Statistical Highlights – India vs South Africa, 2nd ODI

Statistical Highlights – India vs South Africa, 2nd ODI: India finally opened their account in the Gandhi-Mandela series as they sneaked in with a 22-run win against the South Africa at the Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore. India lost early wickets but fight back led by MS Dhoni gave a respectable total for India. Later South Africa collapsed from a commanding position as India squared the series 1-1. Here we look at all possible stats recorded during the game.

Here are the Statistical Highlights of the game:

4 – India won all the 4 matches played at Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore.

2013 – Last time India defended a total less than 250 in full 50 over game was in 2013 against Pakistan. This is only the 4th occasion where India defended less than 250 in a full 50-over game in India in last 10 years.

100 – This match was MS Dhoni’s 100th ODI on Indian soil. He is the 4th Indian to play 100 or more ODIs in India.

26 – MS Dhoni became 26th player to play 100 ODIs in a single country.

102 – MS Dhoni’s sixes count on Indian soil. Only MS Dhoni and Brendon McCullum (116) has hit at least 100 ODI sixes in a single country.

10 – Virat Kohli got run-out for the 10th time in ODI Cricket. Interestingly, India won 8 out of those 10 games.

8 – MS Dhoni scoring 90 runs and making 4 dismissals in the same game is only the 8th such performance by a keeper in ODIs. MS Dhoni and Kumar Sangakkara did this on 2 different occasions.

250 – Catches taken by MS Dhoni in ODIs as wicket keeper. Only 4th Keeper to take 250 or more catches in ODIs.

3 – Catches taken by Virat Kohli in this innings. This is the 3rd time he had taken 3 or more catches in same ODI game. He is the 4th Indian player to take 3 or more catches in an ODI o 3 or more occasions.

3 – For the 3rd time, MS Dhoni remained not out in 90s in ODIs. However, India was chasing on earlier 2 occasions. Interestingly, in all 3 games India was on winning side.

67 – For the 67th time in ODIs, MS Dhoni remained not out. Only Chaminda Vass and Shaun Pollock with 72 not out have more than Dhoni.

1012 – Shikhar Dhawan’s runs in International Cricket in 2015. Only Rohit Sharma with 1141 runs is ahead of Dhawan to be the leading run-scorer for India in 2015.

8018 – AB de Villiers’ runs in ODIs for South Africa. He is only the 3rd South African to score 8000 runs in ODIs for his side. Another 150 ODI runs came for Africa XI.

15 – Man of the match awards received by MS Dhoni in ODIs as captain. Only Sanath Jayasuriya, Ricky Ponting and Arjuna Ranatunga with 19 match awards are ahead of MS Dhoni.