Arvind Kumar Sinha

India vs South Africa

India vs South Africa: 37th Match of ICC World Cup 2023

India vs South Africa

ICC World Cup 2023: Match No. 37

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

05th November 2023: 14.00 IST

India vs South Africa : Indian skipper Rohit Sharma has won the toss and elected to bat.

Indian opener started very well and both the opener has literally punished the opening bowlers Lungi Ngidi and Marco Jansen. Rohit Sharma has sent the ball over the boundaries twice to entertain Eden Garden spectators.

South African skipper bring Kasigo Rabada to bowl the 6th over. On the 5th ball of the 1st over of Rabada, Rohit Sharma was trying to play over the mid-off but could not clear the fielder place there and a simple catch was taken by the South African skipper Bavuma and India lost its 1st wicket, the skipper Rohit Sharma out for 40 (24 balls) and India 62/1 after 5.5 overs.

Now Birthday boy Virat Kohali came into middle of the field to join Shubhman Gill.

After 10 overs, India 91/1; Virat Kohali is playing on 18 & Shubhman Gill on 23.

South African Skipper bring Keshav Maharaj to bowl 11th over and this change again fetch another wicket for South Africa. Shubhman Gill has missed the line and was a bit unfortunate that this rising ball just hit the tip of GILLI kept over stumps. Shubhman Gill lost his wicket on 23(24) and India lost the 2nd wicket at 93 after 10.3 overs. Now pressure gauge shifted towards India. New batsman is Shreyas Iyer.

100 for India came after 13.2 overs.

Spinners of South Africa are trying to dominate Indian batting. Runs are coming very slowly and that also in the singles. 150 for India came after 26 overs. Virat Kohali is batting on 47 and Shreyas Iyer on 26.

Birthday boy Virat Kohali didn’t disappoint his fans and completed his 5th half century on 67 balls and India 165/2 after 28.2 overs.

India vs South Africa

Shreyas Iyer has completed his half century on 64 balls and India now 183/2 after 30.2 overs. This was a brilliant knock by Iyer.

200 marks came for India after 33.1 overs, Virat Kohali playing on 56 (75 balls) and Shreyas Iyer on 63 (76 balls). 

Indian batting was very slow between 11-20 overs and they had scored on 31 runs in those overs again good spin bowling of South Africa. but it was in India’s favour that both the batsmen were cool and calm and didn’t lost their wicket and now dividend of those investments is
coming and both the batsmen are capitalise the Indian innings. Now, 350+ scoreseems possible after 50 overs.

Both the batsmen, especially Shreyas Iyer was giving acceleration to Indian scoring rate. In the 37th over of the innings Ngidi came on strike and Iyer welcomed him with a brilliant four through mid-wicket. But next 3 balls were a bit slower and were dot balls. On the 5th ball of the over Shreyas Iyer committed to stroke and ball didn’t came properly on the bat, went high enough but not in the length and Markaram was there in mid-on who took the catch and beautiful and very important 77 runs inning of Shreyas Iyer came to an end. His 77 runs came on 87 balls. India now 227/3 after 36.5 overs.5

Marco Jansen came with his 8th over, batsman is K L Rahul, it was a rising ball, on which K L Rahul tried to pull on back foot towards mid-wicket, but couldn’t clear the mid-wicket boundary and Van Duessen was there to take a comfortable catch. K L Rahul’s small 8 run’s inning came to an end and India lost the 4th wicket. Now, India 249/4 after 42.1 overs. New batsman is Surya Kumar Yadav.

300 runs for India came after 48 overs, Virat Kohali batting on 99 and Ravindra Jadeja on 6.

Virat Kohali has completed his 49th Century in 277 innings.

77 not out, 87 balls, 7 fours & 2 Sixes

India has finished the inning on 326/4,  Kohali 101 not out (121 balls, 10 boundaries) and Ravindra Jadeja 29 not out (15 balls, 3 boundaries & 1 SIX).

Target for South Africa is 327 to win this India vs South Africa match

Early breakthrough came for India and bowler was Mohammad Siraj this time. Who has sent Quinton De Cock to pavilion by bowled out him on 5. South Africa was 6/1 after 1.4 over.

For a change, Ravindra Jadeja came to bowl 9th over of the inning. On the 3rd ball of the over he has bowled out South Africa skipper Bavuma, when he was batting on 11 and 2nd wicket of South Africa gone at 22.

Indian skipper Rohit Sharma tossed the ball towards Mohammad Shami to bowl the 10th over and Mohammad Shami was always proved skipper’s decision correct and took 3rd wicket of South Africa and sent Markram back to pavilion on his score of 9. South Africa now 35/3 after 9.5 overs.

On the 3rd over of Jadeja, Klassen was found just in front of wicket, though umpire was not convinced, but on DRS, umpire decision was found incorrect and Klassen out LBW for just 1 run and South Africa lost 4th wicket on 40 after 12.5 overs.

What a ball from Mohammad Shami, the 1st ball of his 3rd over. Batsman Van Duessen could not reach the ball and the ball travelled to his pad very quickly. Story was same, umpire was unmoved by the appeal but Mohammad Shami and K L Rahul both were convinced and this decision also came through DRS. South Africa lost 5th wicket on the same score. South Africa 40/5 now after 13.1 overs.

17th over of the inning and 5th of Ravindra Jadeja. Batsman David Miller survived LBW appeal on the 2nd ball of the over, but bowled out on the 4th ball on his individual score of just 11 runs and South Africa is in deep trouble at 59/6 after 16.4 overs.

Keshav Maharaj was the next and bowler Sir Ravindra Jadeja. Maharaj bowled out at only 7. South Africa lost the 7th wicket on 67 after 18.4 overs. Impressive bowling analysis for Ravindra Jadeja 5.4-0-27-4.

In 26th over, Ravindra Jadeja has claimed his 5th wicket, when he caught Kasigo Rabada on his own ball on just 6 runs. In last match Mohammad Shami had claimed a fiver, today it was turn of Ravindra Jadeja. India 1 wicket far from his 8th successive win.

Kuldeep Yadav was bowler who put full stop on the South African innings by sending Ngidi bowled out on DUCK. South Africa 83 all out in just 27.1 overs. It was 8 successive win by Indian team in this ICC World Cup 2023. This was 2nd lowest score of SA in ODI.

India won this India vs South Africa match by 243 runs: India is now top in the table with 16 points and +2.46 NRR

Man of the Match: Virat Kohali

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