South Africa vs India, 2021-22: 3rd ODI Stats Preview - Players records and approaching milestones

After losing both the Test and ODI series, the Indian team will look to sign off the tour with a solitary victory in the ODIs by winning the third and final match on January 23 at Newlands in Cape Town. Many hoped for the Asian giants to bounce back from the Test series defeat but KL Rahul and his men lost both the games once while defending and the other while chasing.

Talking about the 2nd ODI, skipper Rahul and Rishabh Pant scored valuable fifties as opener Shikhar Dhawan mustered 29 runs. Former captain Virat Kohli bagged a duck as both Iyers, Shreyas, and Venkatesh, again couldn’t do much with Shardul Thakur’s late flourish helping the team in posting a competitive 287 runs on the board.

Chasing the target, Proteas openers Janneman Malan and Quinton de Kock looked in terrific touch as both slammed half-centuries and shared 132 runs partnership. Taking the advantage of such a solid start from the openers, Proteas leader Temba Bavuma looked to guide his team towards the total as Aiden Markram and Rassie van der Dussen finished off the chase by both remaining unbeaten on 37.

The hosts will look to put more misery on team India by clinching the final ODI. On the other hand, KL Rahul and team management would look to give a chance to youngsters like Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, and Deepak Chahar in this dead rubber.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers ahead of South Africa vs India, 3^rd ODI:

Head-to-Head: The Proteas and India have faced each other 86 times in the 50-overs format with South Africa tasting success on 48 occasions, losing 35 times and three games ending in no result. In the rainbow nation, both have played 36 ODIs with the hosts winning 24 matches, losing ten clashes and two matches had no result. Team India has played four ODIs at Newlands in Cape Town with 50% success as the Asian giants have won two and lost two.

2 – Yuzvendra Chahal requires two wickets to complete 100 ODI scalps.

46 – KL Rahul (5954) needs 46 runs to complete 6000 runs across formats.

1 – Shikhar Dhawan (249) is one game away from playing 250 matches across formats.

1 – Yuzvendra Chahal (17) requires one wicket to go past Kuldeep Yadav (17) and become highest wicket-taker in India vs South Africa ODIs in South Africa.

8 – KL Rahul (592) is eight fours away from reaching 600 fours in international cricket.

12 – Rishabh Pant (2988) needs 12 runs to complete 3000 runs in international cricket.

40 – Quinton de Kock (5460) is 40 runs away from completing 5500 runs in ODIs.

1 – Janneman Malan (999) needs one run to complete 1000 runs across formats.

4 – Aiden Markram is four fours away from completing 100 fours in ODI matches.

6 – Janneman Malan (94) also requires six fours to reach 100 fours in international cricket.

3 – David Miller (247) needs 3 fours to complete 250 fours in ODIs.

20 – Virat Kohli (1338) needs 20 runs to surpass AB de Villiers (1357) and become the fourth-highest run-scorer in India vs South Africa ODIs.

111 – Q de Kock (889) needs 111 runs to complete 1000 runs in India vs South Africa ODIs.

3 – Andile Phehlukwayo (47) requires three wickets to complete 50 ODI wickets at home.