India vs South Africa 1st ODI Match: Team India, which suffered a crushing defeat in the Test series against South Africa, made a strong start to the ODI series, winning the first match. In the first ODI played in Ranchi, Team India posted a mammoth total of 349 runs, aided by Virat Kohli's brilliant and record-breaking century. In reply Indian bowlers restricted South Africa to 332 runs. India won by 17 runs and took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
India Playing-11: Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Washington Sundar, KL Rahul (C & WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna.
South Africa Playing-11: Ryan Rickelton, Quinton de Kock (WK), Aiden Markram (C), Matthew Breetzke, Tony de Zorzi, Dewald Brevis, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Prenelan Subrayen, Nandre Burger, Ottneil Baartman.
Earlier in this match after winning the toss South African captain Aiden Markram send team India to bat first India scored 349 runs for eight wickets in the stipulated 50 overs. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma opened the innings for India. They shared a 25-run partnership for the first wicket. Yashasvi Jaiswal was dismissed for 18 runs off 16 balls. Rohit Sharma returned to the pavilion after scoring 57 runs off 51 balls. Ruturaj Gaikwad could only score 8 runs off 14 balls. Washington Sundar scored 13 runs off 19 balls. Virat Kohli scored 135 runs off 120 balls. He hit 11 fours and seven sixes in his innings. Ravindra Jadeja was dismissed for 32 runs off 20 balls. Captain KL Rahul played an innings of 60 runs off 56 balls. Arshdeep was dismissed without opening his account. For South Africa, Nandre Burger, Bosch, Marco, and Bartmann took two wickets each.
Chasing the target of 350 runs, South Africa had a very bad start. The team lost two wickets in the second over itself. Ricky Ponting and De Kock could not open their account. Harshit sent both the batsmen to the pavilion. Arshdeep Singh dismissed Aiden Markram. Aiden could score only seven runs. De Georgi played an innings of 39 runs in 35 balls. Kuldeep got him LBW. Dewald Brevis became the victim of Harshit after scoring 37 runs in 28 balls. Marco Jansen scored 70 runs in 39 balls and Matthews scored 72 runs in 80 balls. Subrayen scored 17 runs.
Player of the Match: Virat Kohli (IND) 135 (120).
Virat Kohli has scored his 52nd ODI century. Kohli has now become the batsman with the most centuries in a single international format. Kohli has 52 centuries in ODIs, while Sachin has scored 51 centuries in Tests.
Most Centuries in a Single International Format
52* - Kohli (ODIs)
51 - Sachin Tendulkar (Tests)
49 - Sachin Tendulkar (ODIs)
45 - Jacques Kallis (Tests)
41 - Ricky Ponting (Tests)
Also Kohli has now become the batsman with the most sixes while batting at number 3 in international cricket. By doing so, Kohli has broken Ricky Ponting's world record. Ponting had hit 217 sixes while batting at number 3 in international cricket. Virat Kohli has now hit 218 sixes while batting at number 3 in international cricket.
