Harbhajan : Most ODI for 1000 runs

Harbhajan Singh’s heroics went in vain in Vadodara but during his innings of 49 off 31 balls he completed 1000 runs in his 11 years long ODI career and he had taken 196 matches to do so. The longest period for any one to complete 1000 runs in the history of ODI. Australia’s former leg spinner Shane Warne holds the record till Vadodara match as he had done it in 191 One Day Internationals.
There are 10 batsmen in the history who have taken 100 or more matches to reach 1000 run mark, mostly bowlers, but most notable name in this list is Nayan Mongia. Former India stumper Mongia took 113 matches to reach four figure mark in the career. When he completes it on 31 October 1998, the year Harbhajan Singh began his ODI career. Former Australian wicketkeeper Ian Healy also took 110 matches to do so.
Pakistan all rounder Wasim Akram and wicketkeeper Rashid Latif also figures in the following list.
Here is the list of the players who have taken most matches to complete 1000 runs in ODI career.
(Player, team, match)
Harbhajan Singh, India, 196
Shane Warne, Australia, 191
Daniel Vettori, New Zealand, 171
Chaminda Vaas, Sri Lanka, 164
Ajit Agarkar, India, 131
Wasim Akram, Pakistan, 126
Rashid Latif, Pakistan, 116
Kumar Dharmasena, Sri Lanka, 115
Nayan Mongia, India, 113
Ian Healy, Australia, 110

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100th ODI between India and Australia

3rd One Day International
31 October 2009
At Firozshah Kotla ground, Delhi

*** This will be the 724th ODI for India and 723rd for Australia.
*** This will be the 100th ODI between India and Australia. 33 have been won by India and 58 by Australia.
*** Both teams have played 39 ODI in India and the visitor has won 20 of them.
*** Ponting requires 70 runs to become highest run scorer non Indian on Indian soil. Sri Lanka’s Arvinda de Silva had scored 1438 runs in 37 ODI while Ponting has score 1368 runs in 37 ODI on Indian soil.
*** Sachin Tendulkar scored 16903 ODI runs so far so he needs another 79 runs to become the first player to complete 17000 runs in the history of One Day International.
*** This will be the 13th match for India at Delhi they won 7 and lost 5 of them. Australia has played 4 ODI here and won 2 of them.
*** This will be the first Day night at Ferozshah Kotla ground.


Day-Night match record

*** This will be the 45th Day night match between India and Australia. India won 15 and lost 25 of them while 4 ended in no result.
*** Both teams have played 13 day night games on Indian soil and both teams have won 6 games each.
*** This will be the 92nd day night match on Indian soil. India has played 58 and won 32 of those.
*** There have been 942 day night matches played so far in the history of ODI. Australia has played 323 of them with 204-win, 105-loss record.
*** India has played 242 such games with 113-win, 112-loss record.

Venue Record (at Ferozshah Kotla)

Highest Total
India: 3/289 Vs New Zealand on 3-11-1994
Australia: 3/294 Vs Zimbabwe on 11-4-1998
Lowest Total: (completed innings)
India: 144 Vs Pakistan on 17-4-2005
Highest score:
145 by Ricky Ponting Australia Vs Zimbabwe on 11-4-1998
India: 137 by Sachin Tendulkar Vs Sri Lanka on 2-3-1996
Best Bowling
6 for 41 by Vivian Richards WI Vs India on 23-10-1989
India: 5 for 31 by Harbhajan Singh India Vs England on 28-03-2006

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The record gone unnoticed

India won by 99 runs against Australia on Wednesday at Nagpur. Dhoni scored highest run in an innings as captain against Oz, India posted highest total in an ODI vs Australia, India posted its 350th victory in ODI and so many others records noticed but another feat achieved by India captain MS Dhoni and that he completed 2000 runs in Day Night matches.
During his innings of 12 runs when Dhoni reached 65 he completed 2000 runs in Day night ODI while representing India however he completed 2000 runs in overall Day Night career well before this match as he also played for Asian Xi against African XI. Thus he became only 7th Indian batsmen to do so. As ever Sachin Tendulkar is on top with 7407 runs in 179 match played under the flood Light. There are 13 Indians who have scored 1000 or more runs in Day Night matches and 7 of them scored 2000 or more. However only Sachin crossed 5000-mark while Rahul Dravid stood second with 4767 runs in 144 matches and 134 innings.
Nagpur encounter was Dhoni’s 72nd ODI under the lights for India and so far he has scored 2059 runs in 62 innings @44.76 with TWO hundreds and 15 half centuries.
There are 152 players have reached 2000 run-mark in the history and only 47 of them are able to do it in Day Night affairs.
Here is the list of Indians who have scored more then 2000 runs in Day Night career.
7407 by Sachin Tendulkar, 179 matches, 175 innings.
4767 by Rahul Dravid, 144 matches, 134 innings.
4516 by Sourav Ganguly, 134 matches, 129 innings.
3788 by Virender Sehwag, 112 matches, 111 innings.
3251 by Yuvraj Singh, 121 matches, 114 innings.
2259 by M Azharuddin, 82 matches, 78 innings.

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