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Ruturaj Gaikwad completed his century in 77 balls in the second ODI against South Africa. This is the first ODI century of his career. He made a partnership of 195 runs with Virat Kohli for the third wicket. Gaikwad was out on the ball of Yansen after scoring 105 runs.
When Rituraj Gaikwad came, India had lost 2 wickets at the score of 62, Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal were out and returned to the pavilion. It was expected that now the pace of runs would slow down, but Kohli and Gaikwad did not let this happen. Both of them moved the innings forward with caution and also hit the loose balls hard.
Rituraj Gaikwad created history
Rituraj Gaikwad has become the second fastest batsman to score a century in India vs South Africa ODI. He completed his century in 77 balls. In this matter, only Yusuf Pathan is ahead of him, who completed his century in 68 balls in 2011. This was Rituraj Gaikwad’s 8th ODI International, before this he had scored 50 plus score once.
Virat Kohli scored his second consecutive century
After Ranchi, Virat Kohli also scored a century in Raipur, he scored 102 runs in 93 balls. In this he hit 2 sixes and 7 fours. This is Kohli’s 84th international and 53rd ODI century.
This is Virat Kohli’s 7th ODI century against South Africa. He has become the batsman to score the most centuries in India vs South Africa ODI, leaving behind Quinton de Kock (6 centuries).
India’s playing 11
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Washington Sundar, KL Rahul (captain, wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna.
South Africa’s playing 11
Aiden Markram, Quinton de Kock (wk), Temba Bavuma (c), Mathieu Bretzke, Tony De Zorzi, Dewald Brevis, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Keshav Maharaj, Nandre Berger, Lungi Ngidi.