Stats: Spinners make merry as India demolish South Africa in second ODI

India breezed past South Africa by nine wickets in the second ODI at the Supersport Park in Centurion. With this win, India lead the six-match ODI series 2-0.

After choosing to field first, the South African batsmen were never in the game as they struggled to score runs against the pacers and succumbed to the spinners. Debutant Khaya Zondo and JP Duminy top-scored for the Proteas with 25 runs each while Yuzvendra Chahal ended with figures of 5/22 and Kuldeep Yadav accounted for 3/20 as the Proteas ended with just 118.

Chasing 119 to win, India lost Rohit Sharma early for just 15 before Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli took the team home. Dhawan remained unbeaten on 51 while Kohli missed his half-century by just five runs.

Let us take a look at some of the important numbers from the second ODI.

1 - Yuzuvendra Chahal became the first wrist spinner to take a five-wicket haul in ODIs in SA.

1 - Chahal became the first spinner to take an ODI fifer against South Africa in South Africa.

1 - Kuldeep Yadav became the first Asian spinner to take two three-wicket hauls in an ODI series against the Proteas in South Africa.

1 - This is the first time in 16 years that South Africa lost six or more wickets to the spinners in a home ODI.

2 - Chahal's 5/22 is the second best ODI figures for a spinner in South Africa after Nicky Boje's 5/21.

2 - Chahal's 5/22 is the second best ODI figures against South Africa in South Africa after Wasim Akram's 5/16.

2 - Chahal became the second Indian after Ashish Nehra to take an ODI fifer in South Africa.

2 - This is only the second time that two spinners have taken three or more wickets each in an ODI played in South Africa against South Africa.

2 - Eight wickets by Chahal (5/22) & Kuldeep Yadav (3/20) are the second most by wrist spinners in an ODI innings. Imran Tahir (7/45) and Tabraiz Shamsi (2/41) took nine wickets in an innings against West Indies in 2016.

2 - This is only the second time since the 2011 series that India have managed to win successive ODI games against the hosts in South Africa.

4 - Shikhar Dhawan became the fourth player after Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina with whom Virat Kohli has now added 2000-plus runs in ODIs

8 - Indian spinners took eight wickets in today's match, the joint most wickets taken by spinners from the same team in an ODI innings played in South Africa.

118 - South Africa were all-out for just 118, which is their lowest ODI total at home. They finished one run short of the previous lowest score of 119 against England at the St George's Park in Port Elizabeth in 2009.

177 - India won the match with 177 balls to spare, the fourth largest defeat for South Africa in ODIs (in terms of balls).

- Hashim Amla has now scored the most runs at SuperSport Park, Centurion, in ODIs, eclipsing Graeme Smith's tally of 861 runs.

- For the first time in nine years, South Africa are playing an ODI without AB de Villiers and Faf du Plessis.

- India beat South Africa with 177 balls to spare, their biggest ODI win against a Test-playing side outside India.