Watch the highlights of India vs South Africa 37th Match ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 - ICC Cricket World Cup tournament of the 37th ODI match played between South Africa and India at Eden Gardens, Kolkata in 05th November 2023.
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| Virat Kohli's record-equal 49th ODI century © ICC via Getty |
A birthday special innings from masterclass Virat Kohli's record-equal 49th ODI hundred, Shreyas Iyer's half-century and All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja's quick-fire 29* with a career-best five-for gives India's record 243-run victory over South Africa and make it 8 wins a row in a one-sided game of the 37th match of a Cricket World Cup.
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- India's 243-run win was their fifth largest victory by terms of runs in One-day international, It is their biggest win against South Africa in ODIs, previous biggest win by jointly 153-runs at Dhaka in 2003 and Gwalior in 2010 and It is their third heaviest win in the ODI World Cup.
- South Africa's 243-run defeat was their worst by margin of runs in One-day internationals, previous biggest defeat by 182-runs against Pakistan at Gqeberha in 2002 and the joint seventh worst defeat by margin of runs in the ODI World Cup.
- 49 : Virat Kohli equalled a joint most centuries hit in One-day international cricket history, jointly with Sachin Tendulkar's 49-hundreds.
- Virat Kohli equals Sachin Tendulkar with 49 ODI hundreds on his 35th Birthday.
- 58 : Rohit Sharma equalled a joint most sixes hit in a calendar year in ODIs, jointly with AB de Villiers' 58-sixes in 2015.
- 5 : Virat Kohli equalled a joint most centuries hit by an Indian batsman against South Africa in ODIs, jointly with Sachin Tendulkar.
- 4 : Virat Kohli equalled a joint third most hundreds hit by an Indian batsman in the ODI World Cup, jointly with Sourav Ganguly.
- Virat Kohli became the third batsman to hit century on their birthday in the ODI World Cup after Ross Taylor's unbeaten 131 against Pakistan at Pallekelle in the 2011 World Cup and Mitchell Marsh's 121 against Pakistan at Bengaluru earlier in this tournament.
- 62 : Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill set up the third highest first-wicket partnership for India against South Africa in the ODI World Cup.
- 134 : Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer set up the fourth highest third-wicket partnership for India against South Africa in One-day internationals.
- South Africa lost their top five batsmen wickets for just 40-runs - which was their worst first five-wicket collapse against India in One-day international, Their previous worst such collapse was eight for 66-runs against India at Delhi in the last year and It is their third worst first 5-wicket collapse in the ODI World Cup.
- South Africa's 83 was their joint second lowest score in a completed innings in One-day international after their 69 against Australia at Sydney in 1993, It is their worst-total against India in ODIs, previous lowest was 99 at Delhi in the last year and It is their lowest-score in the ODI World Cup, previous such lowest was 149 against Australia at Gros Islet in the 2007 World Cup.
- Ravindra Jadeja's 5 for 33 was his best bowling performance for India in One-day international, It is the third best bowling figures by an Indian bowler against South Africa in ODIs and the sixth best-bowling-figures by an Indian bowler in the ODI World Cup.
- 119 : Virat Kohli hit the second most 50-plus scores in One-day internationals after Sachin Tendulkar's 145-fifty-plus scores.
- Ravindra Jadeja became the second Indian spinner to take a five-wicket haul in thr ODI World Cup after Yuvraj Singh's 5 for 31 against Ireland in the 2011 World Cup.
- Virat Kohli's rate of scoring hundreds per innings is 5.65 after hitting record-equal Sachin Tendulkar's 49th ODI ton, Sachin Tendulkar's innings per century rate is 9.22.
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India scored 326-5 in 50 overs with top scorer by Virat Kohli hit a unbeaten 101 off 121-balls - which was his 49th ODI hundred, his fifth century against South Africa in ODIs and his fourth century in the ODI World Cup.
Shreyas Iyer cracked a 77 off 87-balls including 7-fours & 2-sixes, Rohit Sharma hammered a 40 off 24-balls included 6-fours & 2-sixes with strike rate of 166.66.
Ravindra Jadeja blasted a unbeaten 29 off 15-balls including 3-fours & a six with strike rate of 193.33, Shubman Gill scored 23 off 24-balls included 4-fours & a six and Suryakumar Yadav hit 22 off 14-balls contained 5-fours with strike-rate of 157.14.
South Africa best bowler by Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi and Marco Jansen each took one-wickets.
South Africa bundled out for 83 in 27.1 overs with top scorer by Marco Jansen scored 14 off 30-balls including a maiden, Rassie van der Dussen hit 13 off 32-balls included a boundary, Temba Bavuma and David Miller each scored 11-runs.
India best bowler by Ravindra Jadeja claimed a career-best 5-wicket haul for 33-runs in 9-overs including a maiden, Kuldeep Yadav took 2-wickets for 7-runs in 5.1-overs included a maiden with economy rate of 1.35, Mohammed Shami took 2-wickets and one for Mohammed Siraj.
Virat Kohli named Player of the match for his masterclass batting performance to scored a unbeaten 101-runs knocked off facing 121-balls including 10-fours.
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