NEW DELHI: India, chasing a difficult goal of 270 within the third ODI in opposition to South Africa in Visakhapatnam on Saturday, began effectively by Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma, who added 155 runs for the opening wicket.This was India’s tenth century opening stand in opposition to South Africa in ODIs, and the primary since Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan placed on 127 within the Champions Trophy 2013 match in Cardiff.
That was additionally India’s second-highest opening stand in opposition to SA in ODIs, solely behind 193 between Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly in Johannesburg in 2001.It was additionally the thirty fifth time Rohit figured in a 100-run stand for the primary wicket in ODIs. Solely Sachin Tendulkar has extra, with 40 such partnerships.The century stand was accomplished within the twentieth over of India’s innings.India have been 162/1 after 27 overs on the time of writing. Observe reside updatesRohit Sharma additionally grew to become the fourth Indian batter to achieve 20,000 runs in males’s worldwide cricket. He crossed the mark on the fourth ball of the 14th over of India’s chase.He joined Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli and Rahul Dravid on the listing.Earlier, Kuldeep Yadav (4/41) and Prasidh Krishna (4/66) took eight wickets as India bowled out South Africa for 270, at the same time as Quinton de Kock scored 106 within the third ODI.De Kock scored 106 off 89 balls with eight fours and 6 sixes. Captain Temba Bavuma made 48 from 67 balls with 5 fours. The opposite South African batters didn’t construct on the beginning.Prasidh dismissed Matthew Breetzke (24) and Aiden Markram within the twenty ninth over. Kuldeep took cost of the remaining wickets, eradicating the decrease order.Kuldeep continued his run in opposition to South Africa in ODIs, recording his fifth four-wicket haul in opposition to them within the closing match of the collection.Kuldeep (11) additionally moved previous former spinner Anil Kumble (10) and former quick bowler Javagal Srinath (10) to develop into the third Indian bowler with essentially the most four-wicket (or extra) hauls in ODIs.