India vs South Africa 3rd and deciding ODI match will be played tomorrow, 6th December in Visakhapatnam. Currently the series is tied 1-1 and the team that wins the third match will be called the winner of the series. Virat Kohli is the highest run scorer so far in this series. He scored 237 runs at an average of 118.50, scoring centuries in both the matches. Till now he has broken many records in the series. See here 3 such records, which Virat Kohli can make in his third ODI.

Hat-trick of ODI centuries

So far in the history of ODI cricket, a total of 12 cricketers have scored centuries in three consecutive innings, i.e. a hat-trick of ODI centuries. Babar Azam is the only batsman in the world who has achieved this feat twice. For India, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have so far completed hat-trick of ODI centuries once each. If Virat scores a century in the third ODI against South Africa, he will become the first Indian batsman to score a hat-trick of centuries twice in ODI.

4 consecutive centuries against South Africa

Virat Kohli has already scored a hat-trick of centuries in ODI matches against South Africa. In both the matches of the current series, he has played innings of 135 and 102 runs respectively. Earlier, he had also played a century against South Africa in the 2023 ODI World Cup. Now, if he scores a century in the third ODI match too, then Virat will become the first cricketer to score centuries in 4 consecutive innings against South Africa in ODI cricket.

Most runs in international cricket

Virat Kohli has so far scored 27910 runs in 555 international matches. He is at third place in terms of scoring most runs. He has to score 107 more runs to leave second place Kumar Sangakkara. Sangakkara has 28016 runs in his name. If Virat scores 107 more runs in the third ODI, he will become the second highest run scorer in international cricket.

Virat Kohli is breaking records by scoring century after century. In the ODI series against South Africa, he has scored centuries in both the matches so far. 135 runs in Ranchi and now he has scored a century of 102 runs in Raipur. ‘King Kohli’ has set some new records by scoring the 53rd century of his ODI career. He has also made a world record. Thanks to Virat Kohli’s 102 runs and Rituraj Gaikwad’s century innings of 105 runs, Team India had scored 358 runs in the second ODI.

Most centuries at number 3 in ODI

Virat Kohli has batted at number 3 for most of his ODI career. He has now scored 46 centuries while batting at number 3 in ODI cricket, which is a world record. Before him, the record of scoring most centuries while batting at number three was in the name of India’s Sachin Tendulkar. Tendulkar had scored 45 ODI centuries while batting at number-3.

Highest 50+ score against South Africa

Virat Kohli has played 33 ODI matches against South Africa, in which he has scored 1741 runs in 31 innings. He has become the Indian batsman to score the highest 50+ score against South Africa in ODI. In Raipur, Virat did this for the 15th time in 31 innings when he scored 50 or more runs against South Africa. No Indian batsman before him could do this.

ODI century on 34 different grounds

Raipur is the 34th place where Virat Kohli has scored an ODI century. Virat Kohli has now equaled Sachin Tendulkar in terms of scoring most centuries on different grounds. Sachin Tendulkar also scored centuries at 34 different places in his ODI career.

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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.