Statistical highlights of the third cricket ODI between India and South Africa at the Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) ground here.
1. India have lost both their ODIs at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot - by 9 runs to England on January 11, 2013 and by 18 runs to South Africa on October 18, 2015.
2. Of the last 10 instances when they were set a target between 260 and 275, India have won seven and lost three - their last loss being versus West Indies at Ahmedabad on December 5, 2011.
3. Rohit Sharma has posted seven 50-plus innings in ODIs this year - three centuries and four fifties - the most by an Indian batsman.
4. Rohit’s 27th fifty in ODIs on Sunday is his second vs South Africa.
5. Rohit’s ODI record in India is quite impressive - his tally being 1661 at an average of 66.44 in 31 matches, including four hundreds and eight fifties.
6. Rohit enjoys an impressive record in ODIs this year - his aggregate being 778 in fifteen innings at an average of 55.57. In terms of averages, the 2015 is his best calendar year, bettering his average of 55.54 in 2011 (611 in 16 innings).
7. David Miller, since recording an unbeaten 138 vs Zimbabwe at Hamilton on February 15, 2005, has not scored a fifty in fourteen successive innings. He has totalled just 340 runs at an average of 26.15 with a highest of 49 (twice) - vs UAE at Wellington on March 12 and vs New Zealand at Auckland on March 24.
8. Miller has opened an ODI innings for the first time.
9. Quinton de Kock has totalled 515 runs in seven innings at an average of 73.57 - the fastest to 500 by any batsman against India in ODIs, eclipsing Gary Kirsten’s feat of reaching the milestone in eight innings - his tally being 514 (ave.73.42).
10. Bhuvneshwar Kumar has conceded 60 runs or more four times in ODIs - three times vs South Africa and once vs New Zealand. The Kanpur and Rajkot ODIs have provided the first instance when he has conceded 60 runs in a series twice.
