da doce： Murali Kartik,the slow left-arm bowler from Railways,became the 144th player to represent India in an ODI
da betsson： Rajneesh Gupta18-Mar-2002Murali Kartik,the slow left-arm bowler from Railways,became the 144th player to represent India in an ODI.The four wickets that Ajit Agarkar’s claimed in the Hyderabadon Saturday has made him India’s highest wicket-taker againstZimbabwe – he now has 35 wickets from 21 ODIs against thevisitors. He went past fellow teammate Anil Kumble’s aggregate of32 from 20 matches.The four-wicket haul was Agarkar’s sixth in his 91st onedayer and this puts him on par with Manoj Prabhakar. Now onlyAnil Kumble (nine) and Javagal Srinath (seven) have taken morefour-wicket hauls than Agarkar.Grant Flower by making 44 in the Hyderabad one-dayer hasexactly 1000 runs to his name in one-dayers against India. He wasplaying his 32nd innings in his 32nd match against the Indians.Grant became the third Zimbabwean after Alistair Campbell (1188in 36 matches) and brother Andy (1130 in 33 matches) and the 19thbatsman overall to do so. Incidentally, Pakistan’s Saeed Anwarholds the record of aggregating most runs in a career againstIndia; he has made 1901 runs from 49 matches.The fourth wicket partnership of 76 between Rahul Dravid andMohammad Kaif was India’s best for this wicket against Zimbabwein a floodlit match. This expunged the previous best of 70between Sachin Tendulkar and Mohammad Azharuddin at the Centurionon February 7,1997.The fifth wicket partnership of 94 between Mohammad Kaif andYuvraj Singh was India’s best for this wicket against Zimbabwe inall matches. This obliterated the previous record unbrokenpartnership of 84 between Ajay Jadeja and Robin Singh at Benonion February 9, 1997. Incidentally, India’s previous highest fifthwicket partnership in a floodlit match against Zimbabwe was apaltry 42 between Rahul Dravid and Robin Singh at Sharjah onOctober 22, 2000.Yuvraj Singh’s innings of 80* was the second highest by anyIndian at number six in a floodlit match – Ajay Jadeja’s 119 atColombo RPS on August 17, 1997 still remains the best.The win was India’s 50th in a floodlit match.The Man of the Match award was Yuvraj Singh’s third in his29th match.
