India's eighth consecutive victory in the World Cup after 20 years: South Africa's biggest defeat

India's eighth consecutive victory in the World Cup after 20 years: South Africa's biggest defeat

India has registered its eighth consecutive win in the ODI World Cup by defeating South Africa by 243 runs in a one-sided match. With this, India also decided to finish at number-1 position in the points table. That means India will face the fourth ranked team in the semi-finals.

India won the toss and chose to bat first at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. Thanks to Virat Kohli's record 49th century, the team scored 326 runs after losing 5 wickets in 50 overs. Kohli scored an unbeaten 101 runs and equaled Sachin Tendulkar's world record of 49 ODI centuries. Shreyas Iyer scored 77 runs.

In reply, South Africa was all out after scoring 83 runs in 27.1 overs. Ravindra Jadeja took maximum 5 wickets for India. Mohammed Shami got 2 wickets and Kuldeep Yadav got 2 wickets. Mohammad Siraj also got a success. India has won eight consecutive matches in a World Cup after 20 years. Before this, Team India had also won 8 matches one after the other in the 2003 World Cup. Important records, winners' performance and match report ahead...

•  South Africa's biggest defeat in ODI history

India defeated South Africa by a margin of 243 runs, this was South Africa's biggest defeat in ODI cricket. Earlier in 2002, the team was defeated by Pakistan by 182 runs. Team India's biggest win against South Africa came in 2010, when the team won by 153 runs.

South Africa's biggest defeat in the World Cup before this was also against India. In 2015, the team won the match by 130 runs on Melbourne grounds.

•  South Africa's smallest score in the World Cup

For the first time in the World Cup, the South African team has been all out on a score of less than 100 runs. Earlier in 2007, the team was all out by Australia for 149 runs. The team equaled its second lowest score in ODIs. The team has been all out for 83 runs for the third time, before this the team has also been bowled out twice by England for 83 runs. The team was all out for 69 runs against Australia in 1993, which was their lowest score in history.

The South African team was all out for the first time in the World Cup after scoring 83 runs.

• Virat became the first Indian to score a World Cup century on his birthday.

In the Indian innings, Virat Kohli played a century of unbeaten 101 runs on 121 balls. He has equaled Sachin Tendulkar's world record of most centuries in ODIs. Kohli became the first batsman from India and the third in the world to score a World Cup century on his birthday. Before Kohli, Ross Taylor in 2011 and Mitchell Marsh had scored centuries on their birthday in this World Cup.

•  Virat is the fastest batsman to reach 49 centuries

Virat Kohli is the fastest batsman to reach 49 ODI centuries. He has achieved this achievement in the 277th innings. Sachin Tendulkar had scored so many centuries in 451 innings.

Sachin congratulated Kohli

On Kohli's 49th century, Sachin Tendulkar wrote in a humorous tone - 'I have turned 50 this year and it took me 365 days to reach from 49 to 50. I hope you will complete the journey from 49 to 50 in the next few days.