India has defeated South Africa by 9 wickets in the third ODI match. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored the first century of his career, while Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli also scored fifties. By winning this match, the Indian team has captured the series 2-1. In this match played in Visakhapatnam, the South African team was reduced to 270 runs. In reply, Team India won the match by 9 wickets in 61 balls.

Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal gave a great start to Team India, which came to chase the target of 271 runs. Jaiswal was able to score only 40 runs in the last 2 matches of the series. Under pressure, he completed his fifty runs in 75 balls. He made an opening partnership of 155 runs with Rohit Sharma. Jaiswal returned unbeaten in this match after scoring 116 runs in 121 balls. In this innings he hit 12 fours and 2 sixes. Jaiswal has now become the sixth Indian batsman to have scored a century in all three formats.

ROKO wreaked havoc

Rohit Sharma played an inning of 57 runs in Ranchi. After that, he was out early in the second ODI, but in the third ODI, he played an inning of 75 runs, which included 7 fours and 3 sixes. On the other hand, Virat Kohli started scoring runs rapidly as soon as he entered the field. Virat returned unbeaten after scoring 65 runs in 45 balls. In this flamboyant innings he hit 6 fours and 3 sixes. Jaiswal and Kohli made a partnership of 116 runs in 84 balls.

Kuldeep Yadav created history

Earlier, Kuldeep Yadav had created history in bowling. Kuldeep took 4 wickets in the match. He has now become one of the Indian bowlers who have taken the most number of 4-wicket hauls in ODI cricket history. He has taken 4-wicket hauls 11 times. Only Ajit Agarkar (12 times) and Mohammed Shami (16 times) have done this more times than him. In bowling, the famous Krishna also took 4 wickets.

Virat Kohli has also scored a half-century in the second ODI against South Africa. In the first ODI played in Ranchi, he had played a century inning of 135 runs, now his bat has roared in Raipur also. Head coach Gautam Gambhir has praised his innings. According to a recent report by Cricbuzz, Virat had agreed to play in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. This is the third consecutive match when Virat has scored 50 or more.

Virat Kohli completed his fifty in 47 balls, after which Kohli all over the field! Kohli! Slogans started being raised. As soon as Virat completed his fifty after running one run, the camera turned towards Gautam Gambhir and he was seen clapping in praise of Virat. This is the 13th time in ODI cricket history that Virat Kohli has scored more than 50 in 3 or more consecutive innings.

Gautam Gambhir appreciating Virat Kohli’s fifty. pic.twitter.com/Qh40EfiDF9

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) December 3, 2025

Virat Kohli played an unbeaten half-century of 74 runs in the last ODI match against Australia. In the first ODI match against South Africa played in Ranchi, he maintained his form and played an inning of 135 runs, making an important contribution in helping Team India win by 17 runs. Now he has also scored a fifty in the second ODI against South Africa.

There is no confirmation yet on whether his form will take him to the 2027 World Cup, but according to Cricbuzz, DDCA President Rohan Jaitley has confirmed that Virat will be seen playing in the Vijay Hazare Trophy in Indian domestic cricket.

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