India's emphatic run in ODIs against SA

The victorious Indian team after defeating South Africa in the ODI series.

9: The number of successive bilateral series victories for India in ODIs after its emphatic 5-1 win over South Africa at Centurion in the final ODI. Only the West Indies side in the 1980s has won more — 15 from 1980 to 1987/88. The table below has all the details.

Most consecutive bilateral ODI series victories by a side

Series	Team	From	To	Home	Away
15	WI	1980	1987/88	6	9
9	Ind	2016	2017/18	5	4
8	Aus	2009	2010	2	6
7	Pak	2010/11	2011/12		7
7	SA	2015	2016/17	5	2
6	Eng	2009/10	2010	3	3
6	Ban	2014/15	2016/17	6
6	Ind	2006/07	2007	2	3
6	Ind	2007/08	2009	2	4

100: The number of catches claimed by Virat Kohli in ODI cricket. He became the sixth Indian fielder to reach this landmark. By doing so in his 208th match, Kohli has reached this landmark in fewest ODI games than any other Indian fielder. The other Indians to do so are listed in the table below.

100+ catches by Indian fielders in ODIs

Total ODI cts	Fielder	Total ODI mts	100th catch (match#)	Against	Venue	Date
156	Md. Azharuddin	334	231	SA	MumbaiWS	6 Nov 1996
140	S. Tendulkar	463	333	Pak	Lahore	24 Mar 2004
124	R. Dravid	344	287	Pak	Abu Dhabi	19 Apr 2006
100	S. Ganguly	311	292	Ire	Belfast	23 Jun 2007
100	S. Raina	223	223	SA	MumbaiWS	25 Oct 2015
100	V. Kohli	208	208	SA	Centurion	16 Feb 2018

Note: Ganguly has held 99 catches for India and one for Asia XI

39: The number of List A centuries scored by Virat Kohli, of which 35 have come in ODI games for India. Now only three other batsmen have scored more in List A cricket history. The table below has the details.

100s	Batsman	Mts	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	50s	inns/100
60	S. Tendulkar	551	538	55	21999	200*	45.54	114	8.97
44	G. Gooch	613	601	48	22211	198*	40.16	139	13.66
40	G. Hick	651	630	96	22059	172*	41.30	139	15.75
39	K. Sangakkara	528	500	54	19453	169	43.61	120	12.82
39	V. Kohli	242	233	38	11030	183	56.56	54	5.97

 

558: The number of runs made by Virat Kohli in the recent ODI series against South Africa — now the most by any batsman and obviously by a captain in a single bilateral series in ODI cricket history. The tables below list the most runs by a batsman and by a captain in an ODI bilateral series.

Most ODI runs in a bilateral series

Batsman	For	Series against	Mts	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	S/R	100	50
V. Kohli	Ind	SA 2017/18+	6	6	3	558	160*	186.00	99.46	3	1
R. Sharma	Ind	Aus 2013/14	6	6	2	491	209	122.75	108.62	2	1
G. Bailey	Aus	Ind 2013/14+	6	6	1	478	156	95.60	116.01	1	3
H. Masakadza	Zim	Ken 2009/10	5	5	1	467	178*	116.75	97.29	2	1
C. Gayle	WI	Ind 2002/03+	7	7		455	140	65.00	94.98	3	1

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Most ODI runs by a captain in a bilateral series

Batsman	For	Series against	Mts	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50
V. Kohli	Ind	SA 2017/18+	6	6	3	558	160*	186.00	99.46	3	1
G. Bailey	Aus	Ind 2013/14+	6	6	1	478	156	95.60	116.01	1	3
A. B. de Villiers	SA	Pak 2012/13	5	5	1	367	128	91.75	92.91	1	3
A. B. de Villiers	SA	Ind 2015/16+	5	5	1	358	119	89.50	134.58	3
K. Williamson	NZ	Pak 2014/15+	5	5	1	346	123	86.50	89.63	1	2

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17: The number of wickets claimed by Kuldeep Yadav in the recent series against South Africa. It is now the most by a left-arm bowler in any bilateral ODI series. Both Kuldeep and his spin-mate Yuzvendra Chahal, have accounted for 33 South African wickets in the series, and this feat finds a place in the table below that is dominated by Indian bowlers.

Most ODI wickets in a bilateral series

Bowler	For	Series against	Mts	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Best	Ave	R/o	5w
J. Srinath	Ind	NZ 2002/03+	7	398	201	18	4/23	11.16	3.03
A. Mishra	Ind	Zim 2013+	5	285	209	18	6/48	11.61	4.40	1
P. Patterson	WI	Ind 1987/88+	6	310	197	17	6/29	11.58	3.81	1
C. Matthews	SA	Aus 1993/94	7	379	238	17	4/10	14.00	3.76
Kuldeep Yadav	Ind	SA 2017/18+	6	306	236	17	4/23	13.88	4.62
Rashid Khan	Afg	Ire 2016/17+	5	285	214	16	6/43	13.37	4.50	1
Y. Chahal	Ind	SA 2017/18+	6	313	262	16	5/22	16.37	5.02	1

 

This week in 2000 On March 6: Mohammad Azharuddin, playing in his 99th Test match, scored a hundred (102) against South Africa in Bangalore, which incidentally was the last Test match of his career. Interestingly, Azharuddin began his Test career 15 years earlier, with centuries in his first three Test matches!

 

Queries Corner In the recent Test match in Chittagong, I find three Bangladeshi bowlers have conceded over 150 runs in Sri Lanka’s innings. Has this happened for the first time? This has now occurred for the sixth time in Test cricket. The first time was at the Oval in 1938 and the last occasion this occurred, before the Chittagong Test, was in Birmingham in 2011 when three Indian bowlers conceded over 150 runs. For the record, Indian bowlers have conceded twice (in 1997 and 2011), while Australian, English, New Zealand and Bangladeshi bowlers are the other holders of this dubious record. Is Sri Lanka’s total of 713/9d in Chittagong, the highest without an individual Test double century? — Akshay Singh, Jaipur Totals of 700+ have been made on 23 occasions in Tests. This is the first occasion in Tests that the innings did not contain a single 200+ score. The previous record was 692/8d by West Indies against England at The Oval in 1995. In this innings Brian Lara’s 179 was the highest. India’s Prithvi Shaw has five first-class centuries to his credit. Is this the most by a player while appearing in a U-19 WC? — B. K. Harinath, Mysuru The record is held by two players — Prithvi Shaw and Baheer Shah of Afghanistan, who too appeared in the latest edition of the U-19 WC in New Zealand. They both have five first-class centuries to their credit. Incidentally, Baheer Shah, has a triple century, a double century (on debut) and centuries in each innings of a match so far, in his short first-class career. Last month, in the Dunedin ODI, Pakistan’s Rumman Raees batting at #11 top-scored in Pakistan’s innings. How often has this occurred in ODIs? — Rumman Raees (16) has now become the fourth #11 batsman to top-score in an ODI innings. Another Pakistani Shoaib Akhtar’s 43 against England in Cape Town in the 2003 World Cup is the highest. Others to do this are Kenyan Peter Ongondo (36 in 2001) and New Zealand’s Shane Bond (26 in 2002). Note: All figures above are updated as on February 17, 2018. Readers can send in their queries to sportstar@thehindu.co.in