It was the 1729th ODI in cricket history
Rajneesh Gupta25-Jun-2001It was the 1729th ODI in cricket history.It was India’s 465th and Zimbabwe’s 185th match.It was the sixth match between these two sides in Zimbabwe. The recordnow reads : India 4, Zimbabwe 2.Umpires Graeme Evans and Ian Robinson were officiating in their 12thand 78th match respectively.Ashish Nehra became 137th player to represent India in shorter versionof the game.By capturing a wicket (Campbell) off his second ball on debut, Nehrabecame joined the elite band of Indians capturing a wicket in theirfirst over in ODIs. The accompanying table lists all such instancesfor India :
Ball
Bowler (Victim)
Opponents
Venue
Date
4th
SM Gavaskar (Zaheer Abbas)
Pakistan
Sialkot
13-10-1978
3rd
WV Raman (DL Haynes)
West Indies
Rajkot
05-01-1988
4th & 5th
AS Wasson (JG Wright & AH Wright)
New Zealand
Dunedin
02-03-1990
2nd
SV Manjrekar (DM Jones)
Australia
Hobart BO
10-12-1991
4th
VG Kambli (SB Doull)
New Zealand
Delhi FSK
03-11-1994
5th
PL Mhambrey (NMK Smith)
England
The Oval
23-05-1996
5th
DS Mohanty (Saeed Anwar)
Pakistan
Toronto
13-09-1997
5th
SS Raul (Inzamam-ul-Haq)
Pakistan
Toronto
13-09-1998
1st
S Ramesh (NAM McLean)
West Indies
Harare
24-06-2001
2nd
A Nehra (ADR Campbell)
Zimbabwe
Harare
24-06-2001
Zimbabwe (133) recorded its lowest ever total against India in allmatches obliterating the previous lowest of 135 at Bombay on October17,1987. Incidentally Zimbabwe’s previous lowest all out total againstIndia at home was 209 in 49.1 overs at this same ground on October25,1992.The total was the 14th lowest by any side against India in all ODIs.The lowest total against India is Pakistan’s 87 at Sharjah on22-03-1985.Ajit Agarkar’s figures of three for 26 were the best for India inZimbabwe. The previous best was 3 for 35 by Javagal Srinath at thissame venue on October 25,1992.Sachin Tendulkar (70*) now holds the record of aggregating most runsin a career by a visiting batsman on Zimbabwean soil. At the end ofthis match his tally reads as 280 runs (ave. 70.00) from six matches.The previous record was on the name of Sri Lankan Russel Arnold whohas aggregated 277 runs (aev.69.25) in five matches.By winning the match with 142 balls to spare India recorded thelargest victory by any side batting second on Zimbabwean soil. Theprevious record was held by Australia which defeated the hosts at thissame venue on October 23,1999 with 129 balls to spare.The margin of defeat of nine wickets was the largest for Zimbabwe inall home matches. Zimbabwe had lost two matches on successive days bynine wickets against Australia in October 1999.Sachin Tendulkar was winning his seventh Man of the Match awardagainst Zimbabwe and 39th of his career. Both these are maximum by aplayer in ODIs.
