South Africa vs India – Fifth one day at Centurion on 23.01.11 : South Africa won by 33 runs on Duckworth Lewis Method and the five day game series 3-2

India inserted South Africa after winning the toss in this game providing the 12^th occasion of India doing so against South Africa. India lost this game by 33 runs after inserting the opposition. It was the fifth occasion of India losing the game after it has inserted South Africa in one day games.

HM Amla scored 116 not out in this game providing the 15^th occasion of a South African batsman scoring a hundred against India. His knock represents the 103^rd occasion of a South African batsman scoring a hundred against various oppositions.

HM Amla’s 116 not out in this game represent the 56^th occasion of South African opening batsman scoring a hundred in one day games. His knock represents his seventh one day hundred as an opening batsman. Other South African opening batsmen to score seven or more one day hundreds are – HH Gibbs {18}: G Kirsten {13} and GC Smith {08}

HM Amla’s 116 not out in this game represent the ninth occasion of a South African opening batsman scoring a hundred against India.

HM Amla and JP Duminy added 102 runs for the fourth wicket in this game providing the 25^th occasion of South African batsmen posting a three figure partnership against India. This stand also represents the fourth occasion of a century partnership for the fourth wicket by South African batsman against India. The other three occasions are – 154 runs between WJ Cronje and G Kirsten at Sharjah on 14.04.96 : 113 runs between WJ Cronj and G Kirsten at Faridabad on 15.03.00 and 131 runs between AB de Villiers and JP Duminy.

HM Amla and JP Duminy added 102 runs for the fourth wicket in this game providing the 171^st occasion of South African batsmen posting a three figure partnership against various oppositions.

MH van Wyk scored 56 in this game providing the 89^th occasion of a South African batsman scoring a fifty against India. This knock also represents his third one day fifty. The other two are – 82 vs India at Belfast on 29.06.07 and 52 vs Ireland at Belfast on 24.06.07

AB de Villiers was stumped by MS Dhoni of Yuvraj Singh for 11 in this game providing the 98^th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman stumped in the history of one day games. AB de Villiers’s dismissal of stumping in this game provides the fifth occasion of a South African wicket keeper dismissed in such a manner against various oppositions and first such occasion against India

AB de Villers has been dismissed stumped in his one day career on two occasions, the first being against Pakistan at Dubai on 02.11.10. He is the second South African wicket keeper to be dismissed stumped on two or more occasions, the first being MV Boucher who has been dismissed in such a manner on four occasions which includes a game when representing Africa Eleven against Asia Eleven at Chennai on 10.06.07

DW Steyn and M Morkel were dismissed for zeroes in this game which swelled the number of zeroes scored by South African batsmen against India to 42

DW Steyn and M Morkel were dismissed for zeroes in this game providing the eleventh occasion of two or more South African batsmen dismissed for zero in an innings against India.

DW Steyn and M Morkel were dismissed for zeroes in this game providing the sixth occasion of South African bastmen run out without scoring against India. The six occasions are – PS de Villers at Kolkata on 24.11.93 : MV Boucher at Nairobi {Gym} on 26.09.99 : AB de Villiers at Belfast on 29.06.07 and LL Tsotsobe at Cape Town on 18.01.11 : DW Steyn at Centurion on 23.01.11 and M Morkel at Centurion on 23.01.11

DW Steyn and M Morkel were dismissed run out without scoring in this game providing the first occasion of two South African batsmen dismissed in in an innings in such a manner against India.

DW Steyn and M Morkel were dismissed run out in this game which swelled the number of South African batsmen run out against India to 44.

YK Pathan’s 105 in this game represent the 182^nd occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a hundred in one day games. It also represents his second one day hundred, the first being his 123 not out against New Zealand at Bangalore on 07.12.10.

YK Pathan’s 105 in this game represents the 12^th hundred by an Indian batsman against South Africa and also the fourth hundred by an Indian batsman against South Africa in South Africa. The other three occasions are – 114 by WV Raman at Centurion on 11.12.92: 127 by SC Ganguly at Johannesburg on 05.10.01 and 101 by SR Tendulkar at Johannesburg on 05.10.01

YK Pathan and Zaheer Khan added 100 runs for the ninth wicket in this game providing the 302^nd occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against various oppositions.

YK Pathan and Zaheer Khan added 100 runs for the ninth wicket in this game providing the fourth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the ninth wicket against various oppositions. The other three occasions are – 126* runs between N Kapil Dev and SMH Kirmani vs Zimbabwe at Tunbridge Wells on 18.06.83 : 118 runs between IK Pathan and Jai P Yadav vs New Zealand at Bulawayo on 26.08.05 and 101 runs between MS Dhoni and RP Singh vs West Indies at Kingston on 28.06,09

YK Pathan and Zaheer Khan added 100 runs for the ninth wicket in this game providing the seventh occasion of a three figure partnership for the ninth wicket in the history of one day games. The other six occasions are – 132 runs between AD Matthws and SL Malinga of Sri Lanka vs Australia at Melbourne on 03.11.10 : 126* runs between N Kapil Dev and SMH Kirmani of India vs Zimbabwe at Tunbridge Wells on 18.06.83 : 118 runs between IK Pathan and Jai P Yadav of India vs New Zealand at Bulawayo on 26.08.05 : 103 runs between SM Pollock
and TM Odoyo of Africa Eleven vs Asia Eleven at Bangalore on 06.06.07 ; 101 runs between MS Dhoni and RP Singh of India vs West Indies at Kingston on 28.06,09 : 100 runs between VS Solanki and LE Plunkett of England vs Pakistan at Lahore on 12.12.05.

YK Pathan and Zaheer Khan added 100 runs for the ninth wicket in this game providing the 54th occasion of a team posting exact 100 runs for various wickets in the history of one day games. This stand provides the tenth occasion of Indian batsmen posting exact 100 runs against various oppositions.

YK Pathan and Zaheer Khan added 100 runs for the ninth wicket in this game providing the 17th occasion of a Indian batsmen posting a century partnership against South Africa. This stand provides the first occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against South Africa and is a record stand for the ninth wicket. The previous best for the ninth wicket was the 36 runs partnership between RA Jadeja ad A Mithun at Ahmedabad on 27.02.10

YK Pathan’s 105 in this game was in a losing cause providing the 271^st occasion of a batsman’s hundred going in vain in the history of one day internationals. It also represents the 51^st occasion of an Indian batsman’s hundred in a losing cause against various oppositions and sixth hundred against South Africa. The other five hundreds are – 109 by RJ Shastri at New Delhi on 14.11.91 : 105 by SV Manjrekar at New Delhi on 14.11.91 : 127 by SC Ganguly at Johannesburg on 05.10.01 : 101 by SR Tendulkar at Johannesburg on 05.10.01 and 103 by Yuvraj Singh at Hyd-RGS on 16.11.05

YK Pathan’s 105 in this game was in a losing cause providing the 19th occasion of a batsman’s hundred going in vain against South Africa in the history of one day internationals.

M Morkel captured 4 for 52 in this game providing the 12^th occasion of a South African bowler capturing four or more wickets against India. It also represents the 106^th occasion of a South African bowler capturing four or more wickets against various oppositions.

M Morkel’s 4 for 42 in this game represent his fourth four wicket haul in one day games. The other three occasions are – 4 for 21 vs West Indies at Roseau on 28.05.10 : 4 for 36 vs West Indies at Cape Town on 25.01.08 and 4 for 47 vs Pakistan at Dubai on 02.11.10.

M Morkel’s 4 for 42 in this game represent his best bowling performance against India. It was an improvement over his previous best of 3 for 29 at Cape Town on 18.01.11

South Africa’s win in this game represents its 39^th win against India. At the end of this game, the head to head to count read thus – Played 65 : Won by South Africa – 39 : won by India – 24 and No result games – 02.

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