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Virat Kohli 52nd ODI Century, IND vs SA 1st ODI Scorecard: Virat Kohli played an entertaining knock during the first ODI match between India and South Africa at the JSCA International Cricket Stadium in Ranchi on Sunday. Virat produced a sensational effort to smash his 52nd ODI century and laid the foundation of a big score for the hosts.

As soon as Virat reached the milestone, he jumped in delight after taking the single. Kohli was in the middle of his celebration, taking out his ring pendant and kissing it before a fan arrived in the middle of the ground. Having breached the security at the venue, the fan acknowledged Virat's memorable performance and touched the veteran batter's feet before he was taken out by the security officers.

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Kohli, who turned 37 earlier this month, smashed the South African bowlers left, right and centre, sending them on a leather hunt. This was arguably the best Kohli has looked since his record-breaking performance at the 2023 World Cup, a knock that revived memories of his vintage dominance.

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Having arrived in the middle early after India were put into bat first, Virat cleared his intentions with a few early boundaries. While he looked a bit rusty as well for a few deliveries, the legendary batter wasted no time stepping out and going aerial. He did it twice in the power play, once each against Nandre Burger and Ottneil Baartman. He even reached his fifty with an incredible six.

Apart from boundaries, Virat kept the scoreboard ticking with regular boundaries and stitched together a commanding 136-run partnership with Rohit Sharma for the second wicket. The legendary batter ended up playing an outstanding knock of 135 runs in 120 balls on the back of 11 fours and seven sixes as India posted a mammoth total of 349/8 in their 50 overs. 


India vs South Africa 1st ODI Playing XIs:

India: Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Washington Sundar, KL Rahul(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna

South Africa: Ryan Rickelton, Quinton de Kock(w), Aiden Markram(c), Matthew Breetzke, Tony de Zorzi, Dewald Brevis, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Prenelan Subrayen, Nandre Burger, Ottneil Baartman

 

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