South Africa vs India: Why Kohli & Co will thump the hosts in ODI series

#3 Indian batsmen play Tahir well

Tahir has a far inferior record against India as compared to other teams

Imran Tahir is a potent weapon for South Africa who has proven his worth time and again for his Captain. However, for some reason, his magic has not worked against the Indian batsmen. Traditionally known to play spin well, Indians have scored freely against the leg-spinner and have not conceded too many wickets against him.

Imran Tahir's record vs India & overall

As opposed to the overall bowling average of close to 25, the leggie's average goes up by almost 20 units against India. Same is the case with the economy rate. The Pakistan born spinner has an economy of 5.47 against India as compared to his career economy of 4.65. We saw in Kingsmead also that Tahir went wicketless after bowling his full quota of 10 overs.