Statistical highlights – India vs South Africa, 4th ODI

Statistical highlights – India vs South Africa, 4th ODI: The winner of the exciting ODI series between India and South Africa will be decided in Mumbai in the 5th ODI as the hosts level the series 2-2 at Chennai thanks to a brilliant century from Virat Kohli and team effort from other players. South Africans had the hopes on the game till AB de Villiers was at the crease scoring magnificent century. Here we look at all possible stats recorded during the game.

Statistical highlights – India vs South Africa, 4th ODI:

299 – India’s score in the game. This is highest team total for India at Chennai in ODIs. Their previous highest was 292 all out during chase against Pakistan in 1997.

4 – Number of matches South Africa won while chasing 280 or more since Jan, 2006. During this period, their loss against India at Chennai was their 20th loss while chasing 280 or more.

23 – ODI centuries scored by Virat Kohli. Only 4 other players have more centuries in ODIs than Kohli.

157 – Innings taken by Virat Kohli to score 23 ODI centuries. He overhauled Sachin Tendulkar (216) to become the fastest batsman to 23 ODI centuries.

5 – Virat Kohli became only the 5th player to score centuries in ODIs against all test playing nations. He is the fastest batsmen to score in terms on innings taken.

21 – Out of 23 ODI centuries scored by Kohli, India won in 21 ODIs. Only Sachin (33), Ponting (25) and Jayasuriya (24) have more ODI centuries in winning cause.

1100 – Runs scored by Virat Kohli in international cricket in 2015. He is only the 3rd India to complete 1000 runs in International Cricket this year. Only Rohit (1237) has more than Kohli in Intl cricket among Indians in 2015.

2 – For only the 2nd time in ODIs, Virat Kohli has hit more than 5 sixes in an innings. Last time was during his fastest ODI century at Jaipur against Australia in 2013.

22 – AB de Villiers’ century was his 22nd century in ODIs. The most by a South African player. Also, he is the 2nd player to 22 ODI centuries. Kohli scored 22 ODI centuries in 143 innings.

97 – Balls taken by AB de Villiers to complete his century. Only of his 22 centuries in ODIs, AB de Villiers took 97 or more balls to complete his century only on 6 occasions.

3 – For the only the 3rd time AB de Villiers’ ODI century went into losing cause. 2 off those came against India. Interestingly, AB de Villiers’ both off the centuries in losing cause came against India.

1006 – AB de Villiers’ runs on Indian soil in ODIs. He is only the 10th visiting batsman to score 1000 or more runs in ODIs on Indian soil.

107 – Balls faced by AB de Villiers during his innings off 112. Prior to this game, only on 5 occasions, AB de Villiers faced more than 107 balls in an ODI innings.

8134 – AB de Villiers’ runs in ODIs for South Africa. Only Jacques Kallis has scored more runs for South Africa in ODIs.

58.32 – Average runs of Virat Kohli-Suresh Raina partnership in ODIs. This is best average among Indian pairs with minimum of 2000 partnership runs. In overall, this is the 5th best partnership average with minimum of 2000 runs.

21 – Man of the match awards Virat Kohli has received in ODI Cricket. Only 4 Indians have more match awards in ODIs than Kohli.

16 – Out of India’s total of 299, 16 were extras.

10 – Out of South Africa’s total of 264, 10 were extras.

8 – No. of wickets fell during Indian innings. Steyn, Rabada picked up 3 wickets each and Morris got a wicket. Another one was run out. Out of the 7 wickets fell to bowlers, Keeper De Kock had 3 catches while AB de Villiers and Faf du Plessis made 2 and 1 catches respectively.

9 – No. of wickets fell during Indian innings. Bhuvaneshwar picked up 3 wickets, Harbhajan Singh picked up 2 while Mishra, Axar and Mohit picked up a wicket each. Another one was run out. Out of the 8 wickets fell to bowlers, MS Dhoni and Rahane had 2 catches each while 2 were LBWs.

41 – Fours hit during the game. India hit 18 fours while South Africa hit 23.

9 – Sixes hit during the game. India hit 6 sixes while South Africa hit 3 sixes.

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