India failed to chase down a target of 284 runs despite captain Virat Kohli's third consecutive hundred and suffered a 43 runs loss in the third ODI at the hands of West Indies in Pune. Earlier India asked West Indies to bat first and the duo of Jasprit Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav gave a perfect start to India and reduced West Indies to 121/5 at one stage but Shai Hope's gritty knock of 95 runs and Ashley Nurse's 40 runs cameo helped West Indies to post a total of 283/9 on the board.
In reply India were 172/3 in 31 overs and Kohli was at the crease but after Rishabh Pant's dismissal India collapsed and lost 7 wickets for just 68 runs and got bowled out for just 240 runs in the 48th over. Captain Virat Kohli played a brilliant knock of 107 runs and for West Indies, Marlon Samuels took 3 wickets. Ashley Nurse was named Man of the Match for his all round performance (40 runs and 2 wickets).
All the major stats and facts from the third ODI between India and West Indies in Pune :
2 - Virat Kohli is only the second player after AB de Villiers to score 4 consecutive ODI hundreds in India.
4 Consecutive ODI hundreds in India -
AB de Villiers
- 114* vs India at Gwalior, 2010
- 102* vs India at Ahmedabad, 2010
- 107* vs West Indies at Delhi, 2011
- 134 vs Netherlands at Mohali, 2011
Virat Kohli
- 113 vs New Zealand at Mumbai, 2017
- 140 vs West Indies at Guwahati, 2018
- 157* vs West Indies at Visakhapatnam, 2018
- 107 vs West Indies at Pune, 2018
4 - Virat Kohli has now scored 4 consecutive ODI hundreds in India - Only the third player to score 4 consecutive ODI hundreds in a particular country.
Hundreds in most consecutive innings in a country -
5 - Babar Azam in UAE, 2016-17
4 - AB de Villiers in India, 2010-11
4 - Virat Kohli in India, 2017-18
3 - Zaheer Abbas in Pakistan, 1982-83
3 - Saeed Anwar in UAE, 1993
3 - Quinton de Kock in South Africa, 2013
3 - Kumar Sangakkara in Australia, 2015
4/35 - Jasprit Bumrah's bowling figures of 4/35 are the second best bowling figures for India against West Indies at home in ODI cricket.
Best bowling figures for India against West Indies in ODIs at home -
6/12 - Anil Kumble at Kolkata, 1993
4/35 - Jasprit Bumrah at Pune, 2018
4/36 - Mohammad Shami at Delhi, 2014
4/46 - Venkatapathy Raju at Jaipur, 1994
10 - Virat Kohli became the first Indian and overall tenth player to score three consecutive hundreds in ODI cricket. He scored 140 runs in Guwahati, 157* in Visakhapatnam and now 107 in Pune.
Players to score three consecutive ODI hundreds -
Kumar Sangakkara (4)
Zaheer Abbas
Saeeed Anwar
Herschelle Gibbs
AB de Villiers
Quinton de Kock
Ross Taylor
Babar Azam
Jonny Bairstow
Virat Kohli
33 - Virat Kohli scored his 33rd international century as captain - the joint second most as captain.
Most centuries in international cricket as captain -
41 - Ricky Ponting
33 - Virat Kohli
33 - Graeme Smith
20 - Steve Smith
62 - Number of international hundreds Virat Kohli has scored so far - the joint fourth most in the world.
Most hundreds in international cricket -
Sachin Tendulkar - 100
Ricky Ponting - 71
Kumar Sangakkara - 63
Virat Kohli - 62
Jacques Kallis - 62
68.10 - MS Dhoni's batting strike rate in ODI cricket in 2018 - the lowest for him in a calendar year. He has scored 252 runs at an average of 25.20 and at a strike rate of 68.10 this year.
300 - This was Rohit Sharma's 300th match in international cricket - 14th Indian player to achieve this feat.
