Ruturaj Gaikwad and Virat Kohli performed brilliantly for Team India in Raipur during India vs South Africa 2nd ODI match. They shared a 195-run partnership for the third wicket. With this partnership, Virat and Gaikwad created history.
Virat and Rituraj broke the record of Sachin Tendulkar and Dinesh Karthik
This partnership between Virat and Ruturaj is the highest partnership for any wicket by an Indian in an ODI against South Africa. Previously, this record was held by Sachin Tendulkar and Dinesh Karthik. These two players had a partnership of 194 runs in a match played in Gwalior in 2010. Now, Virat and Gaikwad have broken this 15-year-old record. It should be noted that Sachin Tendulkar had scored a double century in that match played in Gwalior in 2010.
Centuries for Virat and Ruturaj
In this ODI match being played in Raipur, both Virat Kohli and Ruturaj Gaikwad scored centuries for Team India. This is Virat’s second consecutive century. In this match, Kohli scored 102 runs in 93 balls. Virat had scored 135 runs in the Ranchi ODI. Gaikwad scored 105 runs in 83 balls with the help of 12 fours and two sixes. This is Gaikwad’s first century in his ODI career.
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Maiden ODI century for Ruturaj Gaikwad
Ruturaj Gaikwad reached his century in 77 balls in this match. He became the second fastest Indian batsman to score a century against South Africa in ODIs. The Indian batsman who scored the fastest century against South Africa in ODIs is Yusuf Pathan. Yusuf scored a century against South Africa in 2011 in 68 balls. This record has not yet been broken.
Batsmen with the highest partnership for India against South Africa in ODIs
195 – Virat Kohli and Ruturaj Gaikwad, Raipur, 2025
194 – Sachin Tendulkar and Dinesh Karthik, Gwalior, 2010
193 – Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly, Johannesburg, 2001