IND vs SA 3rd ODI: The third ODI match between India and South Africa is being played in Visakhapatnam. Left handed batsman Quinton de Kock has scored a brilliant century. He has broken the record of Sri Lankan legendary batsman Sanath Jayasuriya.
India vs South Africa 3rd ODI: South Africa’s star batsman Quinton de Kock has scored a brilliant century in the third ODI. Batting first, Africa has scored runs. His bat did not work in the first two matches. The account was not opened in Ranchi and in Raipur he was out after scoring only 18 runs. But, in the ongoing match in Visakhapatnam, he completed his century in 80 balls. Quinton’s record against Team India has been quite excellent. He has scored his 7th century in ODI against Men in Blue.
De Kock broke Sanath Jayasuriya’s record
South opener Quinton de Kock has scored 50+ for the ninth time against Team India. What is worth noting in this is that he has converted it into a century 7 times out of 9. Something similar has been seen in Visakhapatnam also. With this he has broken the big record of Sri Lankan batsman Sanath Jayasuriya. Till now, the batsman who scored the most centuries in ODI against India was Jayasuriya, but now De Kock has come at number one in this list. The Sri Lankan batsman scored a century in 85 innings, while De Kock broke the record by playing just 24 innings.
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India got the coin after 20 ODIs
Before the start of the match, all the cricket fans had their eyes on the coin, because the toss from the 20th ODI had not gone in favor of Team India. But this time he changed. Indian captain KL Rahul tossed the coin with his left hand and the trick worked. As soon as India won the toss, the fans made noise. The last time the Indian team won the toss was in the semi-finals of the ODI World Cup 2023. Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill also could not make the toss in their favor.
India has a target of 271 runs
Team India won the toss and decided to bowl first, after which the Indian bowlers wreaked havoc. South Africa has been restricted to 270 runs. Arshdeep Singh took the first wicket. He dismissed opener Ryan Rickleton for 0. But the real color in the middle overs was spread by fast bowler Prasidh Krishna. He trapped 4 big batsmen in his net. After that, spinner Kuldeep Yadav bowled spin and he also gave 4 wickets, in which centurion Quinton de Kock was also wicket. De Kock played an inning of 106 runs. During this, he hit 8 fours and 6 sixes.
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