Stats: India vs South Africa 1st ODI - Imran Tahir goes past Saqlain Mushtaq

Rohit Sharma in India is a dangerous proposition for any touring team

Despite Rohit Sharma’s flawless innings, India somehow contrived to get beaten by South Africa who went on to take an early lead in the 5-match series. AB De Villiers who walked into bat amidst raucous cheers from the Kanpur crowd delighted his admirers with a rapid century on a batting paradise at the Green Park Stadium.

On a day where most bowlers struggled, Amit Mishra and Imran Tahir proved that wrist-spinners are always potent, irrespective of the surface. Here are some of the prominent statistical highlights from the engrossing encounter.

3 – This was South Africa’s 3rd victory in a row over India in India in ODIs, following Nagpur 2011 and Ahmedabad 2010.

303 – South Africa recorded the highest score at the Green Park Stadium. India’s response of 298 remains the second highest score in the stadium.

2 – Rohit Sharma became the second Indian batsman after Sachin Tendulkar to record 3 or more scores of 150 in ODIs.

65.59 – Rohit’s batting average of 65.59 in home ODIs is more than twice of his away average of 32.60.

98 – Number of balls taken by Rohit Sharma to complete his hundred. This was the first instance of Rohit completing his century within hundred balls. All of his previous seven centuries had all come in 100 or more balls.

150 – Rohit’s 150 was the highest score by an individual batsman against South Africa in run-chases. He went past Brendan Taylor’s 145* in Bloemfontein.

21.67 – Imran Tahir’s bowling average of 21.67 is the second best in ODI history, after Ajantha Mendis’ 21.17, for bowlers with at least 50 wickets. He overtook Saqlain Mushtaq’s average of 21.78 in this match.

104* – AB De Villiers’ last 4 ODI innings in India read 114*, 102*, 52, 104*.

21 – All of AB De Villiers’ 21 centuries have all been completed within 100 balls.

69.73 – As captain, AB De Villiers has the best average by a long distance at 69.73 followed by MS Dhoni’s 56.35

5 – AB De Villiers scored his 5th hundred in India which is the second most by a visiting batsman after Chris Gayle’s 6 centuries.

70.25 – For all batsmen with a minimum of 10 innings, AB De Villiers possesses the highest batting average in India at 70.25, followed by Rohit Sharma's 65.59.

64.35 – Virat Kohli, who came into bat at four, has had the most success in this position with 1094 runs at an average of 64.35.

62.70 – Even though he struggled in today’s match, Virat Kohli’s batting average of 62.70 remains the highest in ODI run chases for any batsman with at least 25 innings.

13 – Though they failed to successfully chase another 303, India still have the most successful 300 plus run chases in ODIs with 13 such instances.