Bangladesh vs India 2015: 3rd ODI - Facts and figures

Bangladesh won the series by 2-1

India played for pride in the last game and they earned some too as they defeated Bangladesh by 77 runs in the final ODI in Mirpur. The consolation victory by the visitors prevented the home team from completing a 3-0 whitewash.

India were focused and determined, but also tense ever since the first ball was bowled. Openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan gave India a steady start which was smoothly ridden past 300 by the middle order batsmen. India posted a 318-run target for the hosts to win.

Bangladesh lost Tamim Iqbal early in the massive chase, but Soumya Sarkar soon brought stability for a while before he got out after scoring 40 runs. Later, the Tigers failed to cope with the pressure and kept losing wickets in intervals. India bowled out the hosts for 240.

Here are some of the interesting numbers and facts from the match:

44.18 – Soumya Sarkar is the only Bangladeshi batsman in ODIs with a 40+ batting average, with 5 or more innings.

71.57 – MS Dhoni's batting average of 71.57 at No. 4 (1002* runs) is the best for any batsman in ODI history with minimum 1000 runs.

13 – Number of wickets taken by Mustafizur this series, the joint most for any bowler playing 3 or fewer matches in an ODI series.

329 – The last time India made 300+ in Bangladesh was on 18 March 2012, 330/4 chasing Pakistan's 329/6 also at Mirpur.

3 – Number of times Mustafizur Rahman has dismissed Rohit Sharma during this 3-ODI series.

1 – Only once have India been whitewashed in a bilateral ODI series in Asia (min. 3 ODIs) – against WI, 1983.

15 – Number of consecutive balls that Rohit Sharma faced at the start of India's innings. Shikhar Dhawan faced none in that interval.

313 – Bangladesh's highest winning total batting 2nd against a Test nation – 313/6 v Zim at Bulawayo in Aug 2009. They could have broken the record today by chasing India's 318 run target.

1st – This is Bangladesh’s first ODI series win against the Indian team in 18 years.