India pulled off a combating whole within the third ODI match in opposition to South Africa in Paarl on Thursday, December 21. Sanju Samson recorded a maiden worldwide hundred and Tilak Verma scored his first ODI fifty for India after a poor begin in a collection decider at Boland Park.
KL Rahul misplaced the toss and the Indian staff was pressured to bowl first. India made two modifications to their taking part in eleven with debutant Rajat Patidar and spin all-rounder Washington Sundar changing Ruturaj Gaikwad and Kuldeep Yadav.
Patidar began effectively by smashing fast 22 runs however South African bowlers made an excellent comeback. Both Patidar and Sai Sudharsan departed early as South African bowlers dominated powerplay overs. But Samson and Rahul stored the scoreboard shifting with a 52-run stand for the third wicket.
Rahul scored 21 runs off 35 balls earlier than shedding his wicket to Wiaan Mulder within the nineteenth over and added a unique achievement to his identify. Rahul accomplished 1000 runs in ODIs in 2023 and have become the one second Indian wicketkeeper to report this feat.
The 31-year-old batter emulated the previous captain MS Dhoni‘s report of scoring 1000-plus runs in ODIs in a calendar 12 months. Dhoni famously scored 1198 runs in 2009 and 1098 runs in 2008 in a 50-over format and never KL Rahul repeats the feat after 14 years.
Rahul has scored 1060 runs in 24 ODI innings in 2023 at an incredible common of 66.25 with two tons of and 7 fifties thus far. He additionally impressed on the ICC World Cup 2023 with 452 runs in 10 innings and is the fourth Indian cricketer to achieve the 1000-run mark in ODIs in 2023.
Most ODI runs in 2023 (By Indian Players)
- Shubman Gill – 1584 runs in 29 innings
- Virat Kohli – 1377 runs in 24 innings
- Rohit Sharma – 1255 runs in 26 innings
- KL Rahul – 1060 runs in 24 innings
- Shreyas Iyer – 846 runs in 19 innings
