A historic Indian triumph
This is a memorable moment for captain Virat and Co. This Indian cricket has done something that previous Indian teams couldn't. An ODI series win in SA.
As India registered their maiden bilateral series win in South Africa with a 73-run victory in Port Elizabeth on Tuesday (February 13). Set up by Rohit Sharma's 17th ODI ton earlier, India's bowlers managed to keep South Africa in check with Kuldeep Yadav finishing with a four-wicket haul.
With this victory
- India's long-awaited ODI series triumph on South African soil came after six tours
- Virat Kohli became the first Indian captain to win an ODI series in South Africa
- India's success has handed South Africa just their seventh bilateral ODI series defeat at home
STATS
Most successive bilateral ODI series wins:14 WI (May 1980 - Mar 1988)
9 Ind (Jun 2016 - present)*
8 Aus (Apr 2009 - Jun 2010)
7 Pak (Jan 2011 - Feb 2012)
7 SA (Aug 2015 - Feb 2017)
India's run:
Beat Zim 3-0 in Zim
Beat NZ 3-2 in Ind
Beat Eng 2-1 in Ind
Beat WI 3-1 in WI
Beat SL 5-0 in SL
Beat Aus 4-1 in Ind
Beat NZ 2-1 in Ind
Beat SL 2-1 in Ind
Beat SA 4-1 in SA with one match to go
India's series in SA:
1992: Lost 2-5
2006: Lost 0-4
2011: Lost 2-3
2013: Lost 0-2
2018: Lead 4-1 with one match to go
Chahal + Kuldeep this series
1st ODI: 20-0-79-5 (ER 3.95)
2nd ODI: 14.2-1-42-8 (2.93)
3rd ODI: 18-1-69-8 (3.83)
4th ODI: 11.3-0-119-3 (10.53)
5th ODI: 19.2-0-100-6 (5.17)
Chahal, Kuldeep break spinners record in SA
- During the fifth ODI, Chahal removed David Miller lbw to take his 13th wicket of the series
- Before him, Keith Arthurton had taken 12 wickets in a seven-ODI series which West Indies lost 1-6 in the 1998-99 season
- With his 13th wicket of the ongoing series against the World No 2 side, Chahal moved past Arthurton
As it happened
Chasing 274 on a pitch that was gradually slowing down, South Africa were kept in the game largely by Hashim Amla's 71 but none of the other batsmen managed to give him support for long enough to mount a fight in the match.
Hardik Pandya turned out to be an unlikely star with the ball for India, picking the wickets of JP Duminy and AB de Villiers in quick succession after Jasprit Bumrah got the opening breakthrough. From then, it was only Amla who stood between India and victory. The opener battled on, trying to stitch together partnerships with David Miller (36) and Henrich Klaasen (39). But, his run out in the 35th over, by Pandya proved to be a blow that South Africa couldn't recover from.
And despite, Klaasen's late assault, India managed to wrap the innings with relative ease and registered their ninth consecutive bilateral series win in ODIs.
Brief Scores: India 274/7 in 50 overs (Rohit Sharma 115, Virat Kohli 36; Lungi Ngidi 4/51) beat South Africa 201 all out in 42.2 overs (Hashim Amla 71; Kuldeep Yadav 4/57) by 73 runs.
Most successive bilateral ODI series wins:14 WI (May 1980 - Mar 1988)
9 Ind (Jun 2016 - present)*
8 Aus (Apr 2009 - Jun 2010)
7 Pak (Jan 2011 - Feb 2012)
7 SA (Aug 2015 - Feb 2017)
9 Ind (Jun 2016 - present)*
8 Aus (Apr 2009 - Jun 2010)
7 Pak (Jan 2011 - Feb 2012)
7 SA (Aug 2015 - Feb 2017)
India's run:
Beat Zim 3-0 in Zim
Beat NZ 3-2 in Ind
Beat Eng 2-1 in Ind
Beat WI 3-1 in WI
Beat SL 5-0 in SL
Beat Aus 4-1 in Ind
Beat NZ 2-1 in Ind
Beat SL 2-1 in Ind
Beat SA 4-1 in SA with one match to go
Beat Zim 3-0 in Zim
Beat NZ 3-2 in Ind
Beat Eng 2-1 in Ind
Beat WI 3-1 in WI
Beat SL 5-0 in SL
Beat Aus 4-1 in Ind
Beat NZ 2-1 in Ind
Beat SL 2-1 in Ind
Beat SA 4-1 in SA with one match to go
India's series in SA:
1992: Lost 2-5
2006: Lost 0-4
2011: Lost 2-3
2013: Lost 0-2
2018: Lead 4-1 with one match to go
1992: Lost 2-5
2006: Lost 0-4
2011: Lost 2-3
2013: Lost 0-2
2018: Lead 4-1 with one match to go
Chahal + Kuldeep this series
1st ODI: 20-0-79-5 (ER 3.95)
2nd ODI: 14.2-1-42-8 (2.93)
3rd ODI: 18-1-69-8 (3.83)
4th ODI: 11.3-0-119-3 (10.53)
5th ODI: 19.2-0-100-6 (5.17)
1st ODI: 20-0-79-5 (ER 3.95)
2nd ODI: 14.2-1-42-8 (2.93)
3rd ODI: 18-1-69-8 (3.83)
4th ODI: 11.3-0-119-3 (10.53)
5th ODI: 19.2-0-100-6 (5.17)
Chahal, Kuldeep break spinners record in SA
- During the fifth ODI, Chahal removed David Miller lbw to take his 13th wicket of the series
- Before him, Keith Arthurton had taken 12 wickets in a seven-ODI series which West Indies lost 1-6 in the 1998-99 season
- With his 13th wicket of the ongoing series against the World No 2 side, Chahal moved past Arthurton
As it happened
Chasing 274 on a pitch that was gradually slowing down, South Africa were kept in the game largely by Hashim Amla's 71 but none of the other batsmen managed to give him support for long enough to mount a fight in the match.
Hardik Pandya turned out to be an unlikely star with the ball for India, picking the wickets of JP Duminy and AB de Villiers in quick succession after Jasprit Bumrah got the opening breakthrough. From then, it was only Amla who stood between India and victory. The opener battled on, trying to stitch together partnerships with David Miller (36) and Henrich Klaasen (39). But, his run out in the 35th over, by Pandya proved to be a blow that South Africa couldn't recover from.
And despite, Klaasen's late assault, India managed to wrap the innings with relative ease and registered their ninth consecutive bilateral series win in ODIs.
Brief Scores: India 274/7 in 50 overs (Rohit Sharma 115, Virat Kohli 36; Lungi Ngidi 4/51) beat South Africa 201 all out in 42.2 overs (Hashim Amla 71; Kuldeep Yadav 4/57) by 73 runs.
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