Kohli shines with another record ton

STAR batsman Virat Kohli hit a record-extending 52nd one-day century to set up India’s 17-run win over a spirited South Africa in the first match on Sunday.

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Kohli’s 135 came off 120 balls and he shared a second-wicket partnership of 136 with fellow stalwart Rohit Sharma to set India on course for 349/8 in the eastern city of Ranchi.

No 8 Corbin Bosch made a valiant 67 off 51 balls as South Africa fought until almost the end. Entering the fiftieth over, the visitors needed eighteen for victory with one wicket left. Bosch fell on the second ball and South Africa were 332 all out.

Matthew Breetzke, who made 72, and Marco Jansen, with 70, put on a fighting stand of 97 for the sixth wicket to revive the chase after South Africa slipped to eleven for three and then seventy-seven for four.

Left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav stood out with figures of four for 68 in the high-scoring contest.

His double strike to remove Jansen and Breetzke in the space of three balls was the turning point for India, who took a one-nil lead in the three-match series.