India vs West Indies, 4th ODI: 6 Unnoticed things from the match

It was the Indian Cricket team that dominated throughout the game, vanquished the opponents and won the game by a huge margin of 224 runs.

Winning the toss, the hosts decided to bat first. Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma built a dashing 72-run partnership which was broken by Ashley Nurse who dismissed Shikhar Dhawan. Virat Kohli suffered a rare failure as he was given out in the 16th over at the 16 runs. The Indian Captain's dismissal was followed by a historic partnership between Rohit Sharma and Ambati Rayudu.

Whilst, on one hand, Rohit Sharma scored 162 runs in 137 balls which consisted of 20 fours and 4 sixers. On the other hand, Ambati Rayudu, putting a full stop on all the chaos for no. 4 in the Indian batting line-up, scored a scintillating ton consisting of 4 sixers and 8 fours. Once Rohit Washington dismissed in the 44th over, what followed next was Rayudu and MS Dhoni's wicket. Howbeit, Dhoni and Kedar Jadhav played two little cameos and took India's total to a mouth-watering 377.

Chasing a mammoth total, West Indies had a disastrous start as half of their side was back to the pavilion inside 12 overs. Khaleel Ahmed continued to do the damage along with Kuldeep Yadav. Jason Holder tried to play a fighting knock but in the end, it was disappointing for the Windies fans as their team eventually lost the match by a massive margin of 224 runs.

Here's a look at Unnoticed things from the match:

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#6 Dhoni gets out on 9999

MS Dhoni is going through one of the worst phases of his career. The former Indian captain isn't in form and has been facing criticism from all over the world for his style of play. The veteran cricketer has not been able to get going against the spinners and hasn't dominated the pacers as well.

His innings, nowadays, lack-intensity and have been a case of worry for the team management. MS Dhoni, on Monday, scored 23 runs in 15 balls. Albeit once again he couldn't convert the knock into a big one, the Chennai Super Kings Captain had that intent in his innings which Virat Kohli always talks about.

Dhoni hit 2 fours in his small cameo and scored runs at a strike rate of 153.33. Howbeit, a milestone which Dhoni failed to accomplish was scoring 10,000 ODI runs for India. The Wicket-Keeper batsman, before this match, required 24 runs to become the 5th Indian to score 10,000 runs but with luck not by his side, the veteran could score only 23 runs and missed the record by just 1 run.

#5 Virat Kohli registered his lowest ODI score in 2018

Virat Kohli is arguably the greatest batsman of this generation. The 29-year old has set some astonishing benchmarks in the sport. He recently became the only Indian cricketer to score 3 consecutive ODI centuries and also the 4th Indian to breach the 10,000-run mark in One Day Internationals.

However, the Indian Captain had a rare bad outing today as he was dismissed on the score of just 16 runs. Kohli has scored more than 1000 ODI runs this year and his lowest score, before today, was 36.

#4 India breaches 375 run mark for the 13th time - the most by any country

The Indian team currently has one of the best batting line-ups. With the likes of Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in the team, the team has a solid top order. Even though the middle order is a bit weak, the batsmen still possess much more talent than many batsmen of some other teams. With the current Indian batting line-up, no target seems tough while chasing and anything less than 300 looks a failure when batting first.

The team, although decided to bat first after winning the toss in today's match (which they generally don't) and posted a mammoth total of 377 runs in 50 overs. India reached the 375-run mark in ODIs for the 13th time which is 4 times more than any other team. The second, third and fourth are South Africa, Australia, and England with 9, 5, 5 times respectively.

#3 Rohit Sharma scores 150+ score in List A career for the 7th time - the joint highest

Rohit Sharma is in the form of his life. His breathtaking style of play in white ball cricket simply leaves the audience awestruck. His effortless style of play and inhuman capabilities are admired all over the world. The way he converts starts into big ones and how he smashes bowlers for fun is simply commendable.

The Indian vice-captain, in this match, played a blistering knock of 162 runs. Although he missed a well-deserved double ton, the 30-year old scored a 150+ score in his list A career for the seventh time. He joined David Warner on the top of this list which was followed by Gordon Greenidge and Sachin Tendulkar at 2nd and 3rd rank respectively.

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#2 Ambati Rayudu scores yet another ODI century in the match which is special for Virat Kohli

Ambati Rayudu put a full stop on all the no. 4 debates with the 80-ball 100 in today's match. The right-handed batsman, grabbed the opportunity with both hands as he played with sheer brilliance along with Rohit Sharma. The 33-year old played at a strike rate of 123. His 100-run knock consisted of 8 fours and 4 sixers.

This game was also Virat Kohli's 350th international game and Ambati Rayudu scored a 100 in it. A wonderful coincidence that occurred in today's match was that Rayudu, for the second time, scored an ODI century in a match which was special for Virat Kohli.

The match in which Ambati Rayudu scored his 2nd ODI century was also Virat Kohli's 200th International game and co-incidentally Ambati scored his 3rd ODI century in the present Indian Captain's 350th International game.

#1 Rohit Sharma becomes the 6th Indian batsman to score 2 ODI 150s in a year

Rohit Sharma scored a phenomenal century in the 4th ODI of the India vs West Indies series at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. The 31-year old started the innings slowly but soon started to increase the tempo along with Ambati Rayudu later in the innings.

Once Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli were dismissed, the Indian vice-captain combined with Ambati Rayudu and scored a brilliant ton. Once he breached the 100-run mark, the guy started to go bonkers and smacked the bowlers all around the park.

Howbeit, he missed a well-deserved double century since he was dismissed on the score of 162 runs. Rohit, with this hundred, reached many milestones and created quite a lot of records. One of those records that he created was that he became the 6th Indian batsman to score 150+ runs for the second time in a year.