ENG vs IND, 3rd ODI Stats Review: Pant’s maiden ODI century and other stats

Rishabh Pant slammed his maiden century in ODIs while Hardik Pandya registered his career-best bowling figures of 4/24 as India defeated England by five wickets in the third and final ODI to win the series by a 2-1 margin. Pant hammered an unbeaten 125 off 113 which included 16 fours and two sixes to help India in chasing down the target of 260 in just 42.1 overs. Hardik also scored 71 off 55 with ten fours as he and wicketkeeper-batter Pant also shared a 133-run partnership for the fifth wicket after the visitors found themselves in trouble at 72/4.

Here are some of the important stats and numbers from the 3rd ODI between England and India:

4/24 – Hardik Pandya registered his best bowling figures of 4/24 in ODIs. His previous best was 3/31 against New Zealand in the year 2016.

1 – Rishabh Pant scripted his maiden ODI century in 24 innings. His previous best score was 85 which came against South Africa this year itself.

11 – Joe Root scored just 11 runs in three innings at a poor average of 3.66 with two ducks in this series.

5 – Hardik became the fifth Indian to do the double of scoring 50 runs and picking up four or more wickets in an ODI. The other four are Kris Srikkanth, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, and Yuvraj Singh. Hardik produced the seventh instance of an Indian doing the double.

2014 – Moeen Ali reached the landmark of 2000 runs in one-day internationals.

1 – For the first time, Virat Kohli went through five consecutive ODI innings without reaching the 20-run mark. His last five scores read as 17, 16, zero, 18, and eight.

71 – Hardik scripted his highest score of 71 against England in the ODI format. His previous highest of 64 came in Pune in the year 2021.

1 – Jos Buttler registered the only half-century for England in the series. India had two fifties, which were by their skipper Rohit in the first ODI and Hardik Pandya in the third ODI.

3 – Reece Topley dismissed Rohit for the third time in five innings in the limited-overs series on this tour.