- Rudra Pratap Singh and Keith Dabengwa made their one-day international debut in the fifth match of the Videocon [ Get Quote ] Cup tri-series between India and Zimbabwe in Harare, on Monday. They became the 161st and 89th player respectively to represent their countries in ODIs.

- Zimbabwe, at one stage were cruising at 227 for 4, but were finally bowled out for 250, losing their last six wickets for only 23 runs. This is the second worst six-wicket collapse for a side against India. At Gwalior on March 4, 1993, England [ Images ] were bowled out for 256 after being comfortably placed 246 for 4 at one stage. The following table lists the worst six-wicket collapses against India:

Runs	From	To	For	Venue	Date
10	246-4	256 all out	Eng	Gwalior	04 Mar 1993
23	126-4	149 all out	Eng	Sydney [ Images ]	26 Feb 1985
23	160-4	183 all out	SL	Colombo	28 Jul 2001
23	227-4	250 all out	Zim	Harare	04 Sep 2005
25	114-4	139 all out	Aus	Sharjah	29 Mar 1985
26	232-4	258 all out	Aus	Mumbai [ Images ]	27 Feb 1996
35	107-4	142 all out	Pak	Dhaka	31 Oct 1988

- Yuvraj Singh [ Images ] (120) scored his fourth century in his 125th one-day international. Interestingly, none of his centuries have come on home soil. His previous highest against Zimbabwe was 80 not out (off 60 balls) in Hyderabad on March 16, 2002.

- All of Yuvraj's four centuries have come while batting at number five. He now holds the record of scoring most centuries at this position, moving ahead of England's Andrew Flintoff [ Images ] and Kevin Pietersen [ Images ] who have scored three centuries each.

- Yuvraj also completed his 3,000 runs in one-day internationals when his score reached 36. He became the 13th Indian batsman to reach this milestone.

- Mahendra Singh Dhoni [ Images ] took his tally to 500 runs in his 18th one-day international. Surprisingly, only three Indian batsmen have completed their 500 runs in lesser matches than him -- Navjot Singh Sidhu (13), Dinesh Mongia (15) and Kris Srikkanth (17), while Mohammad Azharuddin [ Images ] and S Ramesh -- likewise Dhoni -- took 18 matches to accomplish this feat.

- Among the 'specialist' wicket-keepers, Dhoni's progress to 500 runs is even faster than Australia's [ Images ] Adam Gilchrist [ Images ]. The Australian wicketkeeper reached this milestone in his 21st match (19th innings). Only Kenya's K O Obuya (12) and Zimbabwe's Andy Flower [ Images ] (16) have taken lesser matches than Dhoni to accomplish this feat.

- Among the 'specialist' Indian wicket-keepers (excluding the likes of Rahul Dravid [ Images ]), Dhoni is now the fastest to reach the 500-run mark. Nayan Mongia held the previous record for being the fastest to reach this mark for India -- in 57 matches (and 34 innings).

- The sixth wicket partnership of 158 runs between Yuvraj and Dhoni is India's best for this wicket in ODIs. It obliterated the unbroken 132-run stand between Rahul Dravid and Mohammad Kaif against Pakistan in Lahore [ Images ] on March 21, 2004.

- India recovered from a precarious position of 36 for 4 to achieve the winning total, by reaching 255 for 6. It was only the second time India managed to reach the winning target of 200-plus despite losing first four wickets before 50 runs on the board. The only other such instance had come against Australia in Bangalore on October 21, 1996 in a Titan Cup match. Having lost 4 wickets for 47 India recovered to post the winning total of 216 for 8 on that occasion.

- The winning shot for India was a mighty six from the bat of Dhoni. This was the second time that Dhoni ended a match in this fashion. In the Indian Oil [ Get Quote ] Cup tri-series match against West Indies [ Images ] in Dambulla on July 31, 2005, Jermaine Lawson had to meet similar treatment from Dhoni. The Jharkhand wicketkeeper now joins Kapil Dev [ Images ] and Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ], who have also performed this feat on two occasions for India. The world record is held by West Indian Brian Lara [ Images ] with four such instances.

- India became the first team to win a match chasing 250 or more runs on more than one occasion in Zimbabwe. India had also beaten New Zealand [ Images ] by making 279 for 4 in the fifth match of current series on September 2, 2005.

Yuvraj won his ninth man of the match award in ODIs, it was his third against Zimbabwe.