South Africa vs India – Third one day at Cape Town on 18.01.11 : India won by two wickets and lead the five match series by 2-1

South Africa capped F de Plessis for this game. He became the 98^th cricketer to represent South Africa in one day games. He is the 22^nd South African cricketer to make debut against India in one day games.

F de Plessis scored 60 in this game to become the 85^th batsman to score a fifty and 79^th batsman to score a half century on debut in one day games. He became the fourth South African batsman to perform the feat. Others are – 66* by SM Pollock vs England at Cape Town on 09.01.96: 51 by GH Bodi vs Zimbabwe at Bulwayo on 22.08.07 and 124 by CA Ingram vs Zimbabwe at Bloemfontien on 15.10.10

F de Plessis scored 60 in this game to become the first South African batsman to score a half century on debut against India. The previous best was 43 by AP Kuiper at Kolkata on 10.11.91

F de Plessis with his 60 in this game became the eleventh batsman to score a fifty on debut against India. Others are – 70 by MD Moxon of England at Nagpur on 23.01.85 : 58 by Younins Ahmed of Pakistan at Kolkata on 18.02.87 : 50 by GJ Crocker of Zimbabwe at Harare on 25.10.92 “ 90 by SP Fleming of New Zealand at Napier on 25.03.94 : 70 by Mazhar Hussain of UAE at Sharjah on 13.04.94 : 61 by SC Williams of West Indies at Faridabad on 17.10.94 : 65 by SO Tikolo of Kenya at Cuttack on 18.02.96 : 55 by Mohammad Tauqir of UAE at Dambulla on 16.07.04 : 50 by LJ Wright of England at The Oval on 05.09.07 and 67* by CR Ervine of Zimbabwe at Bulawayo on 28.05.10.

South Africa was all out for 220 in this game providing the eleventh occasion of being all out against India.

WD Parnell {05} and LL Tsotsobe {zero} were run out in this game providing the 38^th and 39^th occasion of a South African batsman run out against India.

LL Tsotsobe became the fourth South African batsman to be run out with out scoring against India. Others are – PS de Villiers at Kolkata on 24.11.93 : MV Boucher at Nairobi {Gym} on 26.09.99 and AB de Villiers at Belfast on 29.06.07.

LL Tsotsobe became the first South African batsman to be run out with out scoring against India in South Africa.

JP Duminy {52} and F du Plessia 60 scored fifties in this game to provide the 84^th and 85h occasion of a South African batsman scoring a fifty against India.

By a coincidence, F du Plessis’s 60 in this game represent the 85^th occasion of a South African batsman scoring a fifty against India and also represent the 85^th occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty on his one day debut.

JP Duminy’s 52 in this game represents his eleventh one day half century and 13^th fifty, while F du Plessis’s 60 represent his first half century and first fifty

JP Duminy and F du Plessis added 110 runs for the fifth wicket in this game providing the 24^th occasion of South African batsman posting a century partnership against India. This stand represents the third century partnership for the fifth wicket by South African batsman against India. The other two occasions are – 102* between WJ Cronje and JN Rhodes at Bloemfontien on 23.01.97 and 107 between ND McKenzie and MV Boucher at Dhaka on 18.04.03.

Thus the 110 runs stand between JP Duminy and F du Plessis for the fifth wicket in this game represent the record stand for the fifth wicket by South African batsmen against India.

Zaheer Khan with his three wickets in this game has an aggregate of 250 one day wickets. He became the 21^st bowler in the history of one day games to capture 250 plus wickets.

Zaheer Khan became the third left arm pace bowler in the history of one day games to capture 250 plus wickets. Others are – Wasim Akram of Pakistan {502} and WPUJC Vaas {400}. It is interesting to note all these three bowlers belong to Indian subcontinent.

Zaheer Khan became the fifth Indian bowler to capture 250 plus wickets. Others are – A Kumble {337} : J Srinath {229} : AB Agarkar {288} and N Kapil Dev {253}

DW Steyn bowled a maiden over in this game and with this he has bowled 25 maiden overs in one day games. He became the 16^th South African bowler to bowl 25 plus maiden overs in their one day career.

RG Sharma opened the batting in this game providing the first occasion of his opening an innings in his one day career. He made 23. RG Sharma became the 60^th batsman who has opened an innings for India in one day games.

YK Pathan’s 59 in this game represent the 78^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty against South Africa. His knock represent not only the highest score but also the first fifty scored by an Indian batsman batting at number seven against South Africa. The previous best was 47* by his brother IK Pathan at Port Elizabeth on 29.11.06

YK Pathan’s 59 represent his third one day half century and fourth fifty. Other three fifties are – 123* vs New Zealand at Bangalore on 07.12.10 : 59* vs Sri Lanka at Col-RPS on 03.02.09 and 50* vs England at Indore on 17.11.08. YK Pathan’s 59 represent the only occasion of his getting dismissed amongst his four fifties.

India’s victory in this game provides its 24^th win against South Africa in one day games. India’s two wickets victory in this game represents its first two wickets win in one day games which is the narrowest victory margin in terms of wickets.