Yet another record for Sachin

By Mohandas Menon

** This was the first LOI match to be played on Zimbabwean soil not involving the home team since the first played in October 1992. Since then this was the 45th match to be played in Zimbabwe.

** The last occasion India played the West Indies was at Toronto in the DMC Cup series on 14-9-1999.

** Shivnarine Chanderpaul became the 17th West Indian and the 113th player to appear in 100 LOI matches.

** Harvinder Singh made a comeback to the Indian side after missing 110 matches in between. He last appeared in a LOI match against Australia at Sharjah on 22-4-1998.

** Meanwhile Debasis Mohanty too made a comeback after missing 35 matches in a row since his last against Australia at Adelaide on 26-1-2000.

** Mohanty's bowling figures of 10-1-18-3 (r/o: 1.8) equals the best economical bowling by an Indian pace bowler (bowling his full quota of overs) against the West Indies in LOIs. He equals Kapil Dev's figures of 10-3-18-2 in the Hero Cup final at Calcutta on 27-11-1993. However the best performance by an Indian bowler against the West Indies still remains with off- spinner Nikhil Chopra at Toronto on 11-9-1999 - his figures were 10-3-17- 2.

** Playing in his 271st match of his career, Tendulkar extended his Man of the Match award record to 40, which is by far the maximum in LOI history.

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