Rohit Sharma, Man of the Match
Rohit Sharma's unbeaten 122* helps #TeamIndia get their #CWC19 campaign off to an excellent start with a 6-wicket win over South Africa.
Rohit century helps India open World Cup campaign with win. The day began with Jasprit Bumrah bowling a venomous new-ball spell that helped him dismiss South Africa’s openers, Hashim Amla and Quinton de Kock.
Faf du Plessis and Rassie van der Dussen managed to weather Bumrah’s storm and scrapped together a 54-run partnership before Yuzvendra Chahal intervened, bowling van der Dussen, whose attempted reverse-sweep went horribly wrong. In the same over du Plessis was cleaned up, Chahal finding drift in the air to have the Proteas skipper playing down the wrong line.
Rohit Sharma's unbeaten 122* helps #TeamIndia get their #CWC19 campaign off to an excellent start with a 6-wicket win over South Africa.
Rohit century helps India open World Cup campaign with win. The day began with Jasprit Bumrah bowling a venomous new-ball spell that helped him dismiss South Africa’s openers, Hashim Amla and Quinton de Kock.
Faf du Plessis and Rassie van der Dussen managed to weather Bumrah’s storm and scrapped together a 54-run partnership before Yuzvendra Chahal intervened, bowling van der Dussen, whose attempted reverse-sweep went horribly wrong. In the same over du Plessis was cleaned up, Chahal finding drift in the air to have the Proteas skipper playing down the wrong line.
CWC19: SA v IND - Rohit Sharma century
KL Rahul and Rohit led the recovery, and while Rahul chipped tamely to mid-on, India's experienced man at the top of the order went on to three figures – he now has 23 ODI hundreds to his name – and eventually helped India home, with MS Dhoni providing valiant support with a 46-ball 34.
