NEW DELHI: India, chasing a tricky target of 270 in the third ODI against South Africa in Visakhapatnam on Saturday, started well through Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma, who added 155 runs for the opening wicket.This was India’s 10th century opening stand against South Africa in ODIs, and the first since Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan put on 127 in the Champions Trophy 2013 match in Cardiff.
That was also India’s second-highest opening stand against SA in ODIs, only behind 193 between Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly in Johannesburg in 2001.It was also the 35th time Rohit figured in a 100-run stand for the first wicket in ODIs. Only Sachin Tendulkar has more, with 40 such partnerships.The century stand was completed in the 20th over of India’s innings.India were 162/1 after 27 overs at the time of writing. Follow live updatesRohit Sharma also became the fourth Indian batsman to reach 20,000 runs in men’s international 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 list.Earlier, Kuldeep Yadav (4/41) and Prasidh Krishna (4/66) took eight wickets as India bowled out South Africa for 270, even as Quinton de Kock scored 106 in the third ODI.De Kock scored 106 off 89 balls with eight fours and six sixes. Captain Temba Bavuma made 48 from 67 balls with five fours. The other South African batsmen did not build on the start.Prasidh dismissed Matthew Breetzke (24) and Aiden Markram in the 29th over. Kuldeep took charge of the remaining wickets, removing the lower order.Kuldeep continued his run against South Africa in ODIs, recording his fifth four-wicket haul against them in the final match of the series.Kuldeep (11) also moved past former spinner Anil Kumble (10) and former fast bowler Javagal Srinath (10) to become the third Indian bowler with the most four-wicket (or more) hauls in ODIs.
