South Africa has defeated India by 4 wickets in the second ODI match. With this, Africa has leveled the three-match ODI series 1-1. In this match played in Raipur, after losing the toss, Team India came to bat first, which scored a huge score of 358 runs thanks to the centuries of Virat Kohli and Ruturaj Gaikwad. In reply, South Africa won the match with 4 wickets remaining in the match which lasted till the last over.
This is the highest score chased by a foreign team in ODI on Indian soil. Before this, Australia had also come to India and chased the record of 359 runs, it had achieved this feat against India in 2019. Now South Africa has also equaled Australia in this matter by chasing the run of 359 runs.
Poor fielding also became the reason for the defeat of the Indian team in this match. Indian players dropped catches, while Washington Sundar and Ravindra Jadeja misfielded several times. Team India’s shortcomings in batting were also exposed. Team India could have easily reached the score of 380-390, but in the last 10 overs the Indian batsmen could score only 74 runs.
Biggest run chase in ODI against India
South Africa – 359 runs (2025)
Australia – 359 runs (2019)
New Zealand – 348 runs (2020)
England – 337 runs (2021)
Virat-Gaikwad’s century in vain
A total of 721 runs were scored in both the innings of this match. There were 3 centuries in the innings of India and South Africa together. Virat Kohli played an inning of 102 runs for Team India, which was the 53rd century of his ODI career. Whereas Rituraj Gaikwad had completed his century in just 77 balls, which was one of the fastest centuries for India in ODI. The century innings of both of them went in vain, because Aiden Markram, who scored 110 runs, single-handedly overpowered Kohli and Gaikwad. Dewald Brevis’s brilliant innings of 54 runs in 34 balls also proved costly for the Indian bowlers.
