SA vs IND, 1st ODI, Stats Preview: Upcoming records and approaching milestones
After losing the Test series by a 2-1 margin, team India will lock horns with South Africa in the three-match ODI series starting on January 19, 2022, at Boland Park in Paarl. The team will be led by stand-in skipper KL Rahul in the series as the newly appointed ODI captain Rohit Sharma is injured and out of action. It will be the first ODI assignment for the men in blue in 2022 as they last played 50-overs format back in July 2021 under Shikhar Dhawan’s captaincy against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka.
Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers ahead of South Africa vs India, 1st ODI:
3 – Yuzvendra Chahal needs three wickets to complete 100 ODI wickets.
2 – Rishabh Pant requires two fours to complete 50 fours in ODIs.
1 – It will be the first time that KL Rahul will be captaining India in an ODI.
2 – Chahal (16) needs two wickets to surpass Kuldeep Yadav (17) and become India’s highest ODI wicket-taker against South Africa in South Africa.
9 – Virat Kohli (5057) needs nine runs to surpass Sachin Tendulkar (5065) and become India’s highest run-getter in away ODIs.
1 – Jasprit Bumrah is one game away from completing 150 matches across formats.
3 – Miller requires three fours to reach 250 fours in ODI matches.
27 – Kohli (1287) needs 27 runs to go past Rahul Dravid (1309) and Sourav Ganguly (1313) and become the fifth-highest run-scorer in India vs South Africa ODIs.
12 – Shikhar Dhawan (2488) requires 12 runs to complete 2500 runs in away ODIs.
16 – Quinton de Kock is 16 runs away from reaching 800 runs in India vs South Africa ODI matches.
2 – Dhawan (798) requires two runs to complete 800 runs in India vs South Africa ODIs.
