• It was the 1729th ODI in cricket history.

• It was India's 465th and Zimbabwe's 185th match.

• It was the sixth match between these two sides in Zimbabwe. The record now reads : India 4, Zimbabwe 2.

• Umpires Graeme Evans and Ian Robinson were officiating in their 12th and 78th match respectively.

• Ashish Nehra became 137th player to represent India in shorter version of the game.

• By capturing a wicket (Campbell) off his second ball on debut, Nehra became joined the elite band of Indians capturing a wicket in their first over in ODIs. The accompanying table lists all such instances for India :

Ball	Bowler (Victim)	Opponents	Venue	Date
4th	SM Gavaskar (Zaheer Abbas)	Pakistan	Sialkot	13-10-1978
3rd	WV Raman (DL Haynes)	West Indies	Rajkot	05-01-1988
4th & 5th	AS Wasson (JG Wright & AH Wright)	New Zealand	Dunedin	02-03-1990
2nd	SV Manjrekar (DM Jones)	Australia	Hobart BO	10-12-1991
4th	VG Kambli (SB Doull)	New Zealand	Delhi FSK	03-11-1994
5th	PL Mhambrey (NMK Smith)	England	The Oval	23-05-1996
5th	DS Mohanty (Saeed Anwar)	Pakistan	Toronto	13-09-1997
5th	SS Raul (Inzamam-ul-Haq)	Pakistan	Toronto	13-09-1998
1st	S Ramesh (NAM McLean)	West Indies	Harare	24-06-2001
2nd	A Nehra (ADR Campbell)	Zimbabwe	Harare	24-06-2001

• Zimbabwe (133) recorded its lowest ever total against India in all matches obliterating the previous lowest of 135 at Bombay on October 17,1987. Incidentally Zimbabwe's previous lowest all out total against India at home was 209 in 49.1 overs at this same ground on October 25,1992.

• The total was the 14th lowest by any side against India in all ODIs. The lowest total against India is Pakistan's 87 at Sharjah on 22-03-1985.

• Ajit Agarkar's figures of three for 26 were the best for India in Zimbabwe. The previous best was 3 for 35 by Javagal Srinath at this same venue on October 25,1992.

• Sachin Tendulkar (70*) now holds the record of aggregating most runs in a career by a visiting batsman on Zimbabwean soil. At the end of this match his tally reads as 280 runs (ave. 70.00) from six matches. The previous record was on the name of Sri Lankan Russel Arnold who has aggregated 277 runs (aev.69.25) in five matches.

• By winning the match with 142 balls to spare India recorded the largest victory by any side batting second on Zimbabwean soil. The previous record was held by Australia which defeated the hosts at this same venue on October 23,1999 with 129 balls to spare.

• The margin of defeat of nine wickets was the largest for Zimbabwe in all home matches. Zimbabwe had lost two matches on successive days by nine wickets against Australia in October 1999.

• Sachin Tendulkar was winning his seventh Man of the Match award against Zimbabwe and 39th of his career. Both these are maximum by a player in ODIs.

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