Rohit Sharma slammed an excellent half-century as India registered a dominating nine-wicket victory over South Africa within the third ODI on Saturday, December 6. With this win, additionally they sealed the three-match sequence 2-1.
The Males in Blue bundled South Africa out for 270, bowling first. They then chased down the entire comfortably in simply 39.5 overs. Yashasvi Jaiswal struck an unbeaten hundred, making 116 runs. Rohit Sharma made 75 on the high, whereas Virat Kohli added the ending touches with a quickfire unbeaten 65.
Earlier with the ball, Kuldeep Yadav and Prasidh Krishna shone. Each the Indian bowlers bagged 4 wickets apiece. The hosts gained the primary sport by 17 runs at Ranchi. South Africa bounced again with a four-wicket win at Raipur. Nonetheless, the hosts registered a one-sided victory within the sequence decider.
That mentioned, allow us to check out 5 data/milestones made within the third ODI.
#5 Oldest South African batter to attain 2000 ODI runs
South Africa skipper Temba Bavuma grew to become the oldest batter from his nation to cross the 2000-run mark in ODI cricket. He achieved the feat on the age of 35 years and 293 days. The document was beforehand held by Rassie van der Dussen, who had achieved the feat on the age of 34 years and 247 days.
Bavuma made 48 runs off 67 balls with 5 boundaries. He now has 2035 runs from 55 ODIs at a median of 42.39 with 5 tons of and eight half-centuries. Bavuma grew to become the twenty second batter from South Africa to cross the 2000-run mark in ODIs.
#4 Most ODI tons of by a chosen wicketkeeper towards an opponent
South African wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock impressed early on with an excellent century. He scored 106 off 89 balls with eight boundaries and 6 maximums at a strike-rate of 119.1. De Kock grew to become the designated wicketkeeper with probably the most ODI tons of towards an opponent.
He now has seven ODI tons towards India. The document was beforehand held by Adam Gilchrist, who had six tons towards Sri Lanka. He additionally overtook Sri Lankan legend Kumar Sangakkara, who had six tons of towards India.
#3 Third-most four-plus wicket hauls for India in ODIs
Wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav grew to become the Indian bowler with the third-most four-plus wicket hauls in ODIs. He returned figures of 4/41 from his 10 overs. Kuldeep now has 11 four-plus wicket hauls. He overtook Anil Kumble and Javagal Srinath, who had 10 every.
Kuldeep is simply behind Ajit Agarkar and Mohammad Shami. Agarkar had 12 four-plus wicket hauls whereas Shami has 16. This was additionally his fifth four-wicket haul towards South Africa in ODIs, probably the most for an Indian bowler towards any group on this format.
#2 India’s second-highest opening partnership towards South Africa in ODIs
Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma set the tone for a profitable chase. The duo added 155 runs for the primary wicket in 25.5 overs. Jaiswal remained unbeaten on 116 off 121 balls with 12 fours and two maximums as nicely.
This was India’s second-highest opening partnership towards South Africa in ODIs. Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly maintain the document for the best opening stand for India towards the Proteas in ODIs, having struck a 193-run stand in 2001.
#1 Rohit Sharma grew to become the fourth Indian batter to cross 20000 worldwide runs
Rohit Sharma continued his strong type, scoring 75 runs off 73 balls. His knock included seven boundaries and three sixes at a strike-rate of 102.74. Within the course of, he grew to become solely the fourth Indian batter to cross 20000 worldwide runs.
Rohit Sharma now has 20048 runs from 505 matches throughout all three codecs. He joined Rahul Dravid (24064), Virat Kohli (27975), and Tendulkar (34357) on the elite checklist.
Edited by Rishab Vm
