India vs Zimbabwe 2016: Statistical preview of ODI series

India will take on host Zimbabwe on 11 June 2016 at Harare in the first ODI match of the three-match ODI series. India would like to give opportunities to as many young players as possible ahead of the big season. On the other hand, Zimbabwe would also like to start on a winning note to boost their confidence and to prove that that they can also compete against big countries. We will have an interesting battle on our hand as here we present the records that can be broken in the Zimbabwe vs India ODI series, 2016

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82 – The number of runs MS Dhoni needs to become 5th Indian player to complete 9000 runs in ODIs. The other four players are Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and Mohammad Azharuddin.

11 – The number of balls MS Dhoni needs to face to become 2nd wicket-keeper batsman after Kumar Sangakkara to face 10,000 balls in ODI cricket. MS Dhoni has played 9989 balls in ODIs from 275 matches till date.

3 – The number of sixes MS Dhoni needs to hit to beat Ricky Ponting’s record of hitting most sixes in ODIs as a captain. MS Dhoni has hit 121 sixes from 191 matches as a captain of India.

48 – The number of runs Ambati Rayudu needs to score to complete 1000 runs in ODI cricket. If he will complete 1000 runs then he will become the 36th Indian player to score 1000 runs in ODIs.

8 – The number of sixes MS Dhoni needs to hit in ODIs to become the 1st Indian player and 5th overall player to hit 200 sixes in ODI cricket.

17th – Graeme Creamer will become the 17th player to captain Zimbabwe in ODIs when he will take charge against India on 11 June 2016 in the first match.

6 – The number of Indian players who can make their debut in the India vs Zimbabwe ODI series, 2016. These players are KL Rahul, Faiz Fazal, Karun Nair, Jayant Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal and Mandeep Singh.

8 – The number of bilateral series’ played between India and Zimbabwe till date. India have won seven while Zimbabwe have won only one.

134 – First ODI vs Zimbabwe at Harare on 11 June 2016 will be India’s 1st ODI game after a gap of 134 days. The last ODI match India played was against Australia on January 23 2016 at Sydney.

4 – The number of dismissals MS Dhoni needs to claim to become 4th wicket-keeper after Kumar Sangakkara, Adam Gilchrist and Mark Boucher to claim 350 dismissals in ODI cricket.

5 – The number of wickets Elton Chigumbura needs to take to become 5th Zimbabwean bowler to take 100 wickets in ODIs. He has taken 95 wickets from 196 ODIs till date for Zimbabwe.

Here, we have also presented major stats registered in Zimbabwe vs India ODI battles so far:

Highest Totals:

Team	Total	Ground	Date
India	333/6	Guwahati	March 19, 2002
India	319/6	Mohali	March 10, 2002
India	306/5	Ahmedabad	December 05, 200
India	301/3	Cuttack	April 09, 1998
India	301/6	Rajkot	December 14, 2000

Lowest Totals:

Team	Score	Ground	Date
Zimbabwe	65	Harare	August 29, 2015
Zimbabwe	133	Harare	June 24, 2001
Zimbabwe	135	Mumbai	October 17, 1987
Zimbabwe	135	Perth	February 03, 2004
Zimbabwe	144	Bulawayo	August 01, 2013

Most Runs:

Player name	Matches	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Sachin Tendulkar	34	1377	146	49.17	91.55	5	5	0	152	20
Sourav Ganguly	36	1367	144	42.71	74.82	3	7	0	129	27
Andy Flower	36	1298	145	40.56	75.29	1	11	1	96	5
Alistair Campbell	38	1227	105*	35.05	73.82	1	10	2	110	10
Grant Flower	38	1165	102	31.48	66.23	1	5	0	100	1

Most Wickets:

Player name	Matches	Maidens	Wickets	Avg	Econ	SR	4WI	5WI
Ajit Agarkar	26	19	45	24.26	4.5	32.3	3	0
Heath Streak	35	17	39	38.02	4.95	46	0	1
Anil Kumble	23	9	34	26.85	4.38	36.7	1	0
Zaheer Khan	15	8	32	17.46	4.21	24.8	4	0
Javagal Srinath	17	9	30	19.16	3.76	30.5	0	0