It was the 1576th ODI match in cricket history.
It was India's 438th match. The record now reads: won 197, lost 220, tied 3 and no result 18.
It was South Africa's 189th match. The record now reads: won 117, lost 66, tied 1 and no result 5.
It was 35th match between these two sides. The record now reads: India 12, South Africa 22, no result 1.
It was 15th match between these two sides on Indian soil. The record now reads: India 9, South Africa 6.
It was 210th match on Indian soil and tenth on this groundfirst between these two sides.
Francis Gomes became 82nd Indian umpire to officiate in a ODI. The other umpire S.K.Bansal was standing in his 25th match.
Sridharan Sriram, the left hand batsman and slow left arm bowler from Tamilnadu, became the 129th player to represent India in ODIs.
Herschelle Gibbs's fifty came off just 30 balls (with 11 fours) - the fastest for South Africa in ODIs.
Mark Boucher's 58 is the highest score by a South African wicketkeeper in all ODIs beating Dave Richardson's 53 against Pakistan at Durban on 17-12-1994. Boucher's previous highest was 51 against West Indies at East London on 24-01-1999.
Lance Klusener (75*) recorded his highest score against India. His previous highest was paltry 19 at Jamshedpur on 12-03- 2000 in the second match of this series.
Klusener's 75* is the highest by any South African batsman at number eight. This obliterated Shaun Pollock's 66 against England at Cape Town on 09-01-1996. In fact only two batsmen have exceded Klusener's effort at batting position eight. Pakistan's Wasim Akram made 79 against Sri Lanka at Visakhapatnam on 27-03-1999 and New Zealand's Chris Harris made 77* against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo on 01-10-1997.
The previous highest by a number eight batsman against India was Zimbabwean Heath Streak's 59 at Sharjah on 08-11-1998.
Lance Klusener, when on 18, completed his 2000 runs in ODIs in his 78th match (and 68th innings). He became seventh South African and 85th bastman overall to cross 2000 runs in ODIs.
Klusener also became second South African after Hansie Cronje and 14th allrounder to complete the double of 2000 runs and 100 wickets in a career.
The partnership of 114 runs between Mark Boucher and Lance Klusener is highest for South Africa for seventh wicket against all countries. Incidentally the previous record stand was also achieved against India as Hansie Cronje and Brian McMillan put on 79 runs at Sharjah on 19-04-1996.
The Boucher-Klusener partnership is the highest by any side against India for seventh wicket putting into shade the 102* run stand between Australia's Steve Waugh and Greg Dyer at Delhi on 02-10-1986. It is also the fourth highest for this wicket position in all ODIs. The details:
Runs CountriesVenueDateBatsmen119Ken v ZimNairobi Aga16-10-1997T Odoyo/A Suji115WIv PakGujranwala04-11-1986PJL Dujon/MD Marshall115NZv PakSharjah13-11-1996AC Parore/L Germon114SAv IndNagpur19-03-2000MV Boucher/L Klusener111NZv WIKingston26-03-1996AC Parore/DN Patel110SLv PakNairobi Gym04-10-1996PA DeSilva/HDPK Dharmasena108Pak v NZChristchurch 06-02-1985Rameez Raja/Anil Dalpat102* Aus v IndDelhi02-10-1986SR Waugh/GC Dyer100Ind v AusColombo SSC06-09-1996SC Ganguly/SB Joshi
Saba Karim did not concede a bye in South Africa's total. It was the ninth occasion when an Indian 'keeper did not concede a bye in opponents' total of 300 plus. Nayan Mongia is the only one to do so four times. The others are: Farokh Engineer, Syed Kirmani, Mannava Prasad and Sameer Dighe (twice).
Javagal Srinath's figures (6-0-65-0) are the second most expensive by any bowler in a six over spell in ODIs after Kenya's Rajab Ali's 6-0-67-0 (v Sri Lanka, Kandy, 06-03-1996). The previous worst figures for an Indian bowler were Gopal Sharma's 6-0-55-1 (v Pak, Jamshedpur, 26-03-1987). The details:
RPOFigures11.166-0-67-0Rajab AliKen v SLKandy09-03-199610.836-0-65-0J SrinathInd v SANagpur19-03-20009.836-0-59-0M MbangwaZim v SLBulawayo11-12-19999.666-0-58-1ARC FraserEng v PakNagpur30-10-19899.666-0-58-0EA BrandesZim v NZAuckland28-01-19969.506-0-57-0Salim JafferPak v AusLahore04-11-19879.336-0-56-2GR LarsenNZv IndWellington14-01-19999.166-0-55-1Gopal SharmaInd v PakJamshedpur26-03-19879.006-0-54-0SR TendulkarInd v NZNagpur26-11-19959.006-0-54-2Hasibul Hussain BDv KenNairobi Aga 15-10-19979.006-0-54-1ST JayasuriyaSLv PakLahore05-11-1997
Srinath's figures (@ rpo 10.83) are the third most expensive by an Indian in a ODI bowling at least five overs in a match. The details:
RPO Figures 12.40 5-0-62-0 SC Ganguly v Pak Toronto 19-09-1998 11.00 7-0-77-0 RJ Shastri v WI Jamshedpur 07-12-1983 10.83 6-0-65-0 J Srinath v SA Nagpur 19-03-2000 10.60 5-0-53-0 SV Bahutule v Pak Dhaka 16-01-1998 10.42 7-0-73-1 Kapil Dev v Pak Lahore 31-12-1982 10.20 5-0-51-1 SLV Raju v Pak Singapore 05-04-1996 10.20 5-0-51-0 DB Mohanty v Aus Kochi 01-04-1998 10.00 5-0-50-1 MB Amarnath v Pak Lahore 31-12-1982 10.40 5-0-52-0 AB Agarkar v Pak Sharjah 16-04-1999
Sachin Tendulkar became second batsman in ODIs to complete his 9000 runs when his score reached 50 . The only other batsman with 9000 plus runs is fellow Indian Mohammad Azharuddin (9222 runs from 327 matches). Tendulkar has taken 242 matches and 235 innings as against Azharuddin's 320 and 294 respectively to accomplish this feat.
Tendulkar on 59, completed his 1000 runs against South Africa in his 33rd match. He became only the batsman to do so after Australia's Steve Waugh and fellow Indian Mohammad Azharuddin. The accompanying table lists leading run-scorers against South Africa.
PlayerCountry MINO Runs HSAve100s50s 0sS.R.WaughAus37365 1241 120* 40.031103M.AzharuddinInd31312 10669036.75-7-S.R.TendulkarInd33330 1034 12231.33251M.E.WaughAus33332947 115* 30.54243M.G.BevanAus22204831 10351.93161A.D.JadejaInd302946989227.92-3-R.S.DravidInd191916708437.22-71S.GangulyInd15151661 105* 47.21151Ijaz AhmedPak18172576 114* 38.40234B.C.LaraWI15152559 111* 43.00231D.C.BoonAus191905517629.00-3-G.A.HickEng191915258329.16-41Inzamam-ul-HaqPak171615138534.20-4-
The stand of 180 runs between Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid is the highest for all sides for the second wicket against South Africa. Tendulkar-Dravid partnership obliterated the 175 run-stand between Ravi Shastri and Sanjay Manjrekar at Delhi (NS) on 14-11-1991.
India's total is the sixth highest for a losing side. The details:
Total(Overs)329(49.3)SLv WISharjah16-10-1995 +315(49.5)Pak v SLSingapore20-04-1996 +315-8(50)Pak v AusLahore10-11-1998314-5(48)Pak v IndDhaka18-01-1998312-4(50)Zim v SLNewPlymouth23-02-1992310(48.5)Ind v SANagpur19-03-2000 +306(47)Ind v NZRajkot05-11-1999 +302-3(50)Eng v SLAdelaide23-01-1999301(49.3)SLv IndColombo RP07-07-1998 +301-3(50)SAv IndKochi09-03-2000301-9(50)NZv AusChristchurch 26-02-2000 +300-8(50)Ind v SLColombo RP17-08-1997 +
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India's total is also the highest made against South Africa in a one-dayer supplanting the 302 for seven,also by India, at Kochi on 09-03-2000 in the first match of this series.
The match aggregate of 630 for the loss of 17 wickets is the highest involving South Africa.The previous highest was 603 for 10 in the Kochi one-dayer of this series on 09-03- 2000.
The match aggregate is also the highest without an individual hundred.The previous highest was 626 for the loss of 14 wicket in the match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at Swansea on 09-06-1983.
India has not lost a bilateral series on home soil since 1998-89 (v New Zealand). India's last series defeat in India came during the 1987-88 season when West Indies won the eight match series 7-1.
Lance Klusener won his 15th Man of the Match award - his first against India.
Saurav Ganguly has now captained India in nine matches-won five and lost four.
Hansie Cronje has now captained South Africa in 134 matcheswon 96, lost 34, tied 1 and abandoned 3.