Auckland---Five facts for Saturday's World Cup Pool B match between India and Zimbabwe at Eden Park, Auckland (14:00 local, 0100GMT):
- India have won 44 of 56 ODI games against Zimbabwe (L10, T2). One of those 10 defeats did come in the World Cup -- a three-run defeat at Grace Road, Leicester in 1999.
- Shikhar Dhawan's World Cup average of 66.6 is the best by any Indian to play more than five innings.
- Of the 40 players to notch up 50 or more ODI scores of 50-plus runs, Virat Kohli has the best century conversion rate, going on to make 100 on 22 of the 55 times he has passed 50 (40%).
- Brendan Taylor (552) needs 16 more runs to leapfrog Dave Houghton (567) as the Zimbabwe player with the second most World Cup runs (Andy Flower has the most, 815). Taylor needs to hit 73 to record the most runs by a Zimbabwean in a single World Cup.
- Zimbabwe won on their last visit to Eden Park to play an ODI, beating New Zealand back in 2001. India's last trip to the Auckland venue saw them tie with the Black Caps in 2014.
AFP
