India vs Windies 2018, 5th ODI, Thiruvananthapuram - Statistical Preview

With series at 2-1, India will look to take the honors whereas Windies will like to make a solid comeback after ignominious defeat of 224 runs. The hosts played like a potent side in the fourth ODI and would like to repeat their performance in the final ODI. Rohit Sharma scored a fine knock of 162 to blow away the visitors. Furthermore, Ambati Rayudu was able to come up with a good performance to end India’s middle order drought.

Meanwhile, India’s bowling was also able to back their batsmen. The Indian bowlers bowled with fire and Khaleel Ahmed was able to trouble the Windies batsmen. The southpaw pacer got the ball to swing both ways and also landed his deliveries in the corridor of uncertainty. Thus, Ahmed scalped three wickets and gave away only 13 runs in his five overs.

On the other hand, the Windies had punched above their weight in the first three ODIs of the series. However, they were utterly dominated by the Indian juggernauts in the previous match.

India played like a second-ranked team as they ticked the right boxes in the fourth ODI. Therefore, the hosts might not alter their playing combination.

Here is a look at Statistical Preview of Final ODI between India and Windies:

1. The Greenfield stadium in Thirvanthavanampuram will make its ODI as well as List A match debut. Earlier, this venue had hosted a T20I match between Men in Blue and New Zealand.

20 – India has gone on to win 20 ODI matches out of the 43 games, when they have played their first match at a particular venue.

5- Virat Kohli has won all the four tosses in the ongoing series. Thus, if Kohli wins the toss in the fifth ODI, he will become the first Indian captain to win all the tosses in a bilateral series. MS Dhoni, Mohammad Azharuddin, and Sourav Ganguly have managed to win all five tosses but those series were played on foreign soil.

1- MS Dhoni needs another one run to complete 10,000 ODI runs for India. Dhoni has 10,173 ODI runs, however, he has scored 174 runs for Asia XI.

51- MS Dhoni also needs 51 runs to complete 1000 runs while playing against Windies.

2- Bhuvneshwar Kumar requires two more scalps to complete his century of wickets.

4- Kuldeep Yadav needs four wickets to become the leading wicket-taker in 2018.

6- If India wins the series, this will be their sixth consecutive bilateral series triumph at home.