Stats: India vs South Africa, Delhi Test Day 4 - Amla, de Villiers Long Walk Towards Draw

40- Runs made by South Africa in first 40 overs. 2nd least by any team till the conclusion of 40 overs. The least is 39 made by Bangladesh vs New Zealand in 2008 at Chittagong, which featured the slowest 30-plus partnership in test history, between Rajin Saleh and Tamim Iqbal.

49- Runs Made by South Africa in first 50 Overs- lowest by any team in first fifty overs of a Test innings. The previous least was made by South Africa vs West Indies in 2005 in the match where Rudolph and Kallis had the 2nd-slowest 40-plus partnership (discussed above).

319- Balls taken by South Africa to register their 50 runs in this innings. This is the slowest test fifty for a team. The previous slowest had come off 261 balls – by Bangladesh vs New Zealand.

72- Runs made South Africa today. Also, the number of overs Indian bowlers bowled in today’s game.

6- Runs Made by Hashim Amla till tea, after facing 113 balls, which is the 2nd least for a batsman facing 100-plus balls. The least JT Murray who scored 3 off exactly 100 balls at SCG in 1963.

539- Balls faced by Hashim Amla in this series – most by any batsmen in this series going past 516 faced by Ajinkya Rahane. Amla has scored 116 runs while Ajinkya scored 266 runs in this series.

11.11- The strike rate of Hashim Amla – till 150 balls, which is the 3rd lowest for a batsman with 150 or more balls.

11.42- The strike rate of Hashim Amla when he had faced 175 balls – the lowest for a batsman who had faced 175 or more balls.

22- Runs scored by Hashim Amla by the time he faced 200 balls in this innings – which is the least made by a batsman in a test innings after facing 200 or more balls.

7- Runs made by AB de Villiers off first 78 balls in this innings. In the first innings, he scored 42 off 78 balls.

0.78- The run-rate for the unbeaten 23-run partnership between Amla and de Villiers which is the lowest among all partnerships came off at least 175 balls. Their partnership is now 23 off 176 balls. The previous slowest partnership also featured de Villiers as one partner while Abbott at the other, wherein 27 runs came off 177 balls at 0.91 rpo.