Virat Kohli (101* off 121) registered his record-equaling 49th ODI on his thirty fifth birthday, whereas Shreyas Iyer scored 77 off 87 balls as India posted 326/5 against South Africa at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday. With his newest hundred, Kohli equaled Sachin Tendulkar’s file of most ODI tons.
Batting first after successful the toss, India obtained off to a terrific begin courtesy of one other aggressive innings by skipper Rohit Sharma on the prime of the order. He took on Lungi Ngidi in the third over and hit him for consecutive fours. In the following over, he smacked Marco Jansen for 2 boundaries. The Indian captain continued to assault and whacked Ngidi for 2 sixes as India raced to 61/0 after 5 overs.
Kagiso Rabada introduced South Africa again in the competition as Rohit (40 off 24) hammered one by means of the off facet, just for Temba Bavuma to take an excellent catch at mid-off. Kohli got here in and struck 4 boundaries early in his innings to ease into the 20s.
At the opposite finish, although, Shubman Gill (23 off 24) fell to a magnificence from Keshav Maharaj (1/30). The Indian opener was utterly flummoxed by one which turned away and hit the highest of off.
Maharaj stored issues extraordinarily tight, however Shreyas and Kohli batted with persistence, not giving their wickets away. Once they obtained their eye in, they turned the screws on the Proteas, including 134 runs for the third wicket. India steadily progressed to 143/2 on the midway stage of their innings. Shreyas broke the shackles by launching Tabraiz Shamsi for a most in the twenty eighth over.
After Kohli introduced up a affected person half-century with a single off Maharaj, Shreyas reached his fifty by launching Jansen over the infield for a boundary. Two extra fours got here off his bat in the identical over as India’s innings regained momentum. Shreyas’ high quality knock ended when he skied an off-cutter off Ngidi.
Suryakumar and Jadeja cameos lift India on the demise
Kohli and KL Rahul struggled to discover the boundaries following Shreyas’ exit. Rahul (8 off 17) fell to an excellent operating catch from Rassie van der Dussen as he tried to flick Jansen (1/94).
Suryakumar Yadav got here in and struck 5 fours in 22 off 14. Just when he was wanting harmful, he perished to Shamsi, gloving a reverse sweep – keeper Quinton de Kock taking an excellent diving catch.
Kohli reached his hundred with a single off Rabada in the penultimate over. Ravindra Jadeja (29* off 15) performed a scintillating cameo to push India previous 325. In the final over, he whacked a slower ball from Ngidi for a most over midwicket. After the bowler limped off with an damage, Jadeja smashed Jansen for consecutive fours.
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