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India defeated South Africa by 17 runs in Ranchi ODI. In the match, India’s two great batsmen Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli created a world record. Rohit became the player to score the most number of sixes in ODI, while Kohli became the player to score the most centuries in any one format.
Read the top-10 records of IND vs SA first ODI…
1. Rohit broke Shahid Afridi’s record
In the 20th over, Rohit Sharma hit a brilliant six off Marco Jansson, and with this shot he became the batsman to hit the most sixes in ODI cricket. Rohit created a new record by surpassing Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi’s world record of 351 sixes.
2. Kohli is the batsman who has scored the most centuries in one format.
Virat Kohli has now become the batsman with the most centuries in one format. He completed his 52nd century in ODI cricket, which is a world record in this format. After him, Sachin Tendulkar comes second with 51 centuries in Test cricket. Whereas in T-20 International, Rohit Sharma is on top in the shortest format with 5 centuries.
3. Rohit-Virat are the Indian pair who played the most matches
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have now become the pair that has played the most international matches together for India. Both of them played the 392nd match together. Talking about the most successful pairs in the world, Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara top the record, who played 550 matches together. Among Indian pairs, after Rohit-Virat comes the pair of Sachin Tendulkar-Rahul Dravid, who played 391 matches together.
4. Kohli-Rohit made 50+ partnership for the 52nd time
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli completed their 52nd 50+ partnership in ODIs. At the top of the records is the pair of Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar, who have made partnerships of more than fifty 83 times. After them, the pair of Sachin-Dravid has achieved this feat 74 times, while the pair of Gambhir-Sehwag has achieved this feat 53 times.
5. Kohli scored most ODI centuries against SA
Virat Kohli has now become the batsman who has scored the most centuries against South Africa. Kohli scored 6 centuries in just 30 matches. After him comes David Warner, who has scored 5 centuries in 30 matches.
6. Kohli-Rohit made century partnership in ODI for the 20th time
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli completed their 20th century partnership in ODIs. At the top is still the pair of Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar, who have made a partnership of more than 100 a record 26 times. This was also the second consecutive century partnership for Rohit and Kohli. Earlier, both had added unbeaten 168 runs in Sydney.
7. Rohit completed 2 thousand runs against South Africa
Rohit Sharma has completed 2000 international runs against South Africa. Rohit has so far scored 2030 runs while playing 63 innings in 56 matches. His highest score is 212 and average is 33.83. Rohit has also scored 7 centuries and 5 half-centuries against South Africa. At number one is Sachin Tendulkar, who has 3752 runs in his name.
8. Kohli scored his third century in Ranchi
Virat Kohli scored his third ODI century in Ranchi. It took him only 5 innings for this. With this new achievement, Kohli has become the player to score the most ODI centuries at a single venue in India. After him comes Sachin Tendulkar, who scored 3 centuries in 7 innings in Vadodara.
9. India made the highest total in Ranchi
India made the highest ODI score in Ranchi. Team India scored a big score of 349/8 against South Africa, which is the biggest total so far on this ground. Earlier, Australia had scored the maximum runs in Ranchi. The team had scored 313/5 in 2019.
India’s score of 349/8 is also the second highest overall total against South Africa. Earlier, India had scored 401 runs in Gwalior in 2010. In the same match, Sachin Tendulkar scored the first double century in men’s cricket.
10. India lost the 19th consecutive toss
India has lost the toss in 19 consecutive ODI matches. This sequence started from the 2023 World Cup Final (Ahmedabad) and is continuing till now. On the other hand, the Netherlands have had the worst losing streak of next toss in ODIs, having lost 11 consecutive toss between March 2011 and August 2013.
India captain KL Rahul and South Africa captain Aiden Markram at the time of toss.
