South Africa tour of India 2015-16 News

Khaya Zondo reveals anguish at being left out of South Africa ODI side in 2015
"I switched off mentally for the rest of the day and I detached myself from the team because it was clear I was not wanted"
The pace v spin story of the last two India-South Africa series
Fast bowling played a far larger role in South Africa than spin did in India
Where should Dhoni bat in ODIs?
The seeming vacillation and inconsistency over Rahane's place in the order tells a story - and it does not say good things about India's captain
ICC hands official warning to Nagpur
The ICC has given the Jamtha Stadium in Nagpur, which hosted the third Test between India and South Africa, an official warning under its pitch monitoring process
The Confectionery Stall Top Four Stats of 2015
Or: Four Stats I Have Dug Up and Polished Before Deciding it Was Bedtime and They Would Have to Do For the Stats of the Year

Only the fifth

No. of instances of India batsmen hitting centuries in chases in ODIs against SA before Roiht Sharma in this match.

64.35

Virat Kohli's average batting at No. 4 - the best he averages at any position. He has scored 1094 runs at No. 4 including 4 hundreds.

65.59

Rohit Sharma's batting average in ODIs in India - double his average of 32.60 outside India.

Balls AB had taken to score his fifty. He took only 19 more deliveries to make his century.

No. of fifty-plus scores AB de Villiers has made in his last ten ODI innings in India. Five of these have been hundreds.

No. of ODIs David Miller had played in India before this match. He had played 49 T20 matches.

50+ scores by du Plessis in ODIs in each of the last 2 years - '14 and '15. He had a total of 7 such scores in 3 years before 2014.

No. of centuries by AB de Villiers in his previous six ODI innings in India. Overall, he averages 63.91 in ODIs in India.

66.00

Hashim Amla's SR in his first-50 balls in this inns, as opposed to his average strikes rate of 84.28 in his first-50 balls in ODIs.