SA vs IND, 2018: Records in line to be broken in the fourth ODI

India defeated South Africa by 124 runs in the third One-day International at Newlands in Cape Town. As a result, India is 3-0 ahead in the ongoing six-match series as records are all set to galore.

First of all, India posted 303 on board batting first riding on Virat Kohli’s century. Shikhar Dhawan provided good support too. However, South African bowlers went for plenty.

The 29-year-old Kohli brought his 34th international hundred as he remained unbeaten on 160 runs. His magnificent knock included 12 boundaries and two sixes.

While bowling, Indian wrist spinners once again did the bulk of the job. They shared eight wickets among each other as South Africa rattled within 179 runs. Jean-Paul Duminy tried to create resistance but was undone by a wrong one.

India will play their fourth game on February 10 (Saturday) at Johannesburg. Hence, they are on the verge of breaking a plethora of records.

Men in Blue can win their first-ever series in South Africa if they beat the hosts in the fourth ODI. As a result, Kohli will become the first Indian captain to win a series in South Africa.

In addition to this, Ajinkya Rahane and Mahendra Singh Dhoni are in line to reach their individual milestone.

Kohli, who has made a habit of breaking records is on the verge of breaking handful of records again.

Meanwhile, India has totally dominated the series so far and is in line to sweep the series 6-0.

Moreover, South Africa was badly hurt by the injuries of their star cricketers. In addition, their batsmen have failed to pick India’s wrist spinners.

The duo of Kuldeep and Chahal have done the bulk of the job in the series so far. They have bagged 21 wickets together in the series.

Here are some of the records India can break in the fourth ODI:

1. India will win their first ever series in South Africa if they manage to beat the host in the fourth ODI.
2. Virat Kohli will become the first captain to lead India to a series win in South Africa.
3. Virat Kohli (12) will join AB de Villiers in the list of most centuries in ODI as captain if he scores a hundred in the next game. Meanwhile, Ricky Ponting is still ahead with 22-hundred as captain.
4. 88 runs required by Ajinkya Rahane and MS Dhoni to reach 3000 and 10000 runs respectively in ODI cricket.
5. Virat Kohli needs 31 more runs to surpass Rahul Dravid’s 2658 runs as captain in ODIs. He is currently at 2628 runs as Indian skipper.

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