Stats: Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav decimate South Africa

The Indian wrist spinners ran through the South African batting line-up as the Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav shared eight wickets to clean up the hosts to 118. Kuldeep took three wickets like in the first game while Chahal stood as the chief destructor with his maiden ODI five-wicket haul. Both the spinners kept taking wickets as the home side were unsettled and lost their last ten wickets for 79 runs.

Stats and numbers that were created as Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav decimated South Africa:

1 – Yuzvendra Chahal’s 5-wicket haul is the first by a spinner in ODI cricket against South Africa in South Africa. Kane Williamson’s 4/22 in the 2013 Paarl ODI were the previous best bowling figures for a spinner against South Africa in South Africa.

5/22 – Yuzvendra Chahal’s figures of 5/22 are the 2nd best in India-South Africa ODI matches behind Sunil Joshi’s 5/6 in 1999 Nairobi ODI. Chahal also became the 2nd Indian to take a 5-wicket haul in South Africa in this format after Ashish Nehra, who took 6/23 against England in 2003 CWC in Durban.

5/22 – Chahal’s figures of 5/22 are the 2nd best for any player in ODI cricket against South Africa in South Africa. Wasim Akram took 5/16 back in 1993 in the ODI game in East London.

5/22 – Chahal’s bowling figures in this game are the 2nd best for a spinner in the ODI format in South Africa. Nicky Boje registered figures 5/21 against Australia in the 2002 Cape Town ODI.

8 – Number of wickets for Indian spinners in this innings. These are the joint most number of wickets for spinners in an ODI inning in South Africa. Sri Lankan spinners took eight wickets apiece against South Africa and Pakistan in 1998 at Johannesburg and Paarl respectively while India and Kenya’s spinners also took eight wickets each in an ODI in the 2003 World Cup against Namibia in Pietermaritzburg and Bangladesh in Johannesburg respectively.

8 – The eight wickets by Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav in this game are the 2nd most by wrist spinners in an ODI inning. Imran Tahir and Tabraiz Shamsi collected nine wickets against Windies in the 2016 Tri-Series match in Providence.

8 – Indian spinners’ eight wickets are the joint 2nd most for them in an ODI outside Asia. The Indian spinners took nine wickets in the 1999 Nairobi ODI against South Africa and eight wickets against Namibia in the 2003 CWC in Pietermaritzburg.