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Match Day

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New rules have made slogging difficult - Dhoni

India's captain MS Dhoni believes that the presence of an extra fielder outside the ring during the slog overs has made it "difficult" for batsmen to find the "big shots"

1883dAlagappan Muthu in Chennai

Domingo not worried over slow-pitch struggles

South Africa coach Russell Domingo is not unduly worried about his batsmen's aptitude on turning pitches despite four of the top six batsmen falling to spin in Chennai

1883dAlagappan Muthu in Chennai

Dhoni hails Kohli's mindset, approach in the heat

Virat Kohli's 23rd ODI century was the cornerstone of India's series levelling victory in Chennai and it was also a sign of his evolution as a batsman according to MS Dhoni

Rattled by spin

33/3

South Africa's score in 11 overs between the 10th and 20th overs. From 62 for 1 after 9, they slumped to 95 for 4 after 20

Amla = Dhawan

66

Runs for Hashim Amla in the series, which is exactly as many as Shikhar Dhawan's series tally

Amla searching for runs

26.35

Hashim Amla's average in his last 14 ODI innings. He has only one 50-plus score during this period

Poor chasers

2-11

South Africa's win-loss record when chasing targets between 280 and 320 since the beginning of 2006

Struggle in the last five

7.00

India's run rate in the last five overs in this series - they've scored 140 runs in 120 balls, including 29 in 30 balls today

Awesome Rabada

4/40

Kagiso Rabada's figures in the last five overs in this series. In seven overs he has conceded 40 runs and taken four wickets

Raina's back

122

Runs scored by Suresh Raina in his last seven ODI innings before today. He returned to form with a 52-ball 53 in Chennai

Champion at No. 3

16

ODI centuries for Virat Kohli at No. 3. Only Ricky Ponting (29) and Kumar Sangakkara (18) have more.

The Kohli-Rahane stand

2

Century partnerships between Kohli and Rahane in ODIs. Their previous one was worth 213, v Bangladesh in Fatullah last year.

Momentum shift

74

Runs scored by India between the 12th and 22nd overs, at a run rate of 6.7. In the first 11 overs they scored 47 (run rate 4.3).