Record-breaking Kuldeep, Chahal conquer South Africa soil (info,cric)

30 wickets between the spinners is the most for India in a two-sided series. 

India finished yet another clinical execution by winning the fifth ODI in Port Elizabeth by 73 runs and in the process asserting their first reciprocal series win in South Africa, with one game still to go. The guests were put into bat by Aiden Markram and made a solid begin scoring 150 for the loss of one wicket at the halfway stamp. Rohit Sharma, who scored just 40 keeps running in the initial four ODIs, struck frame scoring his seventeenth ODI century (115) to place India in the driver's seat. India couldn't complete with a twist as they oversaw just 103 keeps running in the last 20 overs in the wake of being 171 for 2 after 30 overs. The South African pursue was a natural story as they fallen to wrist spinners once more, who took six for 100 in the 19.2 overs between them. Kuldeep Yadav (4/57) and Yuzvendra Chahal (2/43) got among the wickets once more.

Details features from the fifth ODI

1 This is the primary series win for India in South Africa in five reciprocal series they have played up until now. They already lost 2-5 of every 1992, 0-4 of every 2006, 2-3 of every 2011 and 0-2 out of 2013. This was South Africa's first misfortune at home in nine series since losing 1-2 to Pakistan in 2013 which unexpectedly was the first run through an Asian side won a series in South Africa.

9 Reciprocal series wins in succession for India, the arrangement beginning from June 2016 when they won 3-0 in Zimbabwe. Just a single group had more two-sided series wins in progression than the continuous keep running by India - 14 for Windies between November 1980 and Walk 1988.

India's keep running of continuous reciprocal series wins

Against Host ODIs Wins Losses NR Captain

Zim Zim 3 3 0 0 MS Dhoni

NZ Ind 5 3 2 0 MS Dhoni

Eng Ind 3 2 1 0 Virat Kohli

WI WI 5 3 1 1 Virat Kohli

SL SL 5 5 0 0 Virat Kohli

Aus Ind 5 4 1 0 Virat Kohli

NZ Ind 3 2 1 0 Virat Kohli

SL Ind 3 2 1 0 Rohit Sharma

SA SA 5* 4 1 0 Virat Kohli

16 wickets taken by Kuldeep is the most ever by a spinner in any series in South Africa outperforming 14 scalps by Muttiah Muralitharan in the tri-series including the home side and Pakistan in 1998. Chahal's series count additionally remains at 14 wickets with a match to go.

30 wickets taken by the couple of Kuldeep and Chahal is the most by India's spinners in a respective series. The past most was 27 in the six-match series against Britain at home in 2006. The main other time India's spinners took more wickets in an away apparatus was On the planet Measure of 2011 where they amassed 34 scalps. They had 30 wickets in the 2003 release in South Africa also.

Most wickets for India's spinners in a reciprocal series

Against Host Year ODIs Wkts Avg SR ER Most wkts

SA SA 2018 5* 30 14.63 17.8 4.92 Kuldeep (16)

Eng Ind 2006 6 27 23.66 33.9 4.18 Harbhajan (12)

NZ Ind 2016 5 26 18.53 25.3 4.38 Amit Mishra (15)

WI Ind 1987/88 7 24 35.75 48.0 4.46 Ravi Shastri (9)

SA Ind 2000 5 24 33.54 40.7 4.93 Sunil Joshi (8)

NZ Ind 2010 5 24 23.33 27.5 5.09 R Ashwin (11)

Zim Zim 2013 5 24 16.70 25.6 3.91 Amit Mishra (18)

115 by Rohit is his most noteworthy score in 13 ODIs in South Africa. In the 12 past ODIs there, he had totaled just 126 keeps running at 11.45 with a most astounding score of 23. It was likewise the most astounding individual score for India in six ODIs in Port Elizabeth going past Virat Kohli's unbeaten 87 out of 2011.

13 Hundred associations amongst Rohit and Kohli in 62 stands together - the joint-second most for an Indian match close by Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag in 114 stands. Just the combine of Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly are in front of the match with 26 century associations in 176 stands, a world record by any combine in ODI cricket.

7 Cases of Rohit and Kohli getting engaged with a run out - the last getting expelled on five of those events including today. Just Tendulkar - Ganguly combine has been associated with more run-out expulsions - nine - while Ganguly and Rahul Dravid have likewise been engaged with seven.

48 Opening wicket associations amongst Rohit and Shikhar Dhawan - the most noteworthy for India in 19 ODIs in South Africa since their last 50 or more first-wicket remain there which came in the elimination rounds of the World Container in 2003 when Tendulkar and Sehwag set up together 74 against Kenya.

13 Innings since Hashim Amla last scored a fifty against India in ODIs before scoring 71 today. His last such score against India was 100 in Durban in 2013 after which his numbers against India read 619 keeps running in 11 innings with two hundreds and five fifties.

Collected By : Newaz Robin