India vs West Indies 2019-20 2nd ODI, statistical preview: Kohli, Rohit, Hope, Shami race towards top spot

Having lost the first ODI at Chepauk, India now have to win both ODIs of the 3-match series. The second ODI will be played at Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam. Ahead of the series, here is a statistical preview.

Statistical preview

0.984 win-loss ratio of India and West Indies against each other (62 wins, 63 defeats). The record reads 1.016 in West Indies’ favour. This is the 4th-worst record for both sides against any opposition.

1 uncapped player in the Indian side – Mayank Agarwal. He may become their 229th ODI cap.

1 uncapped player in the West Indian side – Khary Pierre. He may become their 196th ODI cap.

3 ODIs between India and West Indies at Visakhapatnam. India had lost by 5 wickets in 2011-12 and won by 2 wickets in 2013-14, while the one in 2018-19 was tied. Another match, scheduled to be hosted in 2014-15, had to be called off.

4 consecutive defeats for India at home. Before the Chennai ODI, they had lost their last 3 ODIs against Australia earlier this year.

4 consecutive wins for West Indies on Indian soil. Before the Chennai ODI, they had beaten Afghanistan 3-0 at Lucknow.

4 wickets needed by Kuldeep Yadav (96) to become the 22nd Indian and 151st overall to take 100 ODI wickets.

6 wickets needed by Ravindra Jadeja (38) to go past Kapil Dev (43) and become the leading wicket-taker for India against West Indies. Anil Kumble has 41.

6 India’s win-loss ratio at Visakhapatnam (6 wins, 1 defeat), their best at any venue in the world where they have played 6 or more matches. India have also won 6 and lost 1 at Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad. They also have a 5-0 record at Holkar Stadium, Indore and Dubai International Stadium.

38 wickets for Mohammed Shami, the joint-most in 2019. He needs 1 more to go past Trent Boult and become the leading wicket-taker of 2019.

56 runs needed by Virat Kohli (11,524) to go past Jacques Kallis (11,579) and become the 7th-most run-getter in ODI history.

116.20 batting average of Shai Hope on Indian soil, for his 581 runs. With a 250-run cut-off, only Angelo Mathews (608 runs at 121.60) has a better average in India.

139 average of Kohli at Visakhapatnam (186.50 against West Indies). He has batted 5 times here, scoring 118, 117, 99, 65, and 157*. Of batsmen who have scored 500 runs on a single ground, only Fakhar Zaman (215.50 at Queen’s Park Oval, Bulawayo) has a better average.

1225 runs for Hope in 2019, the 4th-most runs for West Indies in a calendar year. He needs 7 runs to go past Viv Richards (1,231 in 1985), 8 to go past Desmond Haynes (1,232 in 1985), and 125 to go past Brian Lara (1,349 in 1993).

1292 runs for Kohli, 1268 for Rohit Sharma, and 1225 for Hope in 2019. They occupy the top three spots.

2150 runs for Kohli against West Indies, the most in history.