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India vs South Africa Scorecard, Match 37, ICC Cricket World Cup 2023
Result · Nov 05 2023, Sun - 02:00 PM (IST)
INDIA326/5
SOUTH AFRICA83
India won by 243 runs
CRR:3.06
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | ODI World Cup |
| Date: | Nov 05 2023, Sun - 02:00 PM (IST) |
| Country: | India |
| City: | Kolkata |
| Venue: | Eden Gardens |
| Toss: | India won the toss and elected to bat. |
| India Playing XI: | Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Lokesh Rahul (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj |
| South Africa Playing XI: | Quinton de Kock (wk), Temba Bavuma (c), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Lungi Ngidi |
- India have won each of their last two encounters against South Africa in the men’s ODIs after losing their four games prior to this streak; in fact, the Men in Blue chased down the total in each of their last two wins, winning by a margin of seven wickets in both games.
- India have won each of their last two men’s World Cup games against South Africa after losing the first three such fixtures in the competition history; in fact, South Africa won the lone such fixture played in India in the 2011 edition by three wickets.
- This will be the fourth men’s ODI fixture played between India and South Africa at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata with India winning two of the three games while losing the most recent such encounter in November 2005 by 10 wickets.
- India have won 22 games in the ongoing calendar year in men’s ODIs (also in 2013), only in 1998 did the Men in Blue register more victories in a calendar year; their win percentage of 82% in 2023 (P27 L5) is also the highest that India have attained in a single calendar year where they have played at least 10 ODIs.
- South Africa (18) and India (15) have picked up most wickets in the Powerplay phase of the ongoing men’s ODI World Cup year; indeed, both these sides have also recorded the highest dot ball rate during the same phase of the game (India – 73% & South Africa – 69%).
- Virat Kohli (India) has registered 118 scores of 50+ runs in men’s ODIs, joint-second most with Kumar Sangakkara who recorded 118 such scores for Sri Lanka, Asia and ICC teams combined in the format; indeed, only Sachin Tendulkar has recorded more such runs than the duo in the format (145 such scores).
- Marco Jansen (South Africa) has bagged five wickets from his first delivery of an over in the ongoing men’s ODI World Cup, only Shaheen Shah Afridi has bagged more than him (six); India’s Mohammed Shami is joint-third in the list alongside Paul Van Meekeren (four wickets each).
- KL Rahul (India) has recorded a good connection rate on 81% of his deliveries in the ongoing men’s ODI World Cup, the second-best rate of any batter in the competition (Babar Azam – 85%) with minimum 200 balls faced; Aiden Markram (77%) is South Africa’s highest ranked player in this metric.
- Henrich Klaasen (South Africa) is averaging a boundary every 5.2 deliveries in the ongoing men’s ODI cricket World Cup, the highest such rate of any batter in the competition with minimum 200 deliveries faced; India’s Rohit Sharma is ranked second in this metric with a boundary every 5.3 deliveries this competition.
- Mohammed Shami (India) has a bowling strike-rate of 26 in men’s ODIs, only Shaheen Shah Afridi (25.8) of all bowlers from full-member sides to have bagged minimum 100 wickets in the format have a better such rate than the Indian spearhead.