India vs South Africa 2021-22: Tendulkar's breeze to Pollock's rattles - Here are the ODI numbers and stats

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After a closely-contested three-Test series won by South Africa, India will shift its focus against the same side in a three-match One-Day International (ODI) series. The two sides have faced off on numerous occasions, while the Men in Blue have managed just a series win in SA. As it looks to make it two ODI series wins in a row, we present the numbers and stats between them in the format to date.

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Team stats
Best total: IND - 401/3 (Gwalior, 2010); SA - 438/4 (Mumbai, 2015)
Best total (aggregate): 662 (Mumbai, 2015)
Best win (runs): IND - 153 runs (Dhaka, 2003); SA - 214 runs (Mumbai, 2015)
Best win (wickets): IND - 9 wickets (Centurion, 2018); SA - 10 wickets (Sharjah, 2000 & Kolkata, 2005)
Best win (balls to spare): IND - 177 balls (Centurion, 2018); SA - 124 balls (Sharjah, 2000)

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Batting stats
Most runs: IND - Sachin Tendulklar (2,001); SA - Jacques Kallis (1,535)
Top score: IND - Tendulkar (200*); SA - Quinton de Kock (135)
Best average: IND- Virat Kohli (64.35); SA - Gary Kirsten (62.59)
Best strike rate: IND - Shikhar Dhawan (96.72); SA - AB de Villiers (111.13)
Most centuries: IND - Tendulkar (5); SA - AB de Villiers (6)
Most 50-plus: IND - Rahul Dravid (14); SA - Kirsten & Kallis (13)
Most sixes: IND - Sourav Ganguly (31); SA - de Villiers (41)
Most sixes (innings): IND - Yusuf Pathan (8); SA de Villiers (11)
Most boundary runs (innings): IND - Tendulkar (118); SA - de Kock (90)
Best S/R (innings): IND - Harbhajan Singh (217.64); SA - JP Duminy (203.44)
Most runs (series): IND - Kohli (558 in 2017-18); SA - de Villiers (358 in 2015-16)
Best partnership: IND - Tendulkar-Dinesh Karthik (194); SA - Kirtsten-Herschelle Gibbs (235)

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Bowling stats
Most wickets: IND - Anil Kumble (46); SA - Shaun Pollock (48)
Best bowling (innings): IND - Sunil Joshi (5/6); SA - Allan Donald (5/29)
Best average: IND - R Vijay Bharadwaj (12.50); SA - Juston Kemp (14.00)
Best economy: IND - Vijay Bharadwaj (2.77); SA - Neil McKenzie (0.00)
Best economy (innings): IND - Joshi (0.60); SA - Andre Nel (1.62)
Most four-for (innings): IND - Yuzvendra Chahal (3); SA - Lonwabo Tsotsobe (3)
Most fifers: IND - Chahal & Joshi (1); SA - Klusener, Steyn, Hansie Cronje, Donald, Pollock (1)
Most wickets (series): IND - Kuldeep Yadav (17); SA - Tsotsobe (13)

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Wicketkeeping stats
Most dismissals: IND - MS Dhoni (41); SA - Boucher (42)
Most dismissals (innings): IND - Dhoni & Sameer Dighe (4); SA - Boucher (5)
Most dismissals (series): IND - Dhoni (11); SA - David Richardson (11)

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Fielding stats
Most catches: IND - Kohli (21); SA - Graeme Smith (19)
Most catches (innings): IND - Mohammad Azharuddin, Yuvraj Singh, Kohli (3); SA - Smith (4)
Most catches (series): IND - Smith (7); David Miller & Brian McMillan (6)

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Individual stats
Most matches: IND - Tendulkar (57); SA - Kallis (37)
Most matches (captain): IND - Dhoni (19); SA - Cronje (24)