IND vs SA: India’s 243-Run Victory Over South Africa with Kohli’s Century

India's 243-Run Victory Over South Africa with Kohli's Century

India defeated South Africa by 243 runs in the 37th match of the 2023 World Cup. Batting first, India scored 326 runs after winning the toss at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens. In reply, the South African team could only manage 83 runs and India went unbeaten in the tournament with another easy victory. With this, Team India’s unbeaten streak continues. India topped the points table with eight straight wins and with this win, it was clear that India would go to the semi-finals from the top. At the same time, South Africa suffered a second defeat. However, this team has already reached the semi-finals. But this defeat would be very damaging to South African morale.

India batted first after winning the toss and scored 326 runs losing five wickets in this big match. The Indian brigade made a good start in Eden. Rohit’s mercurial batting put the South African bowlers under pressure. However, Shubman Gill, another opener of the team, took the path to the pavilion on his return. Virat Kohli scored the highest unbeaten 101 runs for India in this high-voltage match of the day. He scored his 49th century in ODIs and equaled Sachin’s world record. Apart from this, Shreyas Iyer contributed 77 runs and captain Rohit contributed 40 runs. All the bowlers except Aiden Markram took one wicket for South Africa.

In reply, the South African team managed to score only 83 runs. On this day, they kept losing wickets from the start. Despite dominating the opposition bowlers throughout the tournament, they were crushed by Team India’s bowlers at Eden. Flop all the tabard tabard name. Bowler Marco Jansen scored their maximum 14 runs. Apart from him, Dusen scored 13 runs and Bavuma-Miller scored 11 runs. Apart from these, no African batsman could cross double-digit scores. Ravindra Jadeja took five wickets for India. Mohammed Shami and Kuldeep Yadav took two wickets each. Mohammad Siraj took a wicket.