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India defeated South Africa by 8 wickets in the first ODI match at Johannesburg with the help of a brilliant bowling attack from pacers like Arshdeep Singh and Avesh Khan as these two played a pivotal role in bundling the Proteas side for a total of just 116 runs. Sai Sudharsan and Shreyas Iyer's fifties ensured team India won this game convincingly by 8 wickets and take a lead in this three-match series by a 1-0 margin.
Numbers and Stats from the SA vs IND game:
3 - Arshdeep Singh became the third bowler to take a five-wicket haul for India in ODIs on South African soil.
Read More: Check out the records created by Arshdeep Singh in this game
4 - Shreyas Iyer has four fifty-plus scores in the last five innings against South Africa in ODIs.
Shreyas Iyer scores vs South Africa in the last five ODI innings:
- 50 in Lucknow, 2022
- 113* in Ranchi, 2022
- 28* in Delhi, 2022
- 77 in Kolkata, 2023 World Cup
- 52 in Johannesburg, 2023
4/27 - Avesh Khan recorded his best-ever bowling figure (4/27) in his ODI career.
4 - For the fourth time, India has won an ODI game with 200 (or) more balls to be spared.
India winning an ODI game with 200 (or) more balls to be spared:
- vs Kenya in Bloemfontein, 2001
- vs West Indies in Thiruvananthapuram, 2018
- vs Sri Lanka in Colombo(RPS), 2023 Asia Cup Finals
- vs South Africa in Johannesburg, 2023
9 - Nine out of ten wickets in today's game were taken by pace bowlers in today's ODI match.
Instances of Indian pacers taking nine out of ten wickets in an ODI match on South African soil:
- 10 vs Sri Lanka in Johannesburg, 2003 WC - Ashish Nehra (4); Javagal Srinath (4); Zaheer Khan (2)
- 9 vs England in Durban, 2003 WC - Ashish Nehra (6); Zaheer Khan (2); Javagal Srinath (1)
- 9 vs South Africa in Johannesburg, 2023 - Arshdeep Singh (5); Avesh Khan (4)
Most wickets taken by Indian pacers vs South Africa in an ODI game:
- 9 in Johannesburg, 2023 - Arshdeep Singh (5); Avesh Khan (4)
- 8 in Mohali, 1993 - Salil Ankola (3); Ajay Jadeja (2); Javagal Srinath, Kapil Dev, Manoj Prabhakar (1)
- 8 in Centurion, 2013 - Ishant Sharma (4); Mohammed Shami (3); Umesh Yadav (1)
10 - KL Rahul has won 10 consecutive international games as captain of India.
KL Rahul's last 10 games as captain of India:
- Won ODI series by 3-0 margin (3) vs Zimbabwe (Away)
- Beat Afghanistan in Asia Cup 2022 (Away/Neutral)
- Beat Bangladesh in an ODI game at Chattogram, 2022 (Away)
- Won Test series by 2-0 margin (2) vs Bangladesh, 2022 (Away)
- Beat Australia by 2-0 margin in first two games of three match ODI series, 2023 (Home)
- Beat South Africa in first ODI match at Johannesburg, 2023 (Away)
17 - Sai Sudharsan became the 17th batsman to record fifty-plus runs for India in his debut ODI game.
Read More: Check out list of Indian players who scored fifty-plus runs for India in the debut ODI match
18 - Kuldeep Yadav has taken 18 wickets against South Africa in ODIs on South African soil.
Most wickets by an Indian bowler vs South Africa on South African soil:
- Yuzvendra Chahal - 18 (9 inns)
- Kuldeep Yadav - 18 (7 inns)
- Zaheer Khan - 15 (9 inns)
- Anil Kumble - 14 (18 inns)
116 - South Africa has recorded their lowest-ever ODI total on their home soil.
Read More: Check out the list of lowest scores recorded by South Africa team on their home soil here
400 - Sai Sudharsan became the 400th player to represent team India in men's International cricket.
