Stats: India vs South Africa, 5th ODI - The Proteas top order sinks India in decider

AB De Villiers en route to his swashbuckling ton in the 5th ODI

By handling India a sound thrashing in the 5th ODI by 214 runs, South Africa clinched their maiden bilateral ODI series triumph against the host nation. It all happened thanks to a fabulous show of power by the Proteas top order. Below are a few engrossing stats relating to the match.

1 - This is the first time South Africa have beaten India on their home soil in a bilateral ODI series.

154 - The partnership of 154 between Quinton de Kock and Faf du Plessis is the second highest 2nd wicket partnership for South Africa against India. The highest remains the unbeaten 178-run partnership between Herschelle Gibbs and Jacques Kallis in the semi-final of the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy.

5 - Quinton de Kock scored his fifth century against India. He is now tied with his captain AB de Villiers in terms of most centuries by a South African batsman against India.

74.11 - Quinton de Kock's average against India in ODIs. This drops down to as low as 32.34 against all other teams.

2 - This was the 2nd occasion on which Quinton De Kock scored more than 300 runs in a bilateral series against India.

9 - It has taken De Kock just 9 innings to get his 5 tons against India. He raced past Salman Butt's record of 18 innings to register 5 hundreds against any opposition who also achieved the feat against India.

438 - Number of runs scored by South Africa; this is the highest score against India in a One-Day International.

3 - This was the 2nd time South Africa recorded 3 centuries in a single ODI innings. Incidentally, they are the only team to have achieved this feat in the history of ODIs.

134.58 - The incredible strike rate at which AB de Villiers scored his runs in this series.

6 - South Africa now have a record 6 scores of 400+ in ODIs. They are followed by India, who have 5 so far.

106 - Number of runs conceded by Bhuvneshwar Kumar in his 10 overs. Bhuvi is only second to Mick Lewis of Australia in terms of most runs conceded in a single innings, who had given away 113 from his 10 in the match where South Africa registered the highest run chase ever in ODI cricket.

7 - Number of centuries scored by South African batsmen in the series as against the 2 tons scored by India's batsmen.

214 - India lost by a margin of 214 runs in the 5th ODI. It is the second biggest loss for India by runs, the biggest being by 245 runs against Sri Lanka in the year 2000.

150.00 - Ajinkya Rahane's strike rate during his fighting knock of 87. It is his career best in a completed inning and eclipses the previous best of 131.66 against the same opposition at this year's World Cup.

10 - This is only the second time Dale Steyn has taken 10 wickets in a bilateral ODI series. The last time he did it was in the 2009 home series against Australia.

29 - The South African fast bowlers picked 29 out of the 38 wickets that fell for India. On the other hand, the Indian pacers could muster only 15 out of 32 Proteas wickets that were claimed.

2013 - The last time India lost a bilateral series at home and it was against arch-rivals Pakistan.