Seventh consecutive loss in final for India

By Mohandas Menon

* Daren Ganga (71) recorded his highest score of his career in his 15th match. His previous highest score was the 66 he made against Zimbabwe at Harare earlier in the series on 23-6-2001.

* Wavell Hinds (10, when on 9) became the 18th West Indian and the 146th batsman in LOI history to aggregate 1000 runs. Hinds was appearing in his 38th match of his career.

* The 108 run partnership between Carl Hooper and Shivnarine Chanderpaul was the second best partnership for the West Indies against India for the fourth wicket after the 126 between Hooper and Jimmy Adams at Jaipur on 11-11-1994. However the stand is the best for the Windies against India at a neutral venue. The previous best was the 81 between Viv Richards and Gus Logie at Sharjah on 30-11-1986.

* Hooper's 66 was his highest score as a captain. Leading the side for the 16th time, Hooper's previous highest was the 57 (his only other fifty) against South Africa at Port Elizabeth on 30-1- 1999.

* West Indies total of 290-6 in 50 overs was its second highest against India in LOIs. The best still remains as the 333-8 in 45 overs at Jamshedpur on 7-12-1983.

* The partnership between Reetinder Singh Sodhi and Sameer Dighe of 101 runs was the best ever for the sixth wicket by any team on Zimbabwe soil.

The previous best was the unbeaten 90 between Graeme Hick and Mark Ealham for England against the home team at Bulawayo on 16-2-2000.

* Sodhi (2-31 and 67 runs) had the unique experience of recording his batting and bowling performances of his career in the same match. Interestingly, his previous best all-round performance (53 not out and 2-43) also came in the same match against Zimbabwe at Rajkot on 14-12-2000.

* The unbeaten partnership of 65 runs between Dighe and Debasis Mohanty was the best for the ninth wicket for India against the West Indies.

The pair bettered the previous best of 29 runs between Chetan Sharma and Arshad Ayub at Ahmedabad on 7-1-1988.

* The above partnership was also the best for the ninth wicket on Zimbabwean soil by any team bettering the previous best of 55 runs between the Kiwi batsmen Chris Harris and Gavin Larsen at Bulawayo on 1-10-1997.

* The unbeaten 94 by Sameer Dighe was the highest ever individual score by a genuine Indian wicket-keeper in LOIs. Makeshift keeper Rahul Dravid has scores of 145 (v Sri Lanka at Taunton, 26-5- 1999) and 103 not out (v West Indies at Singapore, 8-9-1999).

* Dighe in his 16th match bettered his previous best of 36 not out against Australia at Perth on 30-1-2000.

* Playing in his ninth match, Corey Collymore (4-49) recorded his best ever bowling performance on his short career. His previous best was the 2-29 against South Africa at Port of Spain on 12-5- 2001.

* India has not won a final match of a tournament since November 1998, when it won the Coca Cola Cup at Sharjah beating Zimbabwe. Since then India has been in a final on seven occasions and has lost on all occasions.

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