India and South Africa are playing today’s World Cup match at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. In this match, the Indian team won the toss and elected to bat.
Captain Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill were the openers. This partnership gave the Indian team a great start. Captain Rohit Sharma, who played aggressively, scored 40 runs off 24 balls. It included 6 fours and 2 sixes. Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer joined Shubman Gill for 23 runs. This partnership played tremendously and added runs to the Indian team. Shreyas Iyer, who played well, scored 77 runs off 87 balls. It included 7 fours and 2 sixes.
After that, KL Rahul, who came into the field, was dismissed for 8 runs and Suryakumar Yadav, who showed action, was dismissed for 22 runs. Virat Kohli, who played well from the start, scored a century off 119 balls.
who showed a great performance in this match, was amazing with a century. This is his 49th century in ODIs. With this, he has equaled the record of former Indian player Tendulkar who is the first to hit 49 centuries in ODIs. Virat Kohli, who played well, scored a century off 119 balls. It includes 10 boundaries.
While Sachin Tendulkar held this record in 452 matches, now Virat Kohli has held this record in 277 matches.
Notably, Virat Kohli equaled Sachin Tendulkar’s feat on his 35th birthday today (November 5).
In the end of the match, South Africa lost all wickets for 83 runs in 27.1 overs. Ravindra Jadeja, who bowled well for India, took 5 wickets and was amazing. Mohammed Shami and Kuldeep Yadav took 2 wickets each and Mohammed Siraj took one wicket.
With this, the Indian team has recorded victory in all the 8 matches played so far and continues to exert its dominance as an unshakable team in the current World Cup series.
