The most intense cricket match of the tournament is played by two teams at Eden Gardens. This information was enough to raise the tension. India got off to a great start after winning the toss. Rohit Sharma kept batting like hell. At that time, it seemed that the match was going to be Ranbanya. The thrill of the match was further enhanced by Virat Kohli's century on Sachin's birthday. But South Africa disappointed. De Kocka could not stand up to the pressure of the Indian bowlers.

India beat South Africa by a huge margin of 243 runs at the Eden Gardens on Sunday (November 5). Along with that, Rohit Sharma's team confirmed the semi-final game with one match in hand. It is not possible for any team to surpass India in the remaining matches.

India scored 326 runs for 5 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs after winning the toss and batting for Virat Kohli's record 49th century. In response, the batting collapsed and South Africa were bowled out for just 83 runs in 27.1 overs. India won by 243 runs. Ravindra Jadeja has made a big contribution to demolish South Africa. This all-rounder took five wickets.

After embarrassing Sri Lanka by a huge loss of 302 runs in the previous match, India are the victims of the formidable Proteas. India restricted South Africa to just 83 runs, having been restricted to less than 300 twice in the previous matches.

But before that, the batters have done their job. Rohit Sharma gave the team a storming start. After returning to Sajghar after scoring 40 runs from 24 balls, Shubman Gill also stopped at 23 runs today. But Virat Kohli is there. Despite struggling to get runs in Eden, Kohli built a 134-run partnership with Shreyas Iyer to set India up for a big collection.

Iyer became Ngidi's victim for the team's 227 runs. He scored 77 runs in 87 balls with 7 fours and 2 sixes. KL Rahul did not do much good. Von der Dusen made a great catch off Jansen with 8 runs off 17 balls. Suryakumar became Shamsi's victim by scoring 22 runs off 14 balls.

Cautious batting Kohli slowly moved towards the century. Finally in the 49th over he completed his century with 1 run off Rabada. At the same time he touched Sachin Tendulkar. He completed his 49th century in the 278th innings in the 290th ODI match. Tendulkar batted in 452 innings of 463 matches for the same number of centuries.

Mitchell Marsh scored a century on his birthday against Pakistan in this World Cup. Kohli also saw a record-breaking century on his birthday. Born in Delhi, this legend turned 35 and turned 36 today. He made the occasion memorable.

What is Sachin saying about Kohli?

Virat Kohli has reached an incredible milestone on his birthday. By scoring a century against South Africa, he jointly topped the list of cricketers with the highest century in the history of ODI cricket. Touched another legendary cricketer of his country, Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin made no mistake in congratulating Kohli on such an achievement even though he shared the record.

Kohli scored the 49th century of his Odiai career off 119 balls against South Africa at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday (November 5). This batting sensation completed his century with a single off Kagiso Rabada. Touched Sachin's record. But it was Sachin who congratulated Kohli. Best wishes for the next century as well.

As soon as India's innings ended, he posted on social media X (formerly Twitter) about Virat. Sachin wrote in the post, I had to wait 365 days to step from 49 to 50 at the beginning of this year. Hopefully you'll go from 49 to 50 in a few days and break my record. Congratulations.

Kohli took much less time than Sachin to reach the milestone. Sachin had to play 452 innings to score 49 centuries. But Kohli reached this milestone in just 277 innings. This right-handed batsman has a chance to topple Sachin. Kohli, who is in great form, will single-handedly become the highest centurion in ODI cricket if he scores one more century.

Kohli has over 13,000 runs in his ODI career. Along with 49 centuries, he has 70 centuries. Almost 15 years after the start of his career, he has maintained an average of 58. Besides, the strike rate is also quite satisfactory, 93.63. It goes without saying that he will break all the records in this format if he continues to play ODIs for a few years.