CT 2017, Match 11: India v South Africa – Statistical Highlights

India made it to the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy 2017 with an empathic win over the South Africa in a must-win game. After being put in to bat, South Africans got off to a steady start with the top 3 getting into the 30s. However, once AB de Villiers was run out, the South African batting collapsed from 140/2 to 191 all out. India lost Rohit Sharma early on but Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli with their fifties guided India to an 8-wicket win with 12 overs to spare.

Here we look at all the stats and records created during the game.

3 – Number of consecutive fifty-plus scores for Shikhar Dhawan in the Champions Trophy; the joint 2nd most consecutive fifty-plus scores by any batsman in the CT. Kane Williamson hit 4 in a row while Saeed Anwar and Marcus Trescothick have scored three in a row.

3 – Only the 3rd time the chasing side has won in the last 20 ODIs between India and South Africa. 9 out of the last 10 ODIs before this game between these two sides was won by the side batting first with the other one ending without a result.

4 – Number of wins for India over South Africa in the Champions Trophy; the joint-most number of wins in the CT for any team against an opposition. Australia won 4 games in CT vs New Zealand.

4 – Number of times Morne Morkel has dismissed Rohit Sharma in ODIs so far. Rohit has scored 76 runs in 120 balls against Morkel in ODIs.

5 – Number of century stands in ODIs between Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli for the 2nd wicket; the 2nd most number of century stands by an Indian pair for the 2nd wicket in ODIs. Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly have 8 century stands in ODIs for the 2nd wicket.

6 – Number of fifty-plus scores for Shikhar Dhawan in the Champions Trophy; the joint most fifty-plus scores for any player in CT. Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid have 6 fifty-plus scores each in the CT.

6.66 – AB de Villiers’ average of 6.66 in this Champions Trophy, the lowest for him in any ODI series or tournament. (Min: 3 innings) His previous lowest was 11.75 vs South Africa in 2005.

7 – Number of Indians who have scored 1000 runs in the ICC ODI events so far. Shikhar Dhawan became the 6th player while Virat Kohli became the 7th Indian to score 1000 runs in ICC ODI events.

8 – Number of times AB de Villiers has got run out in the ICC events; the 2nd most number of times by any player. Inzamam-ul-Haq got run out 9 times in the ICC events.

16 – Innings taken by Shikhar Dhawan to complete 1000 runs in ICC ODI events; the fastest to the milestone. Sachin Tendulkar needed 18 innings.

20 – Runs scored by AB de Villiers in the Champions Trophy; the 2nd lowest by any captain in a Champions Trophy edition. (Min: 3 innings) Younis Khan aggregated 16 runs in the 2009 edition.

51 – Runs for which South Africa lost their last 8 wickets in this game; the joint 4th lowest they have added for losing their last 8 wickets in an ODI. Lowest for them is 33 runs vs Pakistan at Durban in 1993.

2011 – Last time India won an ODI while chasing against South Africa was way back in January 2011. India lost their last 7 out of 8 games while chasing in ODIs vs SA with other game ending without a result.