SA vs IND: 3rd ODI, Stats Review – Quinton de Kock’s record-breaking ton and more stats
South Africa cruised a 3-0 win over India in the three-match ODI series. The final ODI of the series was a thriller that ended with the home side taking the last Indian wicket in the last over. Earlier, Quinton de Kock’s 124 and a fifty from Rassie van der Dussen helped South Africa post 287. India lost wickets regularly but were still moving strongly towards the target. Deepak Chahar’s enterprising fifty got India closer but the hosts prevailed as they bowled India out.
Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers from South Africa vs India, 2nd ODI:
2 – This is the second time Rishabh Pant bagged a first-ball duck in ODIs. Pant is only the second Indian wicketkeeper to register multiple first-ball ducks after MS Dhoni (5 times).
6 – This is the sixth ODI hundred by Quinton de Kock against India. De Kock now has the joint-highest ODI hundreds by a Proteas player against India, tied with his former teammate AB de Villiers.
17 – This is the 17th hundred by Quinton de Kock as a wicketkeeper in ODIs. He overtook Adam Gilchrist (16) to take the second spot. Only Kumar Sangakkara has more hundreds (23) as a wicketkeeper in this format.
16 – Quinton de Kock reached the milestone of 1000 runs in ODI cricket against India, in just his 16th innings. He is the joint fastest player to 1000 ODI runs against India, along with Steve Smith.
23 – After 23 innings, India finally managed to break the opening partnership of the opposition for a single-digit score in ODIs. The last time it happened was in the 2019 World Cup semi-final against New Zealand.
191 – Fifty-plus scores by Virat Kohli in international cricket. He overtakes Mahela Jayawardene (190) and has the sixth most fifty-plus scores across all formats in international cricket. Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Kumar Sangakkara, Jacques Kallis and Rahul Dravid are ahead of Kohli.
218 – Runs scored by Rassie van der Dussen before being finally dismissed in this series to a great catch by Shreyas Iyer.
31 – Deepak Chahar reached his fifty in 31 balls, which is the fastest ODI fifty by an Indian against South Africa in South Africa.
1 – KL Rahul becomes the first Indian to lose his first 3 ODIs as a captain.
