Bavuma joins elite list
5 The number of South African captains to register a three-figure score against India in ODI cricket. Temba Bavuma, in the first ODI in Paarl, is the latest to do so against India in ODIS. In all, eight centuries have been hit by South African batters while leading the side against India. A. B. de Villiers has the distinction of doing so on four occasions.
6 The number of occasions when two or more South African batters registered a three-figure score against India in an ODI match. The South African pair of Temba Bavuma (110) and Rassie van der Dussen (129*), in the first match in Paarl, became the latest to do so against India in ODI cricket. For the record, South Africa has the unique distinction of being the only ODI side to make three centuries in the same innings of an ODI match and it did this on two separate occasions. The first time this occurred was on January 18, 2015, when the top three South Africans in the batting order managed to make centuries (Hashim Amla 153, Rilee Rossouw 128 and A. B. de Villiers 149) against West Indies in Johannesburg. The second occasion was nine months later at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai against India.
16 The number of innings taken by South African Quinton de Kock to aggregate 1000 ODI runs against India — he scored 124 in the final match in Cape Town on Jan 3, 2022. He thus became the 50th batter in ODI history to aggregate 1000 runs against India. He and Australian Steve Smith are now the quickest to reach this landmark in all ODIS against India. Overall, de Kock is the joint-third quickest to achieve this landmark against any opponent in fewest number of innings.
5 The number of batters to register six or more ODI centuries against India. Quinton de Kock is the latest player to do so during his 124 in Cape Town on Jan 3, 2022. He is also the second South African after A. B. de Villiers to make six hundreds against India. By reaching his sixth ODI century against India in his 16th innings, de Kock is, by far, the quickest in terms of fewest innings, to register six centuries against a particular opponent. This achievement can be seen from the fact that the next best — India's Virender Sehwag against New Zealand and Australian Aaron Finch against England — needed 23 innings to reach their respective sixth ODI centuries against these opponents, i.e. seven innings more than de Kock.
18 The number of innings without a three-figure score for Virat Kohli in his ODI career. This is the longest time in terms of innings and days he has gone through without making an ODI century. His last century (his 43rd) in this format came on August 14, 2019 against the West Indies in Port of Spain when he made 114 not out. Interestingly, in the previous innings before this, he had made 120 at the same venue on August 11, 2019.
Note: Kohli is yet to register a century for India across all formats since his 136 in the Kolkata Test against Bangladesh on November 23, 2019. Since then, in 56 matches and 65 innings, his highest score has been an unbeaten 94 in the T20I encounter against the West Indies in Hyderabad on December 6, 2019, which incidentally, came just after his Kolkata Test century. During this century-less stretch across all formats, he has managed to aggregate 2302 runs, at 39.68 per innings, which includes 23 scores between 50 to 99.