Dubious distinction for Team India

Instances of one player outscoring the entire opposition in one-dayers are handful, writes Rajneesh Gupta.

India were routed for a paltry total of 91 in the second one-dayer at Durban. This was after South Africa had posted a challenging total of 248, thanks to a workmanlike unbeaten 119 by Jacques Kallis. Isn’t it amazing that one Kallis scored more than the combined tally of all 11 Indian batsmen. There are only a very few instances in ODIs of a single player outscoring the entire opposition. The difference of 28 runs between Kallis’ score and India’s total is the sixth highest in the history of the game.

Ironically the best such performance had also come against India. In the Champions Trophy final at Sharjah in October 2000, Jayasuriya blasted career-best 189. India then crumbled to 54 all out. The result line could easily have read as : Jayasuriya beat India by 135 runs!

This was the second such instance for Kallis. He had perfomed the similar feat against West Indies in 2004.The following table lists the biggest differences between a single player's score and the entire opposition's total:

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Diff	Batsman	For	Score	Opp	Total	Venue	Date
135	ST Jayasuriya	SL	189	Ind	54	Sharjah	Oct 29 2000
55	JH Kallis	SA	109*	WI	54	Capetown	Jan 25 2004
54	RB Richardson	WI	109	SL	55	Sharjah	Dec 3 1986
43	ML Hayden	Aus	88	Nam	45	Potchefstroom	Feb 27 2003
38	ML Hayden	Aus	146	Pak	108	Nairobi	Aug 30 2002
28	JH Kallis	SA	119*	Ind	91	Duban	Nov 22 2006
27	AR Border	Aus	118*	SL	91	Adelaide	Jan 28 1985
26	Yuvraj Singh	Ind	102*	Ban	76	Dhaka	Apr 11 2003
22	SR Tendulkar	Ind	152	Nam	130	PieterMrtzBurg	Feb 23 2003
21	IVA Richards	WI	189*	Eng	168	Old Trafford	May 31 1984
20	HH Gibbs	SA	153	Ban	133	Potchefstroom	Oct 3 2002

Note: Only the completed innings (where teams lost all 10 wickets) have been taken into consideration.

Players outscoring the opposition on two occasions

Batsman	For	Score		Opp	Total	Venue	Date	Diff
CG Greenidge	WI	67		SL	55	Sharjah	Dec 3 1986	12
		100		Aus	91	Perth	Jan 4 1987	9
DL Haynes	WI	145*		NZ	129	Berbice	Apr 14 1985	16
		96		Pak	81	Sydney	Dec 17 1992	15
DM Jones	Aus	107		NZ	94	Christchurch	Mar 4 1990	13
		99		SL	91	Adelaide	Jan 1985	8
ML Hayden	Aus	146		Pak	108	Nairobi (Gym)	Aug 30 2002	38
		88		Nam	45	Potchefstroom	Feb 27 2003	43
JH Kallis	SA	109*		WI	54	Cape Town	Jan 25 2004	55
		119*		Ind	91	Durban	Nov 22 2006	28