Raipur, December 3: Virat Kohli scored a brilliant century against South Africa at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur. This was Kohli’s second consecutive century in the ongoing series against South Africa. Earlier, he had scored 135 runs in the first ODI of the series.
Virat Kohli came to bat at number three in the second ODI match being played in Raipur. The Indian team had already lost both their opening batsmen at a score of 62. From this position, Kohli built an excellent partnership with Ruturaj Gaikwad for the third wicket, putting the team in a strong position.
Virat Kohli completed his century in 90 balls. This was his 53rd century in ODI cricket. Kohli faced 93 balls in this match and scored 102 runs with 2 sixes and 7 fours. Along with him, Ruturaj Gaikwad also scored a century, making 105 runs.
Virat Kohli holds the record for most centuries in ODI format. In this list, after Kohli comes Sachin Tendulkar, who scored 49 centuries in 463 ODI matches between 1989 and 2012. Rohit Sharma (33), Ricky Ponting (30), and Sanath Jayasuriya (28) are placed third, fourth, and fifth respectively.
In this match being played in Raipur, South Africa won the toss and invited India to bat first. The Indian team has already won the first match of the three-match ODI series by 17 runs. Team India will be looking to win this match and seal the series.
In the absence of Shubman Gill, the Indian team is being led by KL Rahul. India’s playing eleven includes Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, and Prasidh Krishna.
On the other hand, Temba Bavuma is leading the South African team. The team includes Quinton de Kock, Aiden Markram, Matthew Breetzke, Tony de Zorzi, Dewald Brevis, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Keshav Maharaj, Nandre Burger, and Lungi Ngidi.
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