Stats: India vs South Africa, Delhi Test Day 5 - India's Long Walk to Freedom Trophy's Finale

43- Runs made by AB de Villiers in this innings, jointly the least for a batsman to have faced 250 plus balls. Javed Omar (Bangladesh) had scored 43 off 258 balls against Zimbabwe in 2005. AB de Villiers scored 43 off 297 balls today.

608- Balls faced by AB de Villiers in this series – most by any batsman in this series. Hashim Amla had faced 576 balls in this series.

25- Runs made by Hashim Amla in this innings playing 244 balls – the least made by a batsman with at least 200 balls faced. The previous least had been Jack Russel’s 29* vs South Africa which came off 235 balls.

10.24- The strike rate for Hashim Amla in this innings which is conveniently the least for a batsman with 200 plus balls. AB de Villiers’ strike rate of 14.47 is also the least in a Test Innings for a batsman who had faced at least 250 balls in an innings.

87 - Wickets taken by spinners in this series which is the most for spinners in a Test series of 4 matches. With 92 Wickets, Border-Gavaskar Series in India in 2012 has the most wickets for spinners.

31- Wickets taken by Ravichandran Ashwin in this series – the most he has taken in a Test series in his career. His best had been 29 wickets which he took against Australia in Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2012/13. In that series, he bowled in 8 innings while, in this series, he bowled in only 7 innings.

1- Number of Indian spinners to have taken more than Ashwin’s 31 wickets in a Test series of 4 or fewer matches. Harbhajan Singh took 32 wickets in 3 matches of Border-Gavaskar series 2000/01.

23- Wickets taken by Ravindra Jadeja in this series – the 2nd most he has taken in a single Test series. His best was 24 wickets, which he took against Australia in Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2012/13. In that series, he also bowled in 8 innings while in this series, he has bowled in 7 innings.

62- Number of Wickets taken by Ravichandran Ashwin in this year- most by any player in this year. Broad's 51 and Yasir Shah's 49 are next on the list.

36.4- The bowling Strike Rate of Ashwin is 2nd best strike for all bowlers in this year (min 10 wickets). The best strike rate is of Amit Mishra (33.2), while 3rd on the list is Ravindra Jadeja (36.7).

1.76- The economy of Jadeja in tests this year- it is best among all players all this year (min 10 overs). South African bowlers Van Zyl (1.79) and Kyle Abbott (1.98) are next on the list.

10.82- Ravindra Jadeja's economy in this year- easily the best among all bowlers this year (min 10 wickets). Amit Mishra (15.72) and Ashwin (17.20) are next on the list.

7- Number of Five-Fors taken by Ashwin in 2015- it is the most by any bowler in this year. No other bowler has managed even 4. It is also the most 5-wicket hauls taken by an Indian bowler in a calendar year. Ashwin has also taken 10 wickets in match on two occasions in 2015. Only one other bowler- Rangana Herath- has managed to take a 10-wicket haul in this year.

3- Number of Indian bowlers to take more wickets in a calendar year than Ashwin's 62 in 2015- Kapil Dev (twice), Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh (twice) are those Indian bowlers.