India captain Shikhar Dhawan missed out on a well-deserved century in the first ODI against West Indies at the Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad on Friday. Dhawan was dismissed for 97 runs in 99 balls with the help of 10 boundaries and three sixes. The left-hand batsman spend some time in the 90s before hitting a six towards the cow-corner to get to 97 however he tried to slam the ball towards the point where Shamarh Brooks took a superb catch to send back India's skipper. 



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With this knock of 97, Dhawan entered an elite list. Dhawan now has the third most runs after 150 innings in ODI cricket. Dhawan now has 6280 runs while the list is topped by South Africa's Hashim Amla. Virat Kohli is second on the list with 6422 runs to his name. 


After 150 Innings Most runs in ODI 


7032 - Hashim Amla 


6537 - Virat Kohli 6422 - Shikhar Dhawan


6280 - Viv Richards


6142 - AB Devilliers 


6064 - S Ganguly


Dhawan also topped the list for most boundaries after 150 ODI matches. He overtook Amla who had scored 766 boundaries. Dhawan now has 875 fours to his name. 


Most Boundaries in the first 150 ODI innings 


875: Shikhar Dhawan* 


771: Hashim Amla 


766: Chris Gayle


737: Martin Guptill 


This is the third time Dhawan got dismissed in 90s since 2019


96 vs Australia, Rajkot


98 vs England, Pune


97 vs West Indies (today)


Most times getting out on 90s


27 - Sachin Tendulkar


12 - Rahul Dravid


10 - Shikhar Dhawan*


10 - Virender Sehwag


 9 - Sourav Ganguly


Dhawan has as many 50+ scores as Sachin in the first 150 innings as ODI Opener


60: Rohit Sharma 


58: Hashim Amla


53: Sachin Tendulkar 


53: Shikhar Dhawan*