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As usual, Virat broke a host of records during his innings of 129. In the six match series, Kohli amassed a total of 558 runs averaging 186.
Here are some of the other records that Kohli broke in the series:
o Became the highest scoring batsman in a bilateral series surpassing Rohit Sharma’s 491 against Australia in 6 matches in 2013/14 season.
o Became the highest scoring captain surpassing George Bailey’s 478 against India in 2013/14.
o Scored his 56th International century and became the 5th most prolific century-maker in international cricket behind Sachin Tendulkar (100), Ricky Ponting (71), Kumar Sangakkara (63) & Jaques Kallis (62).
o Became the 1st Indian captain to win a bilateral ODI series in South Africa.
o Became the highest scoring player in a bilateral series against South Africa in South Africa. He scored 558 runs surpassing Kevin Pietersen’s 454.
o He is also tied with Kevin Pietersen’s 3 centuries against South Africa in South Africa, in a bilateral series.
As far as the match is concerned, chasing a target of 205 was made to look like a walk in the park, thanks to skipper Kohli who remained unbeaten on 129 off 96 balls with 19 boundaries and 2 sixes.
The Indian skipper was at his brutal best, finding boundaries with relative ease and stitching - first, a 61-run partnership with Shikhar Dhawan (18) and then an unbeaten 121-run partnership with Ajinkya Rahane (34*).
India lost Rohit Sharma (15) early and at one moment it did seem as if we might finally have a contest in our hands.
But Kohli had other plans, as he took on the weakened South African bowling, who were without their star pacer Kagiso Rabada. Ngidi was the only shining light for the home team, picking up two wickets.
Earlier, Shardul Thakur bowled a great spell of pace bowling as he scalped four wickets to help the visitors dismiss the Proteas for 204 in 46.5 overs. Jasprit Bumrah and Yuzvendra Chahal scalped two wickets each while Hardik Pandya and Kuldeep also picked one a piece.
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First Published: February 18, 2018, 7:50 AM IST
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