India’s failure to close out the series in Johannesburg has kept South Africa's comeback dream alive. Now, as the two teams prepare to lock horns at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth - in what will be a must-win encounter for the host - we take a look at how the numbers stack up.
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India has lost all five matches played at the venue - four of those have been against South Africa and one came against Kenya during a triangular series back in 2001.
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Dhawan's purple patch
If Shikhar Dhawan racks up yet another half-century on Tuesday, the Delhi southpaw would have scored four consecutive ODI fifties for the first time in his 100-match career. His current run of scores reads 51*, 76 and 109.
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He has, until now, managed three consecutive scores of 50+ in ODIs on three separate occasions but has never managed four in a row.
India’s goal the same
India continues to chase its maiden ODI series victory on South African soil. The only other full-member nation against which India is yet to win a bilateral ODI series is Australia in Australia, though it has only ever played one bilateral limited-overs series against it in its backyard (January 2016).
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South Africa hasn’t lost an ODI series at home since 2013, when Pakistan reigned supreme 1-2 in a three-match series.
Overall head to head
After three consecutive defeats, the Aiden Markram - led unit stemmed the tide by winning its 46th ODI against India in Johannesburg. The head-to-head now stands 46-32 in South Africa's favour with 81 matches having been played between the two teams.
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