438 South Africa’s total - the
highest by any team vs India, highest total on the Indian soil and the
joint-third highest total in all ODIs.
272 Runs which came in boundaries alone in South Africa innings
(excluding one shot that fetched five runs) – most in a ODI innings. The
previous record was of 256 shared by Sri Lanka and Australia.
214 Margin of defeat for India – their biggest
ever in India and second biggest in all ODIs after the 245-run defeat against
Sri Lanka at Sharjah in 2000. This defeat is also the third biggest for a Test
playing side at home soil after Pakistan’s 234-run loss to Sri Lanka in 2009
and Bangladesh’s 233 run-loss to Pakistan in 2000.
144 Runs coming in last 10 overs of South African innings – which
are the most India have ever conceded in last 10 overs (41-50) of an innings.
The previous record was 135 also against South Africa at Johannesburg in 2013.
133 Score on which Faf du Plessis got retired
hurt – second highest score for an innings ending in this fashion after Sachin
Tendulkar’s 163 (vs New Zealand at Christchurch in 2009).
123 Number of innings taken by Hashim Amla to complete his 6000 ODI
runs – fewest for any batsman. Previous record was 136 by Virat Kohli. Amla now
holds the record of being the quickest to 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000 and 6000 ODI
runs in terms of innings.
111 Number of dot balls in South African innings. What would have
been South Africa’s total had South African batsmen converted just about half
of them in to scoring opportunities!
106 Runs conceded by Bhuvneshwar Kumar off his bowling – most by an
Indian bowler in an ODI. R Vinay Kumar had conceded 102 runs against Australia
(though in 9 overs) at Bangalore in 2013.
100 Number of catches taken by Suresh Raina in
the field – fourth Indian to do so after Mohammad Azharuddin, Sachin Tendulkar
and Rahul Dravid.
57 Balls taken by AB de Villiers to score his hundred – fewest
taken by a South African batsman against India. AB bettered his own record of
58 balls (at Ahmedabad in 2010). Only Shahid Afridi has scored a faster ODI
hundred against India than AB de Villiers – off 45 balls- at Kanpur in 2005
(Australia’s James Faulkner also took 57 balls to score his hundred at
Bangalore in 2013).
23 Number of hundreds scored by AB de
Villiers in ODIs- fifth joint-most with Kohli, behind only Tendulkar (49),
Ponting (30), Jayasuriya (28), Sangakkara (25)
20 Number of sixes in South African innings – most hit by any
team against India. South Africa, in fact, missed the world record, which is 22
by New Zealand against West Indies at Queenstown in 2014.
20 Number of sixes hit by AB de Villiers in
the series – most by any batsman in a series against India. Glenn Maxwell had
hit 16 in 2013.
12 Number of hundreds scored by AB de
Villiers as captain (in 71 innings) – second most by any player behind Ricky
Ponting’s 22 (in 220 innings). AB surpassed Sourav Ganguly’s tally of 11 (in
143 innings).
11 Number of sixes hit by AB de Villiers in the match- most by
any batsman in a one-day international against India. West Indies’ Kieron
Pollard (Chennai, 2011) and Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews (Ranchi, 2014) had hit
10 sixes.
8 Number of hundreds Quinton de Kock has scored in his ODI
career- most by any batsman before turning 23, along with Sachin Tendulkar.
8 Number of times AB de Villiers has made a hundred off 75 or
fewer balls – most by any batsman in ODIs. Virender Sehwag has done so six
times.
7 Number of ODI hundreds AB de Villiers
has scored on Indian soil – most by any overseas batsman. Chris Gayle has
scored six.
6 Number of ODI hundreds scored by AB de
Villiers against India- most by any batsman in India-South Africa ODIs. Sachin
Tendulkar has a tally of five.
5 Number of ODI hundreds scored by AB de
Villiers against India in India - most by any overseas batsman. Ricky Ponting,
Marlon Samuels, Salman Butt and Chris Gayle share the second slot with three
hundreds each.
5 Number of ODI hundreds AB has scored
in 2015 – most by any captain in a calendar year (along with Sourav Ganguly in
2000, Ricky Ponting- twice in 2003 and 2007 and Graeme Smith in 2005).
5 Number of hundreds Quinton de Kock has scored against India
– most by any batsman before getting dismissed for a score between 50 and 99
against a particular opponent.
4 Number of ODI hundreds AB has scored
against India as captain - most by any captain vs India with Ponting (35
innings), AB will do so in just 10 innings.
3 Number of hundreds scored by AB in the
series – most by a captain in a bilateral series. In fact there is only one
other instance of a captain scoring three hundreds in any series or tournament.
Sourav Ganguly had scored 3 hundreds while leading India in 2003 World Cup.
3 Number of batsmen to score hundreds in South Africa’s
innings - Quinton de Kock (109), Faf du Plessis (133* retired hurt) and AB de
Villiers (119). This was only the second time that three batsmen of same side
scored hundreds together. The only other instance was also recorded earlier
this year (also for South Africa) when Hashim Amla (153*), Rilee Rossouw (128)
and AB de Villiers (149) scored hundreds against West Indies at Johannesburg.
1 AB de Villiers is the only batsman in ODIs to aggregate 500+
runs in a career at an average of 50+ and a strike-rate of 100+
1 The series provided the first instance
in India-South Africa rivalry that either team won a bilateral series away from
home.
