MS Dhoni And KL Rahul
Kl Rahul Captaincy: The Indian team defeated South Africa by 8 wickets in the first ODI match in spectacular style. With the victory, Team India took a 1-0 lead in the series. Arshdeep Singh and Avesh Khan performed brilliantly for India. Batting first, South Africa was all out for 116 runs. After this, Team India chased the target easily. With the victory, KL Rahul has made a big record.
Dhoni was left behind
India’s regular captain Rohit Sharma has been rested for the South Africa tour. In such a situation, the responsibility of captaincy was handed over to KL Rahul in his place. The team performed well under his captaincy. This is Team India’s 10th consecutive victory in international matches under Rahul’s captaincy. With this he has left Mahendra Singh Dhoni behind. Under the captaincy of Dhoni, Team India had won 9 consecutive international matches.
Rohit and Virat are on this number
Rohit Sharma has the record of winning most consecutive matches as captain for India. He won 19 matches from 2019 to 2022. Virat Kohli is joint second with 12 wins, having won 10 consecutive games for India in 2017.
Captain who has won most consecutive matches in international cricket:
Rohit Sharma – 19 matches (2019/22)
Rohit Sharma – 12 matches (2018)
Virat Kohli – 12 matches (2017)
Rohit Sharma – 10 matches (2023)
KL Rahul – 10 matches (2022/23)
MS Dhoni – 9 wins (2013)
India won the match
The bowlers performed brilliantly for India in the first ODI match. South African batsmen could not stand against the bowlers of Team India and were out early. Rashdeep took five wickets for 37 runs in his quota of 10 overs while Avesh took four wickets for 27 runs in eight overs. Kuldeep Yadav got one success. For South Africa, Andile Phehlukwayo contributed 33 runs and opener Tony de Jorzi contributed 28 runs. For India, Sai Sudarshan scored 55 runs and Shreyas Iyer scored 52 runs.
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