Will Rohit-Virat win the series for India? (Photo- PTI)
The excitement of the three-match ODI series between India and South Africa is at its peak. India won the first match, South Africa made a brilliant comeback and won the second match and now the series stands at 1-1. Today i.e. on 6th December, Dr. Y.S. of Visakhapatnam. It will be the decider match of the third and last ODI series to be held at Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium. Team India will look to continue its winning streak against South Africa in ODIs at home. At the same time, Africa will be eyeing to win the ODI series in India after 10 years.
Will Rohit-Virat win the series for India?
In such high-pressure matches, the eyes of Indian fans always fall on two players first, which are hitman Rohit Sharma and chase master Virat Kohli and the reason behind this is very clear. The record of both the superstars in the decider matches of the ODI series has been amazing. Rohit Sharma has so far scored 791 runs in 15 decider ODI innings. His average is 52.73 and highest score is 209 runs not out. During this period, he has scored 3 centuries and 3 half-centuries. That is, when the series is at stake, Rohit has always played an important role in scoring or chasing a big score.
Virat Kohli is also not behind. He has scored 595 runs in 14 decider innings, the average being 42.50. In which he has one century and five half-centuries in his name, while the biggest inning was 113 runs. The special thing is that Kohli’s record becomes even better while chasing, chasing runs under pressure has been his old hobby. He is also seen in very good form in this series and has scored two centuries in 2 matches. In such a situation, fans will be expecting another century from him.
Virat’s dominance in the series
Virat Kohli has been dominating till now in this series being played between India and South Africa. He has scored 237 runs in 2 matches at an average of 118.50. Currently, he is the only batsman who has scored more than 200 runs in the series. Apart from him, no other player has been able to touch the figure of 150 runs. At the same time, Rohit has scored 71 runs in 2 matches, which also includes 1 half-century.