Virat Gaikwad’s century went in vain.   ( Virat Gaikwad’s ) 

Raipur: A high-scoring match was played between India and South Africa in Raipur. Batting first, Team India set a target of 359 runs for South Africa. In response, the African team achieved the target in 49.2 overs, registering a thrilling 4-wicket victory. The three-match series is now tied at 1-1. South Africa created history by achieving the target of 359 runs. This is South Africa’s highest run chase against India in ODI cricket and the third-highest successful run chase in their ODI history. Virat and Gaikwad’s       ( Virat Gaikwad’s )    centuries failed to secure India’s victory in this match.

Virat and Gaikwad scored centuries for India.
South Africa won the toss and elected to bowl first. Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal were dismissed cheaply for India, but Kohli and Ruturaj Singh put on a 195-run partnership for the third wicket to bring India back into the game. Ruturaj scored his first ODI century before being dismissed for 105. Kohli then scored his 53rd ODI century. Virat Kohli scored 102 runs in the match. KL Rahul and Jadeja then batted strongly in the final overs, taking India past 350. Rahul remained unbeaten on 66. Marco Jansen took two wickets for South Africa, while Nandra Burger and Lungi Ngidi each took one wicket.

Aiden Markram scored a century for South Africa.
The African team’s chase of the target didn’t have a good start. At 26, the team suffered its first setback when Quinton de Kock was dismissed for 8 runs off 11 balls. After this, there was a partnership of 101 runs between Temba Bavuma and Aiden Markram. Bavuma missed out on scoring a half-century in this match and was out after scoring 46 runs in 48 balls. Opener Aiden Markram scored a century for South Africa in this match. He was out after scoring 110 runs in 98 balls. After this, Matthew Brietzke and Dewald Brevis batted brilliantly and made the run chase easy for the African team. Brietzke was out after scoring 54 runs and Brietzke was out after scoring 68 runs. In the end, Corbin Bosch did the remaining work for South Africa. Bosch remained unbeaten after scoring 26 runs in 15 balls.