India beat South Africa by 6 wickets in the 8th match of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 on Wednesday.
India has got the perfect start to open their ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 at the Rose Bowl, Southampton.
Yuzvendra Chahal was the pick of the men in blue bowlers. He bamboozled South Africa batsman with 4 wickets from his 10 overs for just 51 runs on his ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 debut.
However, South Africa managed to post a total of just 227-9 in 50 overs following a torrid show by the batsmen while India cruised to bag the victory. The defeat was South Africa’s 3rd defeat in the ongoing ICC World Cup 2019 whereas the Men in Blue start their campaign with a win.
Man of the Match
Rohit Sharma, who made an unbeaten century, was the star of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 match for the Indian side. Rohit grew in fluency throughout his innings and took India to the finishing line.
Scorecard
India
| Batsman | Dismissal | Runs | Balls | Fours (4’s) | Sixes (6’s) | Fall of wicket | |
| Shikhar Dhawan | b Rabada c de Kock | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 13/1 Dhawan | |
| Rohit Sharma | not out | 122 | 144 | 12 | 2 | 54/2 Kohli | |
| Virat Kohli | b Phelukwayo c de Kock | 18 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 139/3 Rahul | |
| Lokesh Rahul | b Rabada c Du Plessis | 26 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 213/4 Dhoni | |
| MS Dhoni | c&b Morris | 34 | 46 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Hardik Pandya | not out | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 230/4 | 47.3 | Overs | ||||
| Bowlers | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets | |||
| Imran Tahir | 10 | 0 | 58 | 0 | |||
| Kagiso Rabada | 10 | 1 | 39 | 2 | |||
| Chris Morris | 10 | 3 | 36 | 1 | |||
| Andile Phehlukwayo | 8.3 | 0 | 40 | 1 | |||
| Tabraiz Shamsi | 9 | 0 | 55 | 0 |
South Africa
| Batsman | Dismissal | Runs | Balls | Fours (4’s) | Sixes (6’s) | Fall of wicket | |
| Hashim Amla | b Bumrah c Rohit | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 11/1 Amla | |
| Quinton de Kock | b Bumrah c Kohli | 10 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 24/2 Quinton de Kock | |
| Faf du Plessis | b Chahal | 38 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 77/3 Dussen | |
| Rassie van der Dussen | b Chahal | 22 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 79/4 du Plessis | |
| David Miller | c&b Chahal | 31 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 89/5 Duminy | |
| JP Duminy | lbw b Kuldeep | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 135/6 Miller | |
| Andile Phehlukwayo | b Chahal st Dhoni | 34 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 158/7 Phelukwayo | |
| Chris Morris | b Bhuvneshwar c Kohli | 42 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 224/8 Morris | |
| Kagiso Rabada | not out | 31 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 227/9 Tahir | |
| Imran Tahir | b Bhuvneshwar c Kedar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 227/9 | 50 | Overs | ||||
| Bowlers | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets | |||
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 10 | 0 | 44 | 2 | |||
| Jasprit Bumrah | 10 | 1 | 35 | 2 | |||
| Hardik Pandya | 6 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |||
| Kuldeep Yadav | 10 | 0 | 46 | 1 | |||
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 10 | 0 | 51 | 4 | |||
| Kedar Jadhav | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
Meanwhile, India – led by Virat Kohli, warmed up to the event with a loss and a win against New Zealand and Bangladesh respectively in practice matches of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.
