By Rajesh Kumar, IANS
New Delhi : Yuvraj Singh proved to be the most consistent for India as he totalled 272 runs in the five-match one-day international series against Pakistan which ended Sunday.
Yuvraj scored fifty or more in four of the five matches of series, during which none of the Indian managed to get to the three-figure mark.
The next best total was that of Sachin Tendulkar with 259 runs at an average of 51.80 runs per innings and 99 as the highest. He also had a 97 during the series.
Mohammad Yousuf of Pakistan was the top-scorer with 283 runs with an unbeaten 99 as his highest and had an average of 94.33 runs per innings.
Both the two centuries of the series came from Pakistan batsmen – Salman Butt (129) and Younis Khan (117).
Leading run-getters
Batsman For M I N.O. Runs H.S. Ave. S.R. 100 50
Mohammad Yousuf Pak. 5 5 2 283 99* 94.33 87.61 – 3
Yuvraj Singh Ind. 5 5 1 272 77 68.00 80.00 – 4
Sachin Tendulkar Ind. 5 5 – 259 99 51.80 101.96 – 2
Salman Butt Pak. 5 5 – 252 129 50.40 84.00 1 1
Younis Khan Pak. 4 4 – 231 117 57.75 83.09 1 1
Mahendra Dhoni Ind. 5 5 1 185 63 46.25 85.64 – 1
Misbah-ul-Haq Pak. 5 5 – 176 49 35.20 101.73 – –
Shoaib Malik Pak. 5 5 – 159 89 31.80 77.56 – 1
Gautam Gambhir Ind. 5 5 – 141 57 28.20 71.93 – 1
Sourav Ganguly Ind. 4 4 – 89 39 22.25 81.65 – –
Virender Sehwag Ind. 3 3 – 78 43 26.00 83.87 – –
Shahid Afridi Pak. 4 4 1 73 31 24.33 128.07 – –
Irfan Pathan Ind. 5 4 2 72 43 36.00 105.88 – –
Leading wicket-takers
Bowlers For M Overs Runs Wkts.Best Ave.4WI SR ER
Sohail Tanvir Pak. 4 36.5 178 8 4/53 22.25 1 27.6 4.83
Shoaib Akhtar Pak. 4 38.0 183 7 3/42 26.14 – 32.5 4.81
Rudra Pratap Ind. 4 36.0 216 6 3/62 36.00 – 36.0 6.00
Zaheer Khan Ind. 4 36.2 185 5 2/40 37.00 – 43.6 5.09
Umar Gul Pak. 5 45.0 243 5 2/56 48.60 – 54.0 5.40
Irfan Pathan Ind. 5 47.5 270 5 1/45 54.00 – 57.4 4.64
Harbhajan Singh Ind. 4 40.0 178 4 2/65 44.50 – 60.0 4.45