India vs South Africa 2018: Indian Team Stats
India thrashed South Africa by eight wickets to win the six-match ODI series 5-1. Here's a report card of the Indian players who contributed in winning the series.
India strode to a comfortable win at Centurion as they reached their victory target with 107 balls to spare after putting South Africa into bat and bowling them out for 204. Let's take a look at the report card of the Indian players who contributed in winning the series.
Virat Kohli
The skipper was on a record-breaking spree of the former greats with his three centuries and one fifty against the Proteas, he became the highest scoring batsman in a bilateral series and first to score 500 runs in just six innings.
Shikhar Dhawan
Dhawan’s one century and two fifties en route him to the second highest run-getter in the series. Dhawan’s quickfire innings and his 100+ stands with Kohli in the series helped the team to put up easily against South Africa.
Rohit Sharma
The opener Rohit Sharma with his blazing century in the fifth ODI, winning ‘Man of the Match’ was a big contribution to the team. The report card has not much to say about him but is hoping to be more consistent in the future foreign tours.
Kuldeep Yadav
The left-hand spinner with his 17 wickets in the series have broken the record for the most wickets by an overseas spinner in a bilateral ODI series in South Africa surpassing former West Indies allrounder Keith Arthurton’s with his 12 wickets.
Yuzvendra Chahal
Another spinner in the Blues, Chahal with his 16 wickets in the series have much to be appreciated as both Yadav and Chahal managed to thrash the host in their home soil.
Jasprit Bumrah
Bumrah established himself as one of the best bowlers in the limited-over format of the game since last year. He did so throughout the course of the series and gave India the ideal starts in matches with 8 scalps to his name in the series. He is the third highest wicket-taker.
Shardul Thakur
Given a chance to showcase his talent in the final game of the series after India sealed the series in the 5th ODI, Thakur scalped two wickets and gave India an Ideal star in the match. He came back in the middle over to pick two more. The Indian skipper is happy with his wicket-taking ability.