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

The top two seeded teams in the Group B of Champions Trophy 2017, India and South Africa will face off in a virtual quarter-final on Sunday at The Oval as whoever wins in the game will qualify for the semis, most likely as the group toppers while the losing team will be returning home. The only way both the teams will be making it to the semi-finals is with both games of Group B, ending in washouts.

Ahead of the game, we look at some of the key numbers and records related to the game.

0.622 – India’s win-loss ratio in ODIs against South Africa is their 2nd lowest ratio against any team in this format. India has a win-loss ratio of 0.569 against Australia in ODIs.

3 – Number of times India and South Africa faced off in the Champions Trophy; India won all the three meetings while batting first.

3 – Number of times Morne Morkel has dismissed Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni in ODIs. Rohit has scored 75 off 114, Virat has scored 69 off 105 and Dhoni has scored 60 off 97 vs Morkel in ODIs.

5 – Since 2015 World Cup, 5 out of the 6 centuries by Indian openers have come in losing cause. KL Rahul’s century vs Zimbabwe is only one with which India won. Rohit Sharma’s three tons while Shikhar Dhawan’s 2 tons have ended on the losing side.

6 – Number of centuries by AB de Villiers against India in the ODI format; the most by any player in the India-South Africa ODIs. Sachin Tendulkar and Quinton de Kock have scored 5 centuries each in the India-South Africa ODIs.

7 – Number of times India and South Africa played against each other in ICC ODI events; India won 4 of those while South Africa won three. All three wins for South Africa came in the World Cup.

11 – Shikhar Dhawan’s batting average against Morne Morkel in ODIs. Dhawan has scored 44 runs in 77 balls and being dismissed 4 times by Morkel in this format.

28.87 – Rohit Sharma’s batting average against South Africa in ODIs; his worst average against any side he played more than one innings in this format. Rohit has scored 462 runs in 16 innings with 1 century and two fifties over SA in ODIs.

31.60 – MS Dhoni’s batting average against South Africa in ODIs; his worst average against any side he played more than one innings in this format. Dhoni has scored 727 runs in 27 innings with 4 fifties over them in ODIs.

47.71 – Ajinkya Rahane’s batting average against South Africa in ODIs; the highest ODI average from the current Indian squad over South Africa. Shikhar Dhawan (43.22) is only other Indian with 40+ ODI average over South Africa.

74.11 – Quinton de Kock’s batting average against India; the best average for any player in the India-South Africa ODIs. (Min: 5 innings) De Kock has scored 667 runs in 9 innings with 5 centuries.

126 – Runs scored by Quinton de Kock against Bhuvneshwar Kumar in ODIs. De Kock has scored his runs in 111 balls at a strike rate of 113.51 and never got out against Bhuvneshwar.

192.19 – AB de Villiers’ batting strike-rate against Bhuvneshwar Kumar in ODIs. De Villiers has scored 123 runs in 64 balls by hitting 9 fours and 9 sixes against Bhuvneshwar and got dismissed twice.