IND vs SA Highlights, World Cup 2023: Jadeja fifer, Kohli hundred guide India to 243-run win vs South Africa

No one really saw this coming, did we.

India has just thumped the second-in-table South Africa by 243 runs. It all started with Rohit Sharma who got India off to a flier. Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer consolidated from there on, with the latter scoring his 49th ODI hundred, drawing him level with Sachin Tendulkar. Cameos from Suryakumar Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja ensured India finished with a flourish.

From there on, it was all about the Indian bowlers. Siraj struck the first blow, removing the dangerous Quinton de Kock. Once Shami dismantled the rest of the top-order, Jadeja began his show, ending with a five-wicket haul as Indian secured an eighth consecutive win at the World Cup and seals the top spot in the points table.

Kuldeep from around the wicket. Sneaks it past Ngidi’s outside edge and that is it.

Lungi Ngidi b Kuldeep Yadav 0 (3b 0x4 0x6)

Jadeja completes his fifer. Full from Jadeja and Rabada hits it straight back to him. What a bowler he is!!

Kagiso Rabada c & b Jadeja 6 (26b 0x4 0x6)

Kuldeep with his fifth over. Rabada pushes one to long off to get off the strike.

Jansen on strike. Slower one from Kuldeep and it holds onto the pitch for a fraction too long. All he can do is chip to Jadeja. Has to be the easiest catch of his career.

Marco Jansen c Jadeja b Kuldeep Yadav 14 (30b 1x4 0x6)

Bumrah reintroduced. Starts with a bouncer against Jansen. Jansen ducks away. The South African then defends the next couple of balls with a straight bat.

Last ball of the over. Fuller slow one. Jansen chips it over mid off for a four.

Kuldeep with the ball. A couple of singles to start the over. Pushed to long-on by Rabada to make it three singles from the first three balls. Four runs from the over.

Another maiden over for Jadeja and Jansen looks more solid and convincing in his defensive technique in this over.

Kuldeep again. A slip and leg-slip in place for Rabada. This one turns away outside off and Rabada misses the cut. Closer to off-stump now and not much turn and Rabada pushes this to mid-on. Maiden over as this one turns away sharply outside off to beat Rabada.

Jadeja with the ball again. Rabada gets beaten once and then two inside edges as he looks to flick the ball on the leg-side. Three dots to start the over. Jadeja appeals loudly for leg-before as Rabada is beaten defending in front of the stumps and the ball thuds into the front pad. Rabada is finally off strike as he puts one away off the inside half of the bat behind square for a single.

Kuldeep continues. Just a single from the over and that too came off the outside edge of Rabada’s bat. Jansen ends the over with a solid defensive shot on off-side.

Jadeja to bowl his sixth over. A single each for Maharaj and Jansen, who decided to go the aggressive route and launches one into the high after stepping. OUT! Bowled him and Maharaj has to go. Again the ball turns away from the right-hander and crashes into off-stump. Another top-class performance by the Indian bowlers and another humiliating defeat for the opposition loading. Huge appeal for leg-before as Jansen takes a huge stride forward to drive. Turned down by the umpire and Jadeja decides not to ask for a review.

Here comes Kuldeep with the ball. Shami has left the field and Ishan Kishan is on for him now. Maharaj misses a cut first ball. Three dot balls later he misses the cut shot again. A quick single to end the over as just one from it.

Jadeja again. This is going down leg and Rahul and Jadeja believe Miller is strangled down leg but Kohli intervenes and says that went off the pad. OUT! Miller goes for the scoop again after shuffling across but misses the ball on this occasion and is clean bowled. Keshav Maharaj comes in. FOUR! Maharaj times this punch through covers to perfection and gets a boundary.

Shami with the ball again after the break. Jansen is woken up by a bouncer, which he awkwardly fends on leg-side for a single. Shami comes round the wicket to Miller, who dabs this to third man for a single. Driven back to the bowler by Jansen. This one is pushed to mid-off by Jansen for another dot ball. A short mid-off and a short midwicket are now in catching positions. Shami goes for the off-cutter and strays outside off-stump - called wide. Sliced to deep point by Jansen for two more. Driven through cover-point for two more by Jansen to end the over.

Jadeja again. FOUR! Miller shuffles across his stumps and scoops this behind for a boundary. FOUR! Miller backs away outside leg and cuts this hard to the point boundary. That’s 50 up for SA in 15 overs. Drinks break!

Leg-before appeal as van der Dussen misses this ball from Shami that nips in. Umpire turns the appeal down and Shami straight up goes for the review. And another successful use of the DRS as this is hitting top of leg-stump. OUT! Jansen comes in next. Tucked away to deep square for a couple. Two runs and a wicket from the over.

Jadeja continues. Three singles off the first ball. Klaasen, batting on 1 off 10, attempts a sweep and misses. Leg-before appeal turned down and Rohit sends it upstairs. Technology shows this straightened enough after pitching on middle and leg and is hitting leg-stump. Klaasen cannot quite believe it but he has to go back. David Miller comes in and defends the first ball. End of the over.

Shami will continue. Klaasen is yet to get off the mark after six balls. Short of a length on off-stump and Klaasen defends this back to Shami. Just one off the over again.

Jadeja continues. Just a single from the over as the spinner gives little room to the batters to free their arms. He bowls this over at a good pace and also beats van der Dussen’s outside edge.

Mohammed Shami into the attack. FOUR! Boundary second ball. Punched down the ground, Shami tries to get a hand to it and Siraj misfields at mid-on to allow four runs. FOUR! This nips back into Markram, who gets an inside edge onto his calf and the ball runs away to the boundary behind. OUT! Markram gets an edge behind and Rahul takes it. The umpires want to check if this was taken cleanly and third umpire confirms it is out. Three wickets in the PowerPlay for India.

Here comes Jadeja. Van der Dussen pushes this through extra-cover and mid-off for a single. Solidly defended by Bavuma to short cover. OUT! Signature Jadeja dismissal. The ball turns past the right-hander’s outside edge and crashes into the stumps. Here comes Aiden Markram. The ball turns into him and he goes back and pulls through midwicket for a single. FOUR! Punched off the back foot by van der Dussen for a boundary through covers.

Siraj again. He starts off with a fuller one and then darts in a bouncer to Bavuma. Three dots in a row. Bavuma is beaten outside off trying to drive, so make it four dot balls on the trot. Punched to cover and maiden over for Siraj.

Bumrah bowls his fourth in a row. A couple of dots to start. Bumrah also gets one to bounce sharply outside off. This is dabbed to third-man for a single by van der Dussen. Bavuma gets a bit lucky. He cuts this away over point aerially as his bottom hand comes off the bat handle and gets a single. Just two runs from the over.

Siraj continues. Bavuma tucks this off his hips for a single at square-leg. Siraj gets the ball to move into van der Dussen from outside off and raps him on the front pad. Flicked to mid-on for a single by van der Dussen for a single to end the over.

Bumrah again. Beaten! This holds its line outside off and beats Bavuma’s defensive prod. FOUR! Full on the pads and clipped through midwicket for a boundary by Bavuma. After a couple of dots he takes a quick single after punching the ball to mid-off. Five runs from the over.

Full on off and Bavuma defends this to mid-off. On a good length on middle and leg and tucked away to deep square by Bavuma for a couple. Full on the pads and pushed by Bavuma to mid-on for a quick single. Flicked through midwicket and one more for van der Dussen. Punched to mid-off by van der Dussen for a dot to end the over.

Bumrah continues. This jags back in sharply into Bavuma, who gets an inside edge past the stumps for a single. On a length and van der Dussen defends it back to Bumrah. Three dots in a row now as Bumrah keeps the batter guessing about which way the ball is moving. Van der Dussen now takes a stride forward and blocks this on off-side. Beaten outside off and just a single from the over.

Here comes Siraj. Yorker to start with and de Kock gets an inside edge on his foot and looks in some pain. He is in some discomfort and the physio is out to check on him. This is angling across outside off and de Kock leaves. FOUR! Full and driven down the ground by de Kock for a boundary. OUT! Change of length does the trick for Siraj. Drags his length back on middle and off and de Kock gets an inside edge onto his stumps looking to drive this square of the wicket. Rassie van der Dussen is the new man in. Still two slips in place. He defends the first ball on off-side. Defended back to the bowler to end the over.

Bavuma and de Kock will open the batting. If there is a batting line-up in the tournament that can chase this down against India’s bowling attack, it is South Africa’s. Bumrah bowls a good length on leg-stump and de Kock defends on leg-side. Angling across and de Kock gets an outside edge to point as he looks to drive. Pitching outside leg-stump again and de Kock gets something of a leading edge to mid-off. Full toss outside off and de Kock misses. Angling across outside off and de Kock swings and misses and called wide. South Africa is off the mark. This is solidly defended back to Bumrah by de Kock. Outsided edge and this flies for a single at deep third. Just two runs from the first over.

Lungi Ngidi to bowl the last over of the innings. Ngidi starts with a dot ball before bowling a wide. Ngidi to Jadeja, SIX! What a shot! He bent down and cleared the fence over cow corner for a flat six. This will hurt Africa and is hurting now! Lungi pulled his legs and walked out of the field. Marco Jansen will complete the over. Jansen to Jadeja, FOUR! This went like a tracer bullet down the ground for another boundary of the over. Jansen to Jadeja, FOUR! Fuller and this time Jadeja clears the extra cover region for back-to-back boundaries. Kohli finished with a single as India managed 325 after the end of 50 overs. He will carry his bat on 101*.

Kagiso Rabada to bowl the penultimate over of the day. Rabada to Jadeja, FOUR! Pulled away for a boundary. He takes a single to give the strike to Kohli who is on 99! Kohli punches at on-side for a single to get to his 49th ODI HUNDRED! Bow down to the King, WORLD! He equals Sachin Tendulkar for most ODI centuries. Eight from the over.

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Jadeja gives the strike to Kohli before taking a double on the first delivery. Kohli plays it behind for a single. He moves to 98. Jadeja takes another single. Kohli on strike. He tucks it behind for a quick single, he wants a second but hang on, says Jadeja. Jadeja takes a single to end the over as he will keep the strike. India gets to 300 as well!

Kagiso Rabada comes to bowl his 9th over. It is turning out to be tough for Indian batters to score big boundaries on this pitch against these bowlers. Four singles from the first four deliveries. Rabada to Kohli, FOUR! Slower one by Rabada and Kohli drills back to punch it to extra covers. He moves to 97!

Just three singles from the first four balls of Shamsi’s over. Shamsi to Yadav, FOUR! Cuts it late and fine for a boundary. Shamsi to Suryakumar, OUT! He tries to reverse sweep but gloves the ball and keeper de Kock does tremendous work with a timely dive to send the dangerous-looking Surya back.

Marco Jansen continues. Jansen to Kohli, FOUR! Flicked at deep mid-wicket for a boundary. He guides the next ball at backward point for a quick couple. Suryakaumar gets a free hit after Jansen bowls a no-ball. He missed the slower ball and no run came in the second free hit of the innings. Jansen to Suryakumar, FOUR! A straight drive will give Surya a boundary this time. Jansen to Suryakumar, FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries for Suryakumar as this time he clears the extra cover region for the third boundary of the over.

Shamsi to bowl his eighth. Shamsi to Suryakumar, FOUR! Swept and swept fine to clear the long-leg fence. Nine runs from the over.

Marco Jansen continues. Jansen to Rahul, OUT! Rahul tries to clear the square leg fence but Rassie van der Dussen covers the ground well and takes a tremendous catch to dismiss Rahul on 8. Suryakumar Yadav, the new batter in at number six played out four deliveries before cutting the short ball for a boundary to end the over. 250 up for India.

Tabraiz Shamsi into the attack. He starts with a couple of wides but the second over is turned out to be a front-foot no-ball. Kohli fails to find a connection in the free hit. A weird over comes to an end with so many hits and misses and tonnes of wides.

It seems quite difficult to score runs under light here. Only four runs from Jansen’s over.

Now Rabada gives three singles from this over. 40 gone India 239 for three. 60 runs have come in the last 10 overs.

Just three singles from Ngidi over as the run rate continues to drop after Iyer’s wicket.

Kagiso Rabada continues. Rabada to Kohli, FOUR! Full and dwindling at legs and flicked behind square for a boundary by Kohli and he moves to 70s! 100 loading? Just two singles in the last five balls.

Lungi Ngidi continues. Ngidi to Iyer, FOUR! Short ball on off and punished duly by Iyer to dispatch the ball over deep mid-wicket for a boundary. Ngidi to Iyer, OUT! Another short ball and Iyer tried for another pull shot but the ball went way high up in the air and Markram completed a clean catch at mid-wicket. Walks out KL Rahul at number five.

Shreyas Iyer c Markram b Ngidi 77(87)

Kohli also becomes only the second Indian and fourth batter to cross 1500 World Cup runs. He now stands in third position in top run-getters in World Cups. Four runs from Rabada’s over.

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Lungi Ngidi comes from the other end. Ngidi to Kohli, FOUR! Kohli makes room for himself and tucks in past mid-wicket using his lovely wrist for a boundary. Only a wide and a single in the last five deliveries as six runs come from this over.

Markram continues. He gives three singles in the first three balls. Markram to Kohli, FOUR! Pulled away at square leg for a boundary and he completes 500 runs in this edition! Markram to Iyer, SIX! This is brilliant batting from both batters as Iyer takes on Markram and punishes the short ball for a maximum at deep mid-wicket!

Jansen continues. Much better over him to give only three runs from his over.

Aiden Markram will roll his arm. He bowls a good over to give two singles and a wide. Meanwhile, record-breaker Kohli also completed 6000 ODI runs at home! He is only second behind Sachin to score the most runs in India.

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Finally, change in the bowling. Marco Jansen who was expensive in the first spell comes back into the attack. Jansen to Iyer, FOUR! He clears the mid-off region to get to his fifty! It’s a brilliant change of gears for Iyer as he gets to the second half-century in a row. Jansen to Iyer, FOUR! This is brilliant, overpitched onto the off and smashed by Iyer to hit the second boundary, this time at covers. Jansen to Iyer, FOUR! Short ball and pulled nicely by Iyer to end the over with third boundary. 14 runs off the over.

Shamshi continues, he bowls his sixth over. Shamsi to Iyer, FOUR! Short and down the leg and Iyer swivels to pull it behind square for a boundary to start this over. Attacking cricket from Iyer continues as he steps out to get into the length of the ball and plays a lofted shot over the bowler’s head that seemed to have raced away at the fence but Jansen dives on time and looks like he has saved few runs. Yes, the confirmation comes in as he saves two runs. Three more singles give India nine from the over.

Virat punches down for a single, completing his fifty on birthday! A well-crafted half-century for King Kohli! Five singles and a couple fetch seven runs from the over, and with this Keshav Maharaj completes a tremendous spell of 10-0-30-1.

Shamsi from the other end. Shamsi to Shreyas, SIX! Clean strike down the ground for a maximum. A much-needed boundary right where India needed to up the ante.

Maharaj continues. He gives just two singles from his over.

Fourth over from Shamsi. He drops it short and Kohli pulls it with power. Good fielding in the deep as South Africa keeps it down to two.

Shamsi gives away a wide, before Kohli adds a couple to his tally.

Shreyas and Kohli continue to have no joy against Maharaj. The line and length from the left-arm spinner have been near-perfect. Only two runs from the over.

Shamsi over the wicket. Wide from him against Shreyas, who goes for an expansive drive. The ball doesn’t bounce as much as he expected. Beaten!

Full from Shamsi and Shreyas lofts him inside out for an elegant boundary. FOUR!!

Seventh over on the trot for Maharaj. He keeps the dot balls coming. Five from the over. Just one run from it. Maharaj continues to put the pressure on the Indian batters.

Shamsi continues. Straight from Shamsi. Shreyas paddles it cleverly behind the keeper for a welcome boundary. Only the second four from the last 12 overs.

Maharaj with another jaffa!! Pitches one on the middle and spins it away. Beats Kohli’s outside edge. South Africa goes for a review. Seems like there was a sound of Kohli’s batt hitting his shoes. He is safe. Just three singles from the over.

First over of the day for Shamsi. He starts with a wide down the leg side. Another leg side wide follows. He draws a leading edge from Shreyas. But it falls in between mid off and the bowler.

Maharaj continues on with his spell. Shreyas is taking his time to get into this game. Maharaj gives away only three runs from the over.

Short from Ngidi. Kohli flat bats it extra cover and collects a couple. Extremely wide from Ngidi. Kohli reaches across to get to the ball. Not in complete control as the ball runs to deep third fence. First four in quite a while for India.

Maharaj with his his fourth over of the day. Shreyas and Kohli trade singles to start off the over. Another quiet over from South Africa as the Indian run-rate continues to drop.

Ngidi returns. Shreyas tries to force the issue with an expansive shot to the leg side. Inside edge, comes off the pads. It could have gone on to hit the stumps. Another boundary-less over for India.

Maharaj starts with three dot balls on the trot against Shreyas. Short from Maharaj next and Shreyas taps it to deep cover for a single. Kohli hits one to long on to add another single.

Kohli hits one to deep third to get a single. Hundred up for India.

Short ball against Shreyas, who pulls it to deep square leg for another single. Only four singles from the over.

Maharaj pitches one outside the leg, against Kohli. Once again its spins away from the batter. Leading edge from Kohli, but it lands safely. Just three singles from the over..

The boundaries have dried up for India in the last few overs as South Africa looks to budge its way into the game.

Rabada squares up Shreyas. Four dot balls to start off the over. Shreyas taps one to the off side to sneak in a couple to break the spell.

Keshav Maharaj into the attack. Lands one on the legs stump and turns it just enough to beat Gill’s outside edge. Hits the top of the middle stumps. WHAT A BALL!!

IND 94/2 in 11 overs.

Kohli continues his battle with Rabada. Fullish ball outside the off. Kohli brings out an uppish drive over covers. FOUR!! Another full ball and Kohli drives it straight back for another four.

Jansen’s day shows no signs of improving. Short against Gill, who pulls it with control for a four. Gill calls for a risky single. Bavuma has a sniff at the non-striker’s end. But he misses his under-arm throw.

Rabada now up against Kohli. Length ball on the fifth stump. Kohli shuffles across before driving it with conviction for his first boundary of the day. Rabada though pulls the length back, forcing a play-and-a-miss from Kohli.

Length ball from Jansen. Gill takes a step outside the crease before smoking it over long on for a six!!

South Africa turns to Rabada for some control. He starts with a dot ball against Shubman Gill. Hits Gill high on the pads next one. Sneaks a single next ball to bring Rohit on the strike. The Indian skipper leaves his first ball against Rabada. Good swing there for the Proteas pacer.

Full from Rabada next and Rohit creams it straight to Bavuma at mid off.

Rohit Sharma c Bavuma b Rabada 40 (24b 6x4 2x6)

IND 62/1 in 6 overs

No respite for the South African bowlers. Rohit tears into Ngidi. A four off a full toss to start with. Rohit then pumps to maximums, both to the leg side.

Back of a length from Jansen. Sits up well for Rohit, who lofts it over the infield on the leg side to add another boundary. Jansen shifts the line to outside the off stump. Rohit still somehow manages to place it to the mid wicket fence.

DROPPED!!

Wide from Jansen and Rohit slashes at it. Shamsi at deep third lets go of a tough chance. Early lucky break for India.

Ngidi goes wide and Rohit goes bang. Smashed through covers for another four. Cross-seam delivery from Ngidi. Full and closer to the stumps. But it doesn’t matter for Rohit. Driven with a straight bat to the extra cover fence.

Ngidi errs his length once more. On the pads to Gill, who happily flicks it away for a four.

Jansen with the second over. Over the wicket, pitches one outside the leg stump and moves it away. Edged by Rohit, but it falls beyond the second slip.

Jansen has a leg slip against Gill. But he goes really wide, gifting a wide four. He overcorrects next ball - delivers a wide on the off side. Full on the off from Jansen and Gill caresses it through covers for his first four of the day. On the pads now and Gill flicks it away for another four. This is an incredibly productive over for India.

Rohit Sharma on strike for the first over of the day. Ngidi with the ball for South Africa.

Drives on the up to mid on. No run first ball. Leaves the second one alone.

Ngidi pitches it up and Rohit smacks it over covers for a four. India off the mark.

Both teams are out for national anthems.

We would have batted first, but now we need to chase, which will be a nice challenge. We know that’s one area where we need to gain more confidence, we’ll have to bat with responsibility. One change - Shamsi comes in place of Gerald Coetzee.

We will bat first, it looks like a good pitch, it wasn’t to do with the pitch, we wanted to challenge ourselves. I love to play over here, not just me, the entire team looks forward to playing at this historic ground. We’re playing the same team, don’t think we need to change anything with the way we’ve been playing.

Temba Bavuma (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Lungi Ngidi, Keshav Maharaj, Tabraiz Shamsi, Kagiso Rabada

Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammad Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj.

Rohit Sharma won the toss and chose to bat first

“We are just looking at the match ahead. We have a league match to play, and South Africa is a good team. We are not thinking too far ahead and where this campaign will end. We are focusing on what we can do, and we have been doing well so far. If the other team still outplays us, well, we will shake hands and move on,” Dravid said ahead of Sunday’s clash against South Africa.

Wicket-Keepers: Quinton de Kock, Heinrich Klaasen

Batters: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Rassie van der Dussen

All-rounders: Marco Jansen, Ravindra Jadeja

Bowlers: Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Shami (c), Keshav Maharaj

Team composition: IND 6-5 SA | Credits left: 4.5

Matches played: 90

India won: 37

South Africa won: 50

No Result: 3

Last result: India won by seven wickets (Delhi; 2022)

Last five results: IND won - 2; SA - won 3

The ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 match between India and South Africa will be telecast LIVE on the Star Sports Network from 2:00 PM IST. The match will also be streamed LIVE on the Disney+Hotstar app and website.

Quinton de Kock (wk), Temba Bavuma (c), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi, Andile Phehlukwayo, Reeza Hendricks, Lizaad Williams.

Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Ishan Kishan, Shardul Thakur, Ravichandran Ashwin, Prasidh Krishna.