Published: Oct 09, 2015, 06:20 PM (IST)
Edited: Oct 09, 2015, 06:39 PM (IST)
India were expected to win the Twenty20 International (T20I) series against the touring South Africans but that didn’t happen. However the One-Day International (ODI) series will be a different ball game and much of both sides’ success will depend on how the batting department fares.
Both the sides are loaded up with world-class batsmen and starting Sunday, one can truly expect a run feast. Let’s have a look at the Indian batsmen and what their ODI batting records have to say.
| Players | M | R | HS | Ave | SR | 100s | 50s |
| Virat Kohli | 161 | 6586 | 183 | 50.67 | 89.59 | 22 | 33 |
| Rohit Sharma | 138 | 4312 | 264 | 39.20 | 82.46 | 7 | 12 |
| MS Dhoni | 265 | 8620 | 183* | 52.24 | 88.95 | 9 | 59 |
| Shikhar Dhawan | 64 | 2665 | 137 | 44.41 | 90.06 | 8 | 14 |
| Suresh Raina | 218 | 5500 | 116* | 36.18 | 93.80 | 5 | 35 |
| Ajinkya Rahane | 58 | 1705 | 111 | 31.00 | 76.52 | 2 | 10 |
While India boasts of a very strong batting line-up, South Africans will be up for it. In AB de Villiers and Hashim Amla, they have two of the best limited-overs batsmen but countering Indian spinners won’t be an easy task for them. Let’s look at the stats of South African batsmen.
| Players | M | R | HS | Ave | SR | 100s | 50s |
| AB de Villiers | 190 | 8045 | 162* | 53.27 | 99.16 | 20 | 47 |
| Hashim Amla | 121 | 5919 | 159 | 54.30 | 89.55 | 21 | 28 |
| Faf du Plessis | 77 | 2453 | 126 | 37.16 | 83.66 | 4 | 16 |
| JP Duminy | 143 | 3872 | 150* | 39.51 | 83.77 | 4 | 21 |
| David Miller | 77 | 1745 | 138* | 36.35 | 100.80 | 2 | 8 |
| Quinton de Kock | 47 | 1675 | 135 | 37.22 | 87.42 | 6 | 5 |
Who do you think among these will shine the most in the much anticipated ODI series which starts on Sunday.
