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South Africa won the second ODI match played against India at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium by 4 wickets. In this match, both the teams together scored a total of 720 runs. This was the highest total made by both the teams in the ODI history between India and South Africa.
Batting first, India scored 358 runs by losing 5 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs, in response to which South Africa scored 362 runs by losing 6 wickets in 49.2 overs. That means both the countries scored a total of 720 runs.
Earlier, India and South Africa had scored a total of 681 runs in the first ODI match of the series played in Ranchi on 30 November. In the history of cricket, the record of scoring the most runs in a single ODI match is held by the teams of South Africa and Australia, who scored a total of 872 runs in the match played in Johannesburg on 12 March 2006.
In this match, Australia batted first and scored 434 runs losing 4 wickets. In response, South Africa won the match by scoring 438 runs losing 9 wickets.
Talking about the second ODI match between India and South Africa played in Raipur, India scored 358 runs on the basis of century innings of Virat Kohli and Ruturaj Gaikwad.
Kohli returned to the pavilion after scoring 102 runs, while Gaikwad contributed 105 runs to the team’s account. Apart from these, captain KL Rahul added 66 runs. Marco Jansen took 2 wickets for the opposition team.
In response, South Africa registered victory in 49.2 overs. For this team, Aiden Markram scored 110 runs in 98 balls, while Matthew Britzke contributed 68 runs to the team’s account. Apart from these, Devald Brevis scored 54 runs. For India, Arshdeep Singh and Prasidh Krishna took 2 wickets each.