Following are the statistical highlights of the fifth India [ Images ] vs England [ Images ] ODI in Cuttack on Wednesday night.
# Virender Sehwag [ Images ] became the second batsman after Yuvraj Singh [ Images ] (325) to make 300 runs in the series - 314 at an average of 62.80. He is the only batsman in the series to make four 50-plus scores.
# The 94-run stand between MS Dhoni [ Images ] and Suresh Raina [ Images ] is India's best partnership for the fourth wicket against England at Cuttack.
# Dhoni's 25th fifty is his third against England.
# As captain, Dhoni is maintaining an average of 50 - 1458 at an average of 52.07, including one century and 11 fifties in 41 matches.
# Sehwag's 33rd fifty in ODIs is his seventh against England.
# Sehwag's 17th MOM award is his fourth against England.
# For the first time in a bilateral series, India have won the first five games.
# England (270/4) registered their highest ever total at Cuttack, eclipsing the 250 for 7 against India on January 22, 2002.
# England's aforesaid total is the highest by any team against India at Cuttack, bettering the 269 by Zimbabwe on April 4,1998.
# Andrew Flintoff's [ Images ] second duck against India is his 8th in ODIs. He had first recorded a duck against India at Jaipur [ Images ] on October 15, 2006.
# Kevin Pietersen [ Images ] became the 10th Englishman to complete 3,000 runs in ODIs - 3047 at an average of 48.36, including 7 centuries and 20 fifties. Pietersen has joined Alec Stewart (4677), Marcus Trescothick [ Images ] (4335), Graham Gooch (4290), Allan Lamb (4010), Graeme Hick (3846), Paul Collingwood [ Images ] (3773), Nick Knight (3637) and Andrew Flintoff (3391).
Pietersen's feat of completing 3,000 runs in 78 innings is the fifth fastest in ODIs. Vivian Richards [ Images ] (69), Gordon Greenidge (72), Gary Kirsten (72) and Graham Gooch (76) had recorded the distinction in less innings than Pietersen. Navjot Singh Sidhu, Brian Lara [ Images ] and Boeta Dippenaar had taken 79 innings each to reach 3,000 runs.
# Pietersen (111 not out) became the second English captain to post a hundred against India. Nasser Hussain had made 115 at Lord's on July 13, 2002.
# Pietersen is now the first English captain to register a hundred away from home.
# Pietersen and Owais Shah [ Images ] put on 112 (unbroken) for the fifth wicket, which is the highest for this wicket-position for England against India in India, eclipsing the 110 between David Gower and Mike Gatting at Jalandhar [ Images ] on December 20, 1981.
# Shah (66 not out off 57 balls) has recorded his third fifty of the series - his 9th in ODIs.
# Irfan Pathan [ Images ], for the second time in an ODI against England, went wicketless. He had conceded 58 runs without taking any wicket off his 10 overs at The Oval on Sept.3, 2004.
# Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ] (50) has extended his record for most fifties in ODIs. He became the first batsman to register 90 fifties in ODIs.
# Tendulkar and Sehwag put on 136 runs - their best ever stand for the first wicket against England. Overall, this was their third century stand for the first wicket against England.
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