AB de Villiers of South Africa scored three centuries against India in the just concluded one-day bilateral series. He scored 104 not out at Kanpur on 11.10.15, 112 at Chennai on 22.1015 and 119 at Mumbai on 25.10.15. His feat makes him the seventh batsman in the annals of one day games to score three centuries in a bilateral one-day series. The following table lists the batsmen with their performances

No	Batsman	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Zaheer Abbas	118	1	Pak	Ind	Multan	17 Dec 1982
		105	1	Pak	Ind	Lahore	31 Dec 1982
		113	2	Pak	Ind	Karachi	21 Jan 1983
2	DL Haynes	133*	2	Win	Aus	Albion	29 Feb 1984
		102*	2	Win	Aus	Castries	19 Apr 1984
		104*	2	Win	Aus	Kingston	26 Apr 1984
3	CH Gayle	103	2	Win	Ind	Nagpur	09 Nov 2002
		140	1	Win	Ind	Ahmedabad	15 Nov 2002
		101	2	Win	Ind	Vadodara	18 Nov 2002
4	KP Pietersn	108*	1	Eng	RSA	Bloemfontein	02 Feb 2005
		100*	2	Eng	RSA	East London	09 Feb 2005
		116	1	Eng	RSA	Centurion	13 Feb 2005
5	Q de Kock	135	1	RSA	Ind	Johannesburg	05 Dec 2013
		106	1	RSA	Ind	Durban	08 Dec 2013
		101	1	RSA	Ind	Centurion	11 Dec 2013
6	Mohd  Hafeez	122	1	Pak	Srl	Sharjah	18 Dec 2013
		140*	1	Pak	Srl	Sharjah	22 Dec 2013
		113*	2	Pak	Srl	Abu Dhabi	25 Dec 2013
7	AB de Villiers	104*	1	RSA	Ind	Kanpur	11 Oct 2015
		112	2	RSA	Ind	Chennai	22 Oct 2015
		119	1	RSA	Ind	Mumbai	25 Oct 2015

It is interesting to note that out of the captioned seven batsmen, four of them have achieved the feat against India –  Zaheer Abbas of Pakistan, CH Gayle of West Indies, Q de Kock of South Africa and AB de Villiers of South Africa

No	Batsman	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Zaheer Abbas	118	1	Pak	Ind	Multan	17 Dec 1982
		105	1	Pak	Ind	Lahore	31 Dec 1982
		113	2	Pak	Ind	Karachi	21 Jan 1983
3	CH Gayle	103	2	Win	Ind	Nagpur	09 Nov 2002
		140	1	Win	Ind	Ahmedabad	15 Nov 2002
		101	2	Win	Ind	Vadodara	18 Nov 2002
5	Q de Kock	135	1	RSA	Ind	Johannesburg	05 Dec 2013
		106	1	RSA	Ind	Durban	08 Dec 2013
		101	1	RSA	Ind	Centurion	11 Dec 2013
7	AB de Villiers	104*	1	RSA	Ind	Kanpur	11 Oct 2015
		112	2	RSA	Ind	Chennai	22 Oct 2015
		119	1	RSA	Ind	Mumbai	25 Oct 2015

AB de Villiers became the second South African batsman to score three centuries in a bilateral series after Q de Kock. Coincidentally, both the batsman have performed the feat against India. Q de Kock had scored three centuries against India 2013-14 series

No	Batsman	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Q de Kock	135	1	RSA	Ind	Johannesburg	05 Dec 2013
		106	1	RSA	Ind	Durban	08 Dec 2013
		101	1	RSA	Ind	Centurion	11 Dec 2013
2	AB de Villiers	104*	1	RSA	Ind	Kanpur	11 Oct 2015
		112	2	RSA	Ind	Chennai	22 Oct 2015
		119	1	RSA	Ind	Mumbai	25 Oct 2015

CH Gayle and AB de Villiers are the two batsmen to score three centuries in a bilateral series against India in India. Their performance is furnished below

No	Batsman	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	CH Gayle	103	2	Win	Ind	Nagpur	09 Nov 2002
		140	1	Win	Ind	Ahmedabad	15 Nov 2002
		101	2	Win	Ind	Vadodara	18 Nov 2002
2	AB de Villiers	104*	1	RSA	Ind	Kanpur	11 Oct 2015
		112	2	RSA	Ind	Chennai	22 Oct 2015
		119	1	RSA	Ind	Mumbai	25 Oct 2015