Dhoni storms to new record

By winning the fourth one-day international in Pune on Thursday, India also clinched the seven-match series against Sri Lanka. India had last won a bilateral series at home in 2001-02 against Zimbabwe.

A look at India's wins in bilateral series (at least two matches) at home soil:

Result	Mts	Opponent	Season
*4-0	7	Sri Lanka	2005-06
3-2	5	Zimbabwe	2001-02
4-1	5	Zimbabwe	2000-01
3-2	5	South Africa	1999-00
3-2	5	New Zealand	1999-00
3-2	5	New Zealand	1995-96
4-1	5	West Indies	1994-95
2-1	3	Sri Lanka	1993-94
3-0	3	Zimbabwe	1992-93
2-1	3	South Africa	1991-92
2-1	3	Sri Lanka	1990-91
4-0	4	New Zealand	1988-89
4-1	5	Sri Lanka	1986-87
3-2	6	Australia	1986-87
2-0	2	Pakistan	1983-84
3-0	3	Sri Lanka	1982-83
2-1	3	England	1981-82

Note: * denotes India vs Sri Lanka ODI series currently being played

Highest batting averages in ODIs:

After the fourth ODI in Pune, Indian wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni's batting average stands at 52.73, which is the highest for any Indian player in one-dayers.

In fact, Dhoni's career average is second only to Australia's Michael Bevan among all players in ODIs who have played at least 20 innings.

Avg	Batsman	For	Mts	Inns	NO	Runs	Hs	100s	50s	0s
53.58	M Bevan	Aus	232	196	67	6912	108*	6	46	5
52.73	M S Dhoni	Ind	23	22	7	791	183*	2	2	1
47.62	Zaheer Abbas	Pak	62	60	6	2572	123	7	13	2
47.00	V Richards	WI	187	167	24	6721	189*	11	45	7
47.00	G Turner	NZ	41	40	6	1598	171*	3	9	1
45.18	J Kallis	SA	217	208	37	7726	139	13	54	11
45.03	G Greenidge	WI	128	127	13	5134	133*	11	31	3
44.90	B Dippenaar	SA	83	71	12	2649	123	2	22	2
44.62	D Jones	Aus	164	161	25	6068	145	7	46	6
44.56	S Tendulkar	Ind	352	343	33	13815	186*	38	71	15
44.53	R Sarwan	WI	87	82	20	2761	104*	2	16	4
44.37	M Clarke	Aus	57	51	13	1686	105*	2	10	4

Highest career average for keepers in ODIs: (Minimum10 innings)

Dhoni tops the list of wicketkeepers with the highest career batting average in one-dayers and does so by a large margin as is evident by the following table:

Avg	Batsman	For	Mts	Inns	NO	Runs	Hs	100s	50s	0s
52.73	M S Dhoni	Ind	23	22	7	791	183*	2	2	1
43.72	R Dravid	Ind	74	65	12	2317	145	4	14	3
37.96	K Sangakkara	SL	92	84	13	2695	138*	2	18	2
35.82	A Gilchrist	Aus	213	207	8	7129	172	11	40	13
34.73	A Flower	Zim	185	182	14	5835	145	4	46	11
33.50	D Houghton	Zim	12	12	0	402	142	1	3	3
33.47	A Stewart	Eng	138	132	12	4017	116	4	26	10
31.18	H Tillakaratne	SL	51	48	15	1029	68*	0	2	0

Most 4-wicket hauls for India:

Ajit Agarkar's 5 for 44 in the fourth match against Sri Lanka on Thursday was the 11th instance that the Mumbai pacer had taken four or more wickets in an innings in his ODI career.

He now holds the record of taking four-wickets on most occasions for India, surpassing the tally of Javagal Srinath and Anil Kumble. What is amazing with Agarkar's feat is that he did so in much lesser games than these two.

4WI	Bowler	Mts	Mts/4WI
11	Ajit Agarkar	144	13.09
10	Javagal Srinath	229	22.90
10	Anil Kumble	262	26.20
6	Zaheer Khan	99	16.50
6	Manoj Prabhakar	130	21.66
6	Sachin Tendulkar	352	58.66

Most consecutive wins for India in a bilateral series:

India clinched the seven-match series against Sri Lanka by winning the fourth ODI at Pune to take an unassailable 4-0 lead in the series. This was only the fifth occasion when India won four matches at a trot in a bilateral series.

Mts	Opponents	Season	Venue	Remarks
4	Sri Lanka	1986-87	India	won last four at a trot after losing the first
4	New Zealand	1988-89	India	clean sweep in the series by 4-0
4	West Indies	1994-95	India	won last four at a trot after losing the first
4#	Pakistan	1997	Canada	won first four at a trot before losing the last
4	Sri Lanka	2005-06	India	won first four matches of the series