India lost the opening One-Day International against South Africa by 5 runs on Sunday. Rajneesh Gupta presents some interesting numbers from the match played in Kanpur …
- Kanpur ODI: South Africa snatch five-run win from India
278 Runs scored by Rohit Sharma in three matches so far (two Twenty20 Internationals and one One-Day International). All other Indian batsmen together could manage only 272.
150 Rohit Sharma’s innings -- highest by any batsman in a chase against South Africa. The previous best was an unbeaten 145 by Zimbabwean Brendan Taylor at Bloemfontein in 2010. Rohit’s innings is also the highest by any batsman in all ODIs getting out caught and bowled.
140 Number of wickets taken by Ravi Ashwin -- joint-most by an Indian spinner after first 100 ODIs. Anil Kumble also had an identical tally.
73 Number of balls taken by AB de Villiers to race to his hundred -- second fastest by a South African against India. The fastest was also scored by AB himself -- off 58 balls at Ahmedabad in 2010. In fact, South Africa’s three fastest hundreds against India have come off AB’s bat only!
41 Number of overs for which India were ahead of South Africa in runs comparison -- from ninth to 49th. India still lost the match!
21 Number of ODI hundreds scored by AB de Villiers. All of them have come at a strike-rate of 100 or more. Among other batsmen with 10 or more hundreds, only one – Pakistan’s Ijaz Ahmed -- has scored all of his hundreds (10) at a strike-rate of 100 or more.
2 Number of batsmen to score a hundred against India off the last possible ball of team’s innings -- Mohammad Yusuf (then Yusuf Youhana) in 2000 and AB de Villiers on Sunday. Both reached their hundred with a six!
1 South Africa became the first team to post a total of 300 at Green Park, Kanpur.
