ICC WC 2023 India vs. South Africa
Today’s India vs. South Africa match and India won this match comprehensively by 243 runs. South African batters were just like a sand wall, they didn’t stand against the Indian bowling attack. South Africa didn’t even score 100 runs altogether. They went back to the dugout after scoring 83 runs.
Remarkable captaincy:
Today’s match was held in Eden Garden Stadium, Kolkata. Rohit Sharma is the captain of the Indian side and on the other hand, Tamba Bavuma leading the African team. Both are great captains but at the end of the day, there is only one winning captain that was Rohit Sharma. His brilliant captaincy leads the Indian cricket team to the top of the points table without losing a single match.
No doubt Temba Bavuma is also a very good captain. He leads his team very well and they got 2nd position in the ICC WC 2023 points table with a good net run rate so far.
India vs. South Africa Match at Eden Garden Stadium, Kolkata:
In Eden Garden, India won the toss and elected to bat first. And there is always a plus point to playing a match on home ground.
The captain of the Indian team came on the pitch to open, he played a wonderful inning and gave a wonderful start to his team. He scored 40 runs just in 24 balls. After Rohit, Shreyas Iyer also played a vital role in this total and Virat Kohli smashed a brilliant century. They gave a good total as a target to South Africa.
When South Africa came to chase the target, they didn’t stand against the Indian bowling attack. Marco Jansen scored 14 runs and that was the highest score from the South African side.
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Indian bowling attack:
India has a brilliant bowling attack in this World Cup event. Not even a single team stands against their bowling attack. Before this, India was always known for their brilliant batters but now in ICC WC 2023, they have proven that they have a good bowling attack as well. If we talk about spinners, Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav play vital roles.
They took five and two wickets in this match respectively. On the other hand, Indian pacers played magnificently. Last match, the Sri Lankan team didn’t stand against their pace attack, and the Sri Lankan all out at 55 runs. Against Sri Lanka, Shami took 5 wickets and today he took 2 wickets.
Before today’s match, Quinton de Kock played wonderful innings and scored 4 centuries in WC 2023, but he didn’t handle the pressure and went back to the pavilion after scoring 5 runs. Today was the day of Ravindra Jadeja and Virat Kohli.
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49th of Virat Kohli:
Today is a special day for Virat Kohli and the whole of India not because of his birthday. The reason is that Virat has just scored another century on the day of his birthday. Not only this, but he also levels the record of most centuries by an individual. He is the only cricketer after Sachin Tendulkar who scored 49 centuries. That should be written in golden words in the history of cricket. He was the man of the match in India vs. South Africa match. He gifted his brilliant innings to his country, team, and fans.
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