Stats: South Africa record joint-highest ODI chase against India

Stats highlights from the bat-dominated second ODI between India and South Africa in Raipur:

359 is the joint-highest target successfully chased down in ODIs against India, matching Australia's 359 in Mohali in 2019.

It is also the third-highest successful run-chase for South Africa, after 435 against Australia in Johannesburg in 2006 and 372 against Australia in Durban in 2016.

3 – South Africa have now chased a target of 350 or more three times in ODIs, the joint-most alongside India and England.

2 – Only two higher successful chases of 350 or more in ODIs at an away or neutral venue: Netherlands' 370 against Scotland at Dundee in 2025 and England's 361 against West Indies at Bridgetown in 2019.

Successful 350-plus ODI chases at away/neutral venues

5 – Five of the 13 successful 350-plus run-chases have come in India, more than any other country.

Successful 350-plus chases in ODIs in India

3 – There were three individual hundreds in the match – Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Aiden Markram – the joint-most in an India-South Africa ODI.

It was the 44th time India had multiple individual centuries in an ODI innings. The next highest is 30 by South Africa.

720 is the highest match-aggregate in an ODI featuring these two sides, surpassing 681 from the series opener in Ranchi.

1 in 1,048,576 – The probability of losing 20 consecutive tosses, an unwanted record India holds in ODIs. The streak started with the 2023 World Cup final.

Kohli continues his giant strides

34 – Kohli has now scored ODI hundreds at 34 different venues, levelling with Sachin Tendulkar.

11 – Kohli now has 11 different streaks of hundreds in two or more consecutive ODI innings. The next most is six by AB de Villiers.

7 – Kohli has the most ODI tons against South Africa. He now has seven or more hundreds against four different opponents: Sri Lanka (10), West Indies (9), Australia (8), and South Africa (7).

41.4% – Kohli's conversion rate from 50-plus scores to hundreds (53 out of 128) is the highest among batters with at least 100 ODI innings.

Markram and Gaikwad showcase their class

77 balls taken by Ruturaj Gaikwad to reach his hundred is the fastest for India against South Africa in ODIs.

195 runs added by Kohli and Gaikwad for the third wicket is the highest partnership for India against South Africa in an ODI.

50.9% of Aiden Markram's runs (56 out of 110) came in the mid-on to mid-off region. Among South African ODI hundreds since 2007, this has the second-highest share of runs scored down the ground.