ODI between India and Zimbabwe here today.
# India have won four successive overseas matches in ODIs between January 23, 2016 and June 15, 2016 - all by big margins - by 6 wickets vs Australia at Sydney, by 9 wickets, by 8 wickets and by 10 wickets - all three vs Zimbabwe at Harare.
# Zimbabwe have lost seven ODIs by ten-wicket margins - two each to New Zealand, West Indies and India and one to Pakistan.
# India have registered six 10-wicket wins in ODIs - two vs Zimbabwe and one each vs Kenya, West Indies, East Africa and Sri Lanka.
# India have won twelve matches vs Zimbabwe in succession since July 24, 2013 - their best winning sequence against them.
# Jasprit Bumrah's excellent figures of 4 for 22 are his best ever in ODIs, eclipsing the 4 for 28 in the first ODI vs Zimbabwe at Harare on June 11, 2016. He has deservingly got his first Man of the Match award in ODIs.
# Bumrah's tally of 9 wickets at 8.55 runs apiece in three matches at an impressive economy rate of 2.98 is the highest on either side in the just concluded series.
# Bumrah has taken eleven wickets at an average of 10.63 - the highest tally by an Indian bowler in the first four matches in ODIs. Vijay Bharadwaj and Rudra Pratap Singh had captured ten wickets each in their first four matches.
# Lokesh Rahul has totalled 196 runs at an average of 196.00 in his debut ODI series - the scores in three matches being 100 not out, 33 and 63 not out - all at Harare. His aggregate is the best by an Indian batsman in the first three ODIs, eclipsing Navjot Singh Sidhu's aggregate of 148 (ave.74.00).
# Chigumbura has registered 16 ducks in ODIs - his second against India. Just one Zimbabwean batsman has posted more ducks than him in ODIs - Grant Flower (18).
# Faiz Fazal (55 not out) has posted a fifty on ODI debut to become the 14th Indian batsman to accomplish the feat.
# During Zimbabwe's innings, Dhoni has become the first Indian wicketkeeper and the fourth overall to complete 350 dismissals in ODIs. He has joined Kumar Sangakkara, Adam Gilchrist and Mark Boucher.
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