1. 122* V SOUTH AFRICA
This was the first match for India in the tournament, while South Africa had already lost the tournament opener against England. Faf du Plessis won the toss and chose to bat first.
However, Yuzvendra Chahal’s 4/51 was enough to keep the Proteas to 227/9, which was only possible due to Chris Morris’ late surge of 42 and Kagiso Rabada’s 31*. Rabada then got rid of Shikhar Dhawan early, but Rohit Sharma continued to prod along and with help of Rahul (26), and Dhoni (34), took India to a comfortable 6-wicket win with almost 3 overs to spare.
Rohit remained unbeaten on 122 in 144 balls with 13 fours and 2 sixes. He also crossed some milestones on that day, reaching 12,000 runs across formats in international cricket – the ninth Indian to do so – and he also leapfrogged former India captain Sourav Ganguly on the list of ODI centuries.
