil Kumble	262	26.20
6	Zaheer Khan [ Images ]	99	16.50
6	Manoj Prabhakar [ Images ]	130	21.66
6	Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ]	352	58.66

Most consecutive wins for India in a bilateral series:

India clinched the seven-match series against Sri Lanka by winning the fourth ODI at Pune to take an unassailable 4-0 lead in the series. This was only the fifth occasion when India won four matches at a trot in a bilateral series.