· Ramnaresh Sarwan's batting statistics against India at the end of the series read as - 17 matches, 814 runs, one hundred, six fifties, 74.00 average. Sarwan's average is now the highest by any batsman against India in a career of 10 matches or more. The previous record was on the name of Gary Kirsten who had scored 1377 runs in 26 games at an average of 62.59
· Brian Lara has aggregated 2,981 runs in 96 matches he has captained West Indies. Only one player - Viv Richards- has aggregated more while leading the West Indies side. Richards scored 3203 runs in 106 games at an average of 39.54
· Ajit Agarkar ended the series with an economy of 3.46 (runs per over). This is his best performance in a series or competition. Agarkar's previous best performance had just come in his last series. Agarkar ended the DLF Cup against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi with an economy of 3.50. Agarkar's previous best economy in a series of five or more matches was in TVS Cup in India in 2002-03, where Agarkar conceded 3.97 runs per over on an average.
· Agarkar's performance, in fact, ranks among the very best by Indian pacers in a series of five matches or more.
The details:
RpO Bowler Vs Venue Series Mts Wkts Avg SR
3.03 J Srinath NZ NZ 2002-03 7 18 11.17 22.11
3.05 Kapil Dev SA SA 1992-93 7 5 37.80 74.40
3.28 SC Ganguly Pak Canada 1997 6 15 10.66 19.53
3.44 Kapil Dev WI WI 1988-89 5 3 44.66 78.00
3.46 AB Agarkar WI WI 2006 5 9 18.11 31.33
3.69 A Nehra NZ NZ 2002-03 6 5 38.40 62.40
3.70 S Madan Lal Aus Ind 1984-85 5 2 38.50 62.50
· Rahul Dravid ended the series with an aggregate of 149 runs despite scoring 105 runs in the opening game. This is the second lowest run-aggregate to include a hundred for an Indian batsman in a series, in which he played at least five innings. The record is on the name of Sachin Tendulkar, who aggregated 130 runs (including an innings of 100) in Pepsi Triangular Series in 1997-98.
· Just for the record, New Zealand's Nathan Astle ended the World Cup 1996 with an aggregate of 111 runs in six matches and this included an innings of 101!
· Dravid, by getting run-out, achieved a dubious distinction against his name. This was the 33rd occasion for him of getting run-out. He has now been dismissed in this fashion on MORE occasions than any other Indian batsman. He was earlier at level with Mohammad Azharuddin with 32 such dismissals. Dravid, however, scores over Azharuddin in one more way. It took him 41 innings less to surpass Azhar's tally of run-out.
· In all time list of batsmen with most run-out dismissals only three - Sri Lanka's Marvan Atapattu (40), Pakistan's Inzamam-ul-Haq (39) and Pakistan's Wasim Akram (38) - are ahead of Dravid.
· Virender Sehwag was second time unlucky in the series as he missed a well deserving hundred by five runs. In the third ODI at St. Kitts also Sehwag was deprived of a hundred after being adjudged LBW on 97. Sehwag thus provided only the second instance of an Indian batsman becoming a victim of nervous ninety on two occasions in a bilateral series. Krish Srikkanth provided the only other such instance. In the series against Sri Lanka in 1982-83, Srikkanth made two successive scores of 95 and 92 after making 57 in the opening match of the three match series.
· Sehwag is only the seventh batsman in ODI history to score two 90s in a bilateral series. Apart from Krish Srikkanth, Australia's Allan Border (v India in 1986-87), West Indies' Richie Richardson (v Australia in 1990-91), New Zealand's Martin Crowe (v Australia in 1992-93), Zimbabwe's Alistair Campbell (v New Zealand in 2000-01) and Pakistan's Shoaib Malik (v India in 2005-06) suffered this fate.
· The defeat margin of 4-1 is fifth worst for India in a bilateral series of five matches. The last time India suffered such a heavy defeat was way back in 1998 against Pakistan in Sahara Cup in Canada, when Mohammad Azharuddin led team lost to Pakistan by an identical margin. Interestingly on that occasion also India had won first match of the series only to lose four matches at a trot! The following table lists India's worst defeats in a series of five matches:
Score Winner Season Captain
5-0 West Indies in India 1983-84 Kapil Dev
5-0 West Indies in WI 1988-89 Dilip Vengsarkar
4-1 England in India 1984-85 Sunil Gavaskar
4-1 Pakistan in Canada 1998 M Azharuddin
4-1 West Indies in WI 2006 Rahul Dravid
· The victory was West Indies' 300th in 539th game. They became third side to win 300 matches after Australia (381 wins in 625 matches) and Pakistan (341 wins in 635 matches).
· Brian Lara has now captained West Indies in 96 matches, winning 46 and losing 43.In 13 matches against India Lara has won 8 and lost just 4. One match was abandoned without result.
· Bravo won man of the match award in successive matches -third of his career.
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