IND vs SA: Stats Preview ahead of the India vs South Africa 1st ODI in Ranchi

India will take on South Africa on Sunday at JSCA International Stadium at 1:30 PM IST.

IND vs SA: Stats Preview ahead of the India vs South Africa 1st ODI in Ranchi (Image Source: Google)

IND vs SA 1st ODI, ODI Approaching Milestones and Records: The Indian cricket team and the South African cricket team are ready to take on each other in the three-match ODI series. These two are coming off a Test series, which South Africa won 2-0. So, the Proteas will be having the momentum, and they will look to carry it on into the ODI series. Team India will see the returns of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, who are retired from the other two formats.

Ravindra Jadeja is also back in ODIs, after missing the Australian series. Rishabh Pant will also be back in this format. Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer are injured, and Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah are rested. India will be without some of their key players. South Africa are also without their premier players like Lungi Ngidi, David Miller, Gerald Coetzee, and others.

So, that will even out the things for this game. South Africa have the momentum, and India have the home conditions. Both teams will be keen to win the game and start the ODI series with a lead. There are a few records on the line as well. Here, we will talk about big records and milestones which are lined up and can be achieved in the India vs South Africa 1st ODI clash at JSCA International Cricket Stadium.

IND vs SA 1st ODI: Approaching Test Records and ODI Cricket Milestones Ahead of the IND vs SA 1st ODI at JSCA Cricket Stadium

1 - De Kock has six centuries against India, which is the joint-most in IND vs SA ODI history. If he can score one more, he will surpass AB de Villiers. Virat also has five hundreds against South Africa.- South African captain Temba Bavuma has 1941 runs in 53 ODIs. He needs 59 more runs to complete 2000 ODI runs in his career.

5 - Marco Jansen needs five more wickets to complete 50 ODI wickets in his career.

4 - Kuldeep Yadav has 346 wickets for India in international cricket. Four more wickets will help him to become only the 11th Indian to take 350 international wickets.

98 - Rohit Sharma scored a century in his last ODI innings. Now, if he can play another big innings and score 98 runs, he will complete 20000 runs in international cricket. He will be only the fourth Indian to do so.

76 - Quinton de Kock has scored three consecutive 50+ scores in Pakistan. He is just 76 runs away from completing 13000 international runs in his career.

3 - Rohit has 349 sixes in ODIs. He needs three more to surpass Shahid Afridi (351) and will have the most sixes in ODI cricket ever.

32 - Virat Kohli has the third-most runs in IND vs SA ODIs. He needs 32 more runs to surpass Jacques Kallis (1535) to become the second-highest scorer in IND vs SA ODIs after Sachin Tendulkar (2001).