The 4 best ODI centuries in a losing cause since 2010

#3 AB Devilliers (112 vs India, Chennai, 2015)

ABD put up a batting clinic rarely seen by a foreign batsman on a spinners paradise

The 4th ODI between India and South Africa was a crucial game for both teams with India in a must-win scenario, having gone down 1-2 in the 5-match series. For South Africa, it represented a great opportunity to register their first ever series win in India.

India won a good toss and decided to bat first on a square turner, that turned right from the start of the match. Virat Kohli rose to the occasion and produced a batting masterclass with a brilliant 138 leading India to a daunting score of 299-8.

In reply, South Africa started well against the pacers only to be knocked back once the spinners came on and spun a web around the batsmen reducing the Proteas to 88-4.

AB de Villiers entered the crease right in the middle of Harbhajan Singh and Amit Mishra's superb spells on a wicket turning viciously and produced strokeplay of authority and variety with immaculate footwork rarely seen by foreign batsmen on Indian soil.

With wickets falling around him and fellow batsmen looking clueless against the spin, de Villiers produced an innings for the ages of 112 that had South Africa in contention for an unlikely victory until finally being dismissed.

Although defeated, the innings by de Villiers was a show of genius and maintained South Africa's belief in the series resulting in a stupendous batting display in the very next match to clinch their first ever series win in India.