Kuldeep Yadav Created New World Record: The first match of the three-match ODI series between India and South was played on Sunday i.e. November 30, 2025 at the JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi. Team India played brilliantly in this match. Where Virat Kohli scored his 52nd record century and former captain Rohit Sharma scored his 60th half-century in ODIs. Apart from the excellent performance of these two, star spinner Kuldeep Yadav overtook Australia’s legendary leg spinner Shane Warne in taking 4 wickets the most number of wickets against South Africa.

Kuldeep bowled brilliantly in Ranchi ODI

Kuldeep Yadav played an important role in Team India’s victory by bowling brilliantly in Ranchi ODI. In this high-scoring match, Kuldeep took 4 wickets for 68 runs in 10 overs with an economy of 6.80. Kuldeep first dismissed Tony De Georgi for 39 runs and sent him to the pavilion. After this, he dismissed Marco Jansen and Matthew Britzke in the space of three balls in the 34th over. These two batsmen had made a partnership of 97 runs in just 68 balls for the sixth innings. Kuldeep dismissed Yansen after playing a quick inning of 70 runs in 39 balls. Soon after, he dismissed Matthew Britzke for 72 runs in 80 balls and Kuldeep got his fourth wicket in the form of Prenelan Subrayen.

It’s Kuldeep Yadav again

A nicely bowled wrong’un as he completes his spell with figures of 4/68

KL Rahul with the catch

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— BCCI (@BCCI) November 30, 2025

Kuldeep broke Shane Warne’s record

Kuldeep Yadav was successful in taking four wickets against South Africa in Ranchi ODI. This was the fourth time that he has taken four wickets in an ODI match. Earlier, Kuldeep had also achieved such a feat in Cape Town and Gakerha in 2018 and in Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi in 2022. Kuldeep has made the record of taking four wickets the maximum number of times against South Africa as a spin bowler. Earlier this record was in the names of Shane Warne and Yuzvendra Chahal.

Harshit Rana broke the back of South Africa’s top order in the first ODI, he took 2 big wickets in the form of Ryan Rickelton and Quinton de Kock in his first and second overs of the match. He bowled Rickelton (0) on the very first ball of the over, after which he got De Kock caught out by the wicket keeper on a brilliant ball. But he was seen most angry after the wicket of Dewald Brevis.

Harshit Rana got so angry after taking the wicket of Dewald Brevis that he could not control himself. The video of Harshit’s celebration on this wicket is also going viral on social media.

Why did Harshit Rana get angry at Brevis?

Dewald Brevis played a quick inning of 37 runs in 28 balls in Ranchi, in which he hit 3 sixes and 2 fours. Brevis also tried to hit a big shot on the fourth ball of the 22nd over bowled by Harshit Rana, but he was caught out by Rituraj Gaikwad on the boundary. After which Harshit got angry. In Harshit’s previous over, Brevis had hit a ‘no look’ six, perhaps Harshit’s anger might have increased then. However, it is difficult to say whether Brewis also said something after hitting the six, due to which Harshit got angry.

Dewald Brevis catch taken by Rutu.#RuturajGaikwad #DewaldBrevis#INDvSA pic.twitter.com/kNl5ntQSd3

— Eeshwar Reddy (@EeshwarReddyG) November 30, 2025

Team India scored 349 runs

South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, Team India scored 349 runs for 8 wickets in 50 overs. Virat Kohli scored 135 runs in 120 balls, in which he hit 7 sixes and 11 fours.

Rohit Sharma played a historic inning of 57 runs, in this innings he hit 3 sixes. He made a world record of Shahid Afridi in his name, now Rohit has become the batsman to hit the most number of sixes (352) in One Day International. Captain KL Rahul (60) also scored a half-century in Ranchi.

Virat Kohli has come to India for the ODI series against South Africa. Kohli reached Mumbai from London on Tuesday, where many videos of him leaving the airport are going viral. Seeing Kohli, a gathering of fans gathered at the airport, everyone started taking his photos. He looked like a hero in brown check shirt and black glasses.

When Virat Kohli reached the airport on Tuesday, he was in no hurry. When he had sat in his car, one of the paparazzi requested him for a photo. Then Kohli got down from his car and came back down and got photographs taken with 2-3 people one by one.

The moment he returned felt like spring after a long winter. The air was lighter, the sun warmer, as if the world itself sighed in relief. Birds sang louder, trees stood taller or maybe it was just me, seeing everything brighter because he was back. pic.twitter.com/Vxxo9nby09

— Virat Kohli Fan Club (@Trend_VKohli) November 25, 2025

India vs South Africa ODI series will start from 30th November. The first match will be played at the Jharkhand State Cricket Association Stadium in Ranchi. Kohli had earlier played an ODI series in Australia, where he was out for a ‘duck’ in the first 2 out of 3 matches. He scored a half-century in the third match.

Virat Kohli returned from London to Mumbai on November 25, 2025, to join the Indian team for the ODI series against South Africa, which is scheduled to begin on November 30. He was seen at the Mumbai airport, where he interacted with the paparazzi. pic.twitter.com/vxgXoKe3ca

— Deepak Pandey (@deepboy1701) November 25, 2025

Fans are eager to see Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in Ranchi.

Both Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will be seen in the ODI series against South Africa. Both have retired from T20 and Test formats. The first ODI is in Ranchi, where the fans are very eager to see Kohli-Rohit.

Ranchi, Jharkhand: On the sale of tickets for One Day International match between India and South Africa, One of the fans says, ‘We have been in the queue since morning and now just want to get the ticket at any cost. We are big fans of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. I don’t know… pic.twitter.com/5i0XcZ8VC3

— IANS (@ians_india) November 25, 2025

India-South Africa ODI series 2025 schedule

• First ODI match- 30 November- Ranchi
• Second ODI match- 3 December- Raipur
• Third ODI match- 6 December- Visakhapatnam.