India vs Zimbabwe in ODIs: 6 interesting statistics and records

3. India’s fastest ODI fifty came against Zimbabwe

Agarkar was hailed as India’s best all round prospect in the early 2000s

It was an inconsequential match at Rajkot between the two teams as India had already gained an unassailable lead of 3-1 in the 5-match series going into the match. But Ajit Agarkar wasn’t taking it lightly for sure.

Joining Reetinder Sodhi in the 44th over at 216 for 6, the lanky pacer started smashing bowlers all around the park from the word go. Seeing his bowlers thrashed around the park, skipper Alistair Campbell took it upon himself to bowl the final over of the innings but ended up giving 21 runs in the process.

Ajit Agarkar notched up the fastest fifty by an Indian when he reached his 50 off 21 balls and beat Kapil Dev’s 17-year-old record. He finished with an unbeaten 67 off 25 balls that took the team’s total past 300.

The bowler then returned to take three wickets to complete a perfect all-round performance. What makes this match more trivia worthy is that this was the last ODI in the history of One Dayers that was played in whites.