India won the toss and elected to field first to provide the 277th occasion of India doing so in one day internationals. It also provides the 97tth occasion of India doing so in one day internationals on away soil

India won the toss and elected to field first to provide the 18th occasion of India doing so against South Africa in one day internationals. It also provides the ninth occasion of India doing so in one day internationals against South Africa in South Africa.

India has made four changes for this game.  Suryakumar Yadav, Jayant Yadav, Prasidh Krishna and D Chahar come in for R Ashwin, SN Thakur, VR Iyer and Bhuvneshwar.

T Bavuma was dismissed run out for 8 in this game to provide the 581^st occasion of a captain dismissed run out in an innings in the history of one day internationals. It also provides the 78^th occasion of a captain dismissed run out in an innings against India in one day internationals.

T Bavuma was dismissed run out for 8 in this game to provide the 39th occasion of a South African captain dismissed run out in an innings in the history of one day internationals. It also provides the sixth occasion of a South African captain dismissed run out in an innings against India in one day internationals.

T Bavuma was dismissed run out for 8 in this game to provide the 183rd occasion of a captain dismissed run out in an innings for a single digit {zero to nine} in the history of one day internationals. It also provides the 24th occasion of a captain dismissed run out in an innings for single digit {zero to nine} against India in one day internationals.

T Bavuma was dismissed run out for 8 in this game to provide the 39th occasion of a South African captain dismissed run out in an innings for single digits {zero to nine} in the history of one day internationals. It also provides the first occasion of a South African captain dismissed run out for single digits {zero to nine} in an innings against India in one day internationals.

Q de Kock scored 124 in this game to provide the 179^th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a century in one day internationals. It also provides the 28^th occasion of a South African wicket keeper batsman scoring a century in one day internationals

Q de Kock scored 124 in this game to provide the 21st occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a century against India in one day internationals. It also provides the sixth occasion of a South African wicket keeper batsman scoring a century against India in one day internationals. All the six centuries have been scored by Q de Kock.

Q de Kock and KC Sangakkara share the record for most centuries by a wicket keeper batsman against India in one day internationals. Both have scored six centuries which are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Q de Kock	135	1	Ind	Jo’burg	05 Dec 2013
2	Q de Kock	106	1	Ind	Durban	08 Dec 2013
3	Q de Kock	101	1	Ind	Centurion	11 Dec 2013
4	Q de Kock	103	1	Ind	Rajkot	18 Oct 2015
5	Q de Kock	109	1	Ind	Mumbai	25 Oct 2015
6	Q de Kock	124	1	Ind	Cape Town	23 Jan 2022
No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	KC Sangakkara	138*	1	Ind	Jaipur	31 Oct 2005
2	KC Sangakkara	110	1	Ind	Rajkot	11 Feb 2007
3	KC Sangakkara	128	1	Ind	Adelaide	19 Feb 2008
4	KC Sangakkara	105	1	Ind	Hobart	28 Feb 2012
5	KC Sangakkara	133	2	Ind	Hambantota	21 Jul 2012
6	KC Sangakkara	103	2	Ind	Fatullah	28 Feb 2014

Q de Kock’s 124 in this game represent his 17^th century in one day internationals as a wicket keeper batsman. He now occupies the second place in the list of wicket keeper batsmen who have scored most centuries in one day internationals. The first place is occupied by KC Sangakkara who has scored 23 centuries. Q de Kock went past AC Gilchrist who has scored 16 centuries on his way to occupy the second place.

Q de Kock scored 124 in this game to provide the 238th occasion of a batsman scoring a century against India in one day internationals. It also provides the 30th occasion of a South African batsman scoring a century against India in one day internationals. All the six centuries have been scored by Q de Kock.

Q de Kock scored 124 in this game to provide the 80th occasion of a wicket keeper opening batsman scoring a century in one day internationals. It also provides the eleventh occasion of a wicket keeper opening batsman scoring a century against India in one day internationals

Q de Kock scored 124 in this game to provide the 17th occasion of a South wicket keeper opening batsman scoring a century in one day internationals. All the seventeen centuries have been scored by Q de Kock.

It also provides the sixth occasion of a South African wicket keeper batsman scoring a century against India in one day internationals. All the six centuries have been scored by Q de Kock.

Q de Kock-HE van der Dussen posted 144 runs for the fourth wicket in this game to provide the 267^th occasion of South African batsmen posting a three figure partnership in one day internationals. It also provides the 36th occasion of South African batsmen posting a three figure partnership against India in one day internationals.

Q de Kock-HE van der Dussen posted 144 runs for the fourth wicket in this game to provide the 47^th occasion of South African batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket in one day internationals. It also provides the eighth occasion of South African batsmen posting a three figure partnership against India for the fourth wicket in one day internationals.

V Kohli’s two catches fetched him an aggregate of 134 catches and 23 catches against South Africa in one day internationals. His 23 catches against South Africa is a record for most catches by a fieldsman other than the wicket keeper in the history of one day internationals

V Kohli’s two catches fetched him an aggregate of 60 catches and 13 catches against South Africa in one day internationals on away soil

His 60 catches on away soil is a record for most catches by an Indian fieldsman other than the wicket keeper. He became the second fieldsman other than the wicket keeper to pouch 60 plus catches in the annals of one day internationals. DPMD Jayawardene of Sri Lanka has pouched 68 catches

His 13 catches against South Africa on away soil is a record for most catches by a fieldsman other than the wicket keeper on away soil in the history of one day internationals

His 134 catches places him in the sixth place among the fieldsmen other than the wicket keepers who have pouched most catches in one day internationals. Other five are – DPMD Jayawardene {218}, RT Ponting {160}, M Azaruddin {150}, SR Tendulkar {140} and LRPL Taylor {139}. V Kohli went past SP Fleming who had pouched 133 catches on his way to occupy the sixth place

His 134 catches places him in the third place among the Indian fieldsmen other than the wicket keepers who have pouched most catches in one day internationals. The first two places are occupied by M Azaruddin {150} and SR Tendulkar {140}

S Dhawan scored 61 in this game to provide his 52^nd fifty, while V Kohli posted his 107^th fifty when he scored 65. It also represents their 35^th and 64^th half centuries in one day internationals.

V Kohli’s 65 provide his 12^th fifty and eighth half century against South Africa in one day internationals. S Dhawan’s 61 represent his ninth fifty and sixth half century against South Africa in one day internationals.

V Kohli’s run aggregate against South Africa at the end of this game read 1403. He became the second Indian batsman to score 1400 plus runs against South Africa in one day internationals after SR Tendulkar. SR Tendulkar has scored 2001 runs against South Africa.

V Kohli became the sixth batsman in the history of one day internationals to score 1400 plus runs against South Africa. The following table lists these six batsmen.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave
1	Tendulkar	Ind	57	57	1	2001	200*	35.73
2	Ponting	Aus	48	48	1	1879	164	39.97
3	Sangakkara	Srl	44	43	4	1789	169	45.87
4	SR Waugh	Aus	47	44	7	1581	120*	42.72
5	Chanderpaul	Win	39	39	4	1559	150	44.54
6	V Kohli	Ind	30	28	5	1403	160*	61.00

V Kohli became the seventh batsman in the history of one day internationals to score 12 or more fifties against South Africa. The following table lists these seven batsmen.

No	Player	Team	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	C	HC	50+
1	RT Ponting	Aus	48	48	1	1879	164	2	13	15
2	Sangakkara	Srl	44	43	4	1789	169	2	13	15
3	R Dravid	Ind	36	36	3	1309	084	0	14	14
4	SR Waugh	Aus	47	44	7	1581	120*	2	12	14
5	Chanderpaul	Win	39	39	4	1559	150	1	12	13
6	Tendulkar	Ind	57	57	1	2001	200*	5	08	13
7	V Kohli	Ind	30	28	5	1403	160*	4	08	12

RR Pant failed to score in this game to provide the 43^rd occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman scoring a duck in an innings in one day internationals. It also provides the fourth occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman scoring a duck in an innings against South Africa in one day internationals.

RR Pant collected the first ball duck in this game to provide the 15th occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman scoring a first ball duck in an innings in one day internationals. It also provides the second occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman scoring a first ball duck in an innings against South Africa in one day internationals. Prior to this D Dasgupta was dismissed for a first ball duck against South Africa at East London on 19.10.01

T Bavuma of South Africa took four catches in this game to provide the seventh occasion of a captain taking four catches in an innings in the history of one day internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Ct	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	KC Wessels	4	1	RSA	Win	Kingston	07.04.92
2	MA Taylor	4	2	Aus	Win	Sydney	08.12.92
3	KR Rutherford	4	1	NZl	Ind	Napier	16.02.95
4	GC Smith	4	2	RSA	Ind	Cape Town	26.11.06
5	SP Fleming	4	2	NZl	Eng	Adelaide	23.01.07
6	LRPL Taylor	4	2	NZl	Ind	Dambulla	10.08.10
7	T Bavuma	4	2	RSA	Ind	Cape Town	23.01.22

It provides the third occasion of a South African captain taking four catches in an innings in the history of one day internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Ct	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	KC Wessels	4	1	RSA	Win	Kingston	07.04.92
2	GC Smith	4	2	RSA	Ind	Cape Town	26.11.06
3	T Bavuma	4	2	RSA	Ind	Cape Town	23.01.22

It also provides the fourth occasion of a captain taking four catches in an innings against India in the history of one day internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Ct	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	KR Rutherford	4	1	NZl	Ind	Napier	16.02.95
2	GC Smith	4	2	RSA	Ind	Cape Town	26.11.06
3	LRPL Taylor	4	2	NZl	Ind	Dambulla	10.08.10
4	T Bavuma	4	2	RSA	Ind	Cape Town	23.01.22

It also provides the second occasion of a South African captain taking four catches in an innings against India in the history of one day internationals. Both such occasions are tabulated below. Both GC Smith and T Bavuma chose Cape Town to perform the feat of taking four catches against India.

No	Player	Ct	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	GC Smith	4	2	RSA	Ind	Cape Town	26.11.06
2	T Bavuma	4	2	RSA	Ind	Cape Town	23.01.22

D Chahar scored 54 in this game which represent his second fifty in one day internationals. Prior to this knock, he had scored 69 not out against Sri Lanka at Col-RPS on 20 Jul 2021.

South Africa won this game by four runs to provide its 391^st win and also its 18^th win by single digit runs {one to nine} margin.

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	RSA	won	4 runs	Win	Cape Town	17 Feb 1993
2	RSA	won	5 runs	Aus	Jo’burg	19 Feb 1994
3	RSA	won	6 runs	Eng	Cape Town	09 Jan 1996
4	RSA	won	9 runs	Pak	Lahore	02 Nov 1997
5	RSA	won	1 run	NZl	Hobart	11 Dec 1997
6	RSA	won	2 runs	NZl	Brisbane	09 Jan 1998
7	RSA	won	6 runs	Aus	Melbourne	23 Jan 1998
8	RSA	won	1 run	Eng	Cape Town	26 Jan 2000
9	RSA	won	8 runs	Aus	Mel’one-CS	20 Aug 2000
10	RSA	won	8 runs	Pak	Tangier	18 Aug 2002
11	RSA	won	7 runs	Eng	E London	09 Feb 2005
12	RSA	won	1 run	Win	Bridgetown	11 May 2005
13	RSA	won	9 runs	Srl	Adelaide	24 Jan 2006
14	RSA	won	2 runs	Pak	Dub-DSC	02 Nov 2010
15	RSA	won	4 runs	Srl	B’fontein	17 Jan 2012
16	RSA	won	1 run	Pak	Sharjah	30 Oct 2013
17	RSA	won	5 runs	Ind	Kanpur	11 Oct 2015
18	RSA	won	4 runs	Ind	Cape Town	23 Jan 2022

South Africa won this game by four runs to provide its 49th win against India and also its second win by single digit runs {one to nine} margin against India

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	RSA	won	5 runs	Ind	Kanpur	11 Oct 2015
2	RSA	won	4 runs	Ind	Cape Town	23 Jan 2022

Q de Kock of South Africa scored 124 and RR Pant of India scored zero in the this game to provide the sixth occasion of rival wicket keeper batsmen scoring  a duck and a century in the history of one day internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Moin Khan	0	1	Pak	Aus	Lahore	10.11.98
	Gilchrist	103	2	Aus	Pak	Lahore	10.11.98
2	JC Buttler	0	1	Eng	Srl	The Oval	13.06.13
	Sangakkara	134*	2	Srl	Eng	The Oval	13.06.13
3	L Ronchi	0	2	NZl	Eng	Birmingham	09.06.15
	JC Buttler	129	1	Eng	NZl	Birmingham	09.06.15
4	JC Buttler	0	1	Eng	RSA	Centurion	09.02.16
	Q de Kock	135	2	RSA	Eng	Centurion	09.02.16
5	Mutumbami	0	2	Zim	Ban	Sylhet	06.03.20
	Liton Das	176	1	Ban	Zim	Sylhet	06.03.20
6	RR Pant	0	2	Ind	RSA	Cape Town	23.01.22
	Q de Kock	124	1	RSA	Ind	Cape Town	23.01.22

Q de Kock with his six centuries against India became the fifth batsman in the annals of one day games to score six or more centuries against India in one day internationals. Others are – ST Jayasuriya {07}, AB de Villiers {06}, RT Ponting {06} and KC Sangakkara {06}.

Q de Kock with his six centuries against India became the second South African batsman in the annals of one day games to score six centuries against India in one day internationals after AB de Villiers. AB de Villiers has also scored six centuries against India.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Q de Kock	135	1	Ind	Jo’burg	05 Dec 2013
2	Q de Kock	106	1	Ind	Durban	08 Dec 2013
3	Q de Kock	101	1	Ind	Centurion	11 Dec 2013
4	Q de Kock	103	1	Ind	Rajkot	18 Oct 2015
5	Q de Kock	109	1	Ind	Mumbai	25 Oct 2015
6	Q de Kock	124	1	Ind	Cape Town	23 Jan 2022
No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AB de Villiers	114*	2	Ind	Gwalior	24 Feb 2010
2	AB de Villiers	102*	1	Ind	Ahmedabad	27 Feb 2010
3	AB de Villiers	109	1	Ind	Centurion	11 Dec 2013
4	AB de Villiers	104*	1	Ind	Kanpur	11 Oct 2015
5	AB de Villiers	112	2	Ind	Chennai	22 Oct 2015
6	AB de Villiers	119	1	Ind	Mumbai	25 Oct 2015