Player of the Match
Player of the Match

Will it cost them?

3.60

India's scoring rate between over No. 30 and 39. They played 35 dots in those ten overs.

Dhoni at 4

11

No. of fifty-plus scores by Dhoni batting at No. 4 in ODIs in just 20 inns. He averages 68.4 from this position.

Dhawan's nemesis

4

No. of times Dhawan has been dismissed by Morkel in ODIs, including thrice in this series - the most any bowler has dismissed him.

Losing the plot

65

Runs scored by SA in 11 overs after the 39th. They were 205 for 3 at that stage. Only three overs went for six or more runs.

SRT, and then de Kock

7

Least innings taken by a batsman to 4 ODI hundreds against a team. Tendulkar against Kenya, de Kock against India.

Fastest against India

7

Number of ODIs it took de Kock to make 500 runs versus India - the least by any batsman. Gary Kirsten, the previous fastest, had taken 8.

After Kirsten

2000

The last time a SA batsman made 3 50+ scores in a bilateral ODI series in India before Du Plessis: Gary Kirsten got 1 hundred and 2 fifties.

Favourite opposition

4

No. fifty-plus scores by de Kock against India out of his 12 in ODIs. He had averaged 68.66 before this game against them.

Dhoni behind the sticks

137

Stumpings in international cricket by MS Dhoni. Only Sangakkara (139) has more.

Amla at No. 3

2008

The last time Amla batted at No. 3 for SA in ODIs - in his first-two matches. He had made 25 runs at No. 3 before this match.