Statistical Highlights - India vs South Africa ODI Series, 2015

Statistical Highlights – India vs South Africa ODI Series, 2015: South Africa registered a history series win against India as they won their 1st bilateral ODI series on Indian soil. The series between the 2 exciting ODI playing nations went neck to neck in first 4 games. However, South Africa took away the series by trashing the hosts in a one-sided affair in the deciding 5th ODI. Here we look at the all possible stats recorded during the series.

Here is the Statistical Highlights – India vs South Africa ODI Series, 2015:

299 – India’s highest score in this series. Last time when India failed to record a 300+ in an ODI series after playing a minimum of 5 innings was in 2013 in Zimbabwe against Zimbabwe. Last such instance for India on Indian soil was in 2007 against Australia.

1 – For the first time South Africa won an ODI bilateral series against India on Indian soil. Before this series only once South Africa came close to win. During 2006, they drew the series 2-2.

5 – Matches won by South Africa so far in this tour. Only on 6 other instances, India lost 5 or more matches against visiting teams in bilateral tours. Last was against England in 2012-13.

2 – India-South Africa series is only the 2nd series where all the matches of series were won by teams electing to bat after winning the toss. Last such series was Pakistan-South Africa in 2013. Overall this is the 3rd series where 5 or more matches in a series were won by teams electing to bat after winning the toss.

This is also only the 2nd series where all the matches of series were won by teams batting first. Last such series was also the series between Pakistan-South Africa in 2013. Overall this is the 4th series where 5 or more matches in a series won by teams batting first.

358 – Runs scored by AB de Villiers in this series. He is the top scorer with Faf du Plessis and Quinton De Kock standing 2nd & 3rd with 323 and 318 runs respectively.

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3 – 3 South Africans scored more than 300 runs in this series. This is only the 3rd time when 3 players from the same team scored more than 300 runs in a bilateral ODI series. The last that this happened it was achieved by Sri Lankan batsmen in 2006 against England in England.

3 – This is the 3rd bilateral ODI series when AB de Villiers scored more than 300 runs. He became only the 7th batsman to score 300+ runs in 3 or more bilateral series.

257 – Rohit Sharma’s runs in this series. He is the top scorer for India with Rahane (247), Kohli (245) and Dhoni (212) standing next to Rohit.

10 – Wickets were taken by Kagiso Rabada and Dale Steyn. They are jointly the highest wicket takers in this series with 3 bowlers sharing the 2nd spot with 7 wickets.

20 – Sixes hit by AB de Villiers in this series. He now becomes the 1st player to hit 15 or more sixes in 2 different bilateral ODI series.

3 – AB de Villiers became only the 3rd player to hit 20 or more sixes in a bilateral ODI series. Rohit Sharma (23) and Shane Watson (20) had done so before AB de Villiers.

8 – Sixes hit by Rohit Sharma in this series. With this series, he and AB de Villiers are among the 6 players who have hit 8 or more sixes in 4 or more bilateral ODI series.

6.02 – Run rate per over in this series. This is only the 9th ODI series/tournament to have a run rate over 6 with a minimum of 5 matches played. Last time a series with 5 or more match ODI series had a run rate more than 6 was in June, 2015 between England-New Zealand which was hosted by England.

Out of the 9 series, India was the venue for 4 ODI series. Last such series hosted by India was in 2013 between India-Australia.

45 – Wickets were taken by pacers in this series. Only once before India-South Africa series, an ODI series with 5 or fewer matches produced more than 45 wickets was way back in 2001 during India-Australia series. During that series, pacers picked up 50 wickets.

6 – AB de Villiers received his 6th Man of the Series award in ODIs. Among South Africans, only Shaun Pollock (8) has more series awards in ODIs. In overall, only 6 players have more Man of the Series awards in ODIs than AB de Villiers.

10 – AB de Villiers received his 10th Man of the Series award in International Cricket. Among South Africans, only Jacques Kallis (14) has more series awards in international cricket. In overall, only 4 players have more man of the series awards than AB de Villiers.