Kolkata: In the 37th match of the World Cup 2023, India defeated South Africa by 243 runs India won the event for the eighth time in a row.
In the match played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India won the toss and decided to bat first against South Africa.India scored 326 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in the allotted 50 overs, Virat Kohli remained unbeaten with 101 runs.Apart from this, Shreyas Iyer played an innings of 77 runs which included 2 sixes and 7 fours. Captain Rohit Sharma 40, Shibman Gill 23 and Suryakumar Yadav scored 22 runs, KL Rahul was dismissed with 8 runs while Ravindra Jadeja was not out with 29 runs.For South Africa, Marco Jansen, Kagiso Rabada, Kesho Maharaj and Tabriz Shamsi took one wicket each.
In pursuit of India’s target of 327 runs, South Africa’s batting line proved to be a wall of sand and none of the batsmen could stand up to the Indian bowlers.The entire South African team was bowled out for just 83 runs in the 28th over, with Marco Janssen scoring 14 and van der Dussen scoring 13.
It should be noted that the teams have played 8 and won 8 matches in the World Cup 2023 , India is undefeated while South Africa has won 6 matches.
