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India has won the first ODI match by 17 runs. In this match, while chasing the target of 350 runs, the visiting team South Africa was limited to 332 runs. Virat Kohli’s innings of 135 runs, on the other hand, Kuldeep Yadav also gave a match-winning performance by taking 4 wickets. Apart from him, many other players including Rohit Sharma and Corbin Bosch showed strong performance in the match. A flurry of records have been set in this match played in Ranchi. See here which 10 big records were made in the India vs South Africa first ODI match?
10 records made in India-South Africa first ODI:
Virat Kohli’s 52nd ODI century- Virat Kohli scored the 52nd century of his ODI career in this match. Virat has already made the record of most centuries in ODI. Virat scored 135 runs in 120 balls in this match.
Virat-Rohit pair played most matches- Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have become the pair to play the most international matches together for India. This was their 392nd international match together. He broke the record of 391 matches of Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid.
Most runs in India-South Africa ODI match: A total of 681 runs were scored in the first ODI match between India vs South Africa. This is the highest number of runs scored in an India-South Africa ODI match. Playing first, India scored 349 runs, on the other hand South Africa scored 332 runs.
Most sixes in ODI: Rohit Sharma hit 3 sixes in the first ODI against South Africa, due to which he has now hit 352 sixes in his ODI career. He broke Shahid Afridi’s record of 351 sixes.
7000th International Century: The 7000th century in international cricket history was scored in the first ODI match. Virat Kohli has scored the 7000th century.
Most ODI centuries against South Africa: Virat Kohli has now become the batsman who has scored the most centuries against South Africa in the history of ODI cricket. Now he has scored 6 ODI centuries against Africa.
Most ODI centuries on home grounds for India: Virat Kohli scored 25th ODI century for India on Indian soil. He is the first batsman to do so.
South Africa’s highest score without scoring a century: South Africa scored 332 runs in the first ODI against India. This is South Africa’s biggest score while chasing in ODI cricket history, when no batsman of the team has scored a century.
Most 4-wicket hauls in ODI against a team: Kuldeep Yadav has equaled Zaheer Khan and Mohammed Shami in terms of taking the most 4-wicket haul against a single team in the history of ODI cricket. Kuldeep did this four times each against South Africa, Zaheer Khan against Zimbabwe and Mohammed Shami against West Indies.
India’s second highest score against South Africa: This was the second highest score of the Indian team against South Africa in ODI matches. Team India’s biggest ODI total against Africa is 401 runs.