The match was between two of the best teams in the World Cup. This information was enough to raise the tension. India won the toss and got off to a fantastic start. Rohit Sharma kept batting like hell. At that time, it seemed that the match was going to be run-flooded. The thrill of the match was further enhanced by Virat Kohli’s century on his birthday which also touched the mark of Sachin. But South Africa disappointed everyone. They could not stand up to the pressure of the Indian bowlers.
On Sunday (November 5), India defeated South Africa in the Eden Gardens by an overwhelming margin of 243 runs. With one match remaining, Rohit Sharma’s squad also confirmed the semi-final match. No team can surpass India in the remaining matches.
India scored 326 runs for 5 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs after winning the toss and Virat Kohli’s record 49th century. In response, the batting collapsed and South Africa were bowled out for just 83 runs in 27.1 overs. India won by 243 runs. One significant factor in South Africa’s destruction has been Ravindra Jadeja. This all-rounder took five wickets.
After embarrassing Sri Lanka with a huge loss of 302 runs in the previous match, India made formidable Proteas to their victim. India restricted South Africa to just 83 runs, who had been restricted to less than 300 twice in the previous matches.
The hitters, however, have already completed their task. Rohit Sharma gave the team a storming start. After returning to the dressing room and scoring 40 runs from 24 balls, Shubman Gill also stopped at 23 runs. But Virat Kohli was there. Even though he was having trouble scoring runs in Eden, Kohli and Shreyas Iyer put up a 134-run partnership that primed India for a large total.
Iyer became Ngidi’s victim at the team’s 227 runs. With seven fours and two sixes, he amassed 77 runs in 87 balls. KL Rahul did not do much good. Van der Dussen caught a great catch off Jansen with 8 runs off 17 balls. Suryakumar became Shamsi’s victim after scoring 22 runs off 14 balls.
Cautious batter Kohli slowly moved towards the century. Finally, in the 49th over he completed his century with the 1 run off Rabada. At the same time, he touched Sachin Tendulkar’s record. In the 290th ODI match, he reached his 49th century in the 278th innings. Tendulkar scored the same number of hundreds while batting in 452 innings throughout 463 matches.
In the end, Kohli remained unbeaten on 101 runs off 121 balls with 10 fours. The batting maestro couldn’t offer natural attacking batting against the Protea bowlers on Eden’s wicket. In the end, Ravindra Jadeja increased India’s collection with a cameo innings of 29 runs off 15 balls.
Five different bowlers took five wickets for India today for South Africa. Keshav Maharaj was the most economical with Gill’s wicket with just 30 runs in 10 overs. Rabada also conceded only 48 runs in 10 overs. Top bowler Marco Jansen got the wicket of KL Rahul with 94 runs in 9.4 overs.
In response, India gave a shock at the beginning when South Africa came to bat. Quinton de Kock, who scored four centuries in the current World Cup, scored only 5 runs and was bowled by an inside-edged ball by Siraj. After that, at 22 runs, the captain Temba Bavuma (11), and at 35 runs, Aiden Markram (9) got out which seemed like a danger for the Proteas. Jadeja brought back Bavuma, and Shami brought back Markram.
Heinrich Klaasen (1) and Van Der Dussen (13) departed before any runs were added to the team’s 40 runs in two consecutive overs. India sent back both Klaasen and Dussen with reviews.
By that time, Jadeja had become addicted to hunting wickets. South Africa also lost David Miller (11) for the team’s 59 runs. He was bowled while playing a slog sweep to Jadeja. He then bowled Keshav Maharaj (7) at 67 runs.
Marco Jansen (14) was caught by Jadeja on 79 runs. Before any more runs were added, Rabada (6) was caught by Jadeja himself. He also completed five wickets in the innings. Yadav turned the tail of the Proteas by bowling out Ngidi.
For India, Jadeja took 5 wickets with only 33 runs in 9 overs. Kuldeep Jadhav took 2 wickets with only 7 runs. Shami also took 2 wickets. The rest of the wicket went to Siraj.
India – 326/5 (50.0)
South Africa – 83/10 (27.1)
Result – India won by 243 runs
Player of the match – Virat Kohli
India
India | Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul (wk), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Shreyas Iyer, Kuldeep Yadav, Shubman Gill, Mohammed Siraj |
South Africa | Temba Bavuma (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Aiden Markram, David Miller, Keshav Maharaj, Marco Jansen, Tabraiz Shamsi, Heinrich Klaasen, Kagiso Rabada, Rassie van der Dussen, Lungi Ngidi |
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