CWC 2023: Batting first today, India set the mark of 326 runs in front of South Africa. Virat Kohli scored his 49th century of his ODI career against South Africa. He played a memorable innings against the African team at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
On the strength of Ravindra Jadeja’s lethal spin, Team India defeated South Africa by 243 runs. Along with this, Team India has secured its first position in the points table. It was special for the fans and Team India. First, Kohli made it even more special with a historic century, and then Ravindra Jadeja did the same to South Africa in the World Cup, just like the Indian pacers did to other teams in the previous matches.
Kuldeep Yadav wraps things up with a beauty 🔥
South Africa are all out for 83 and #TeamIndia 🇮🇳 win by 243 runs in Kolkata 👏👏
Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/iastFYWeDi#TeamIndia | #CWC23 | #MenInBlue | #INDvSA pic.twitter.com/pOEpOyCGVy
— BCCI (@BCCI) November 5, 2023
India had scored 90 runs in just 10 overs, and the impact of this start was such that when the spinners came, despite putting brakes on the runs, it did not have much effect on Team India’s score. Shreyas Iyer partnered with Kohli to form an excellent partnership of 134 runs, which started slowly but Iyer increased the pace later on. However, he couldn’t reach a century and got out with a score of 77. KL Rahul also couldn’t stay for long, while Suryakumar Yadav quickly added some runs to take the team close to 300.
