Summary

  • Jadeja takes 5-33 as SA subside to 83 all out in run-chase

  • Kohli, on his 35th birthday, equals Tendulkar's record for most ODI centuries (49)

  • India post 326-5 - Shreyas adds 77 to Kohli's ton

  • Rohit hammers 24-ball 40 to get India off to flier

  • India won toss and bat first in Kolkata

  • India likely to top group following victory

  1. Ind 245-3published at 42 overs

    A no-ball after Tabraiz Shamsi oversteps, and Virat Kohli attempts to hit it into next week but is unable to make contact with the ball.

    It's followed by three wides and a couple of runs off the bat. Curious over from the left-arm wrist spin.

  2. Ind 243-3published at 11:39 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November 2023

    Those old-fashioned pylon floodlights are now beaming down at Eden Gardens. Brutalist beauty.

    India might have been eyeing up 400 after making such a blistering start but South Africa's bowlers have been quietly chipping away.

    Marco Jansen with another solid over as he denies both KL Rahul and Virat Kohli any width. Four singles off the over.

  3. Postpublished at 11:35 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November 2023

    Carlos Brathwaite
    Ex-West Indies all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    Your team comes first, but I think any player would be lying if they said if they didn't look forward to milestones or just nervous approaching them.

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    25th June 2010: Stuart Broad on his birthday blew the Aussies away with 4-44 in an ODI.

    Gray Proud, from Cambridge

  5. Ind 239-3published at 40 overs

    A tight over from Kagiso Rabada as he stymies India's batters, mixing up yorkers with some testing balls back of a length. Just three singles off the over.

  6. Postpublished at 11:32 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November 2023

    Firdose Moonda
    Cricinfo writer on BBC Test Match Special

    South Africa's record chasing in World Cups has been pretty poor. Their highest in the tournament is against India, that's 300 in Nagpur in 2011.

  7. Ind 236-3published at 39 overs

    Lungi Ngidi scoops himself off the turf to finish the over.

    He gives Virat Kohli a bit of trouble with a yorker from his final delivery which prompts the India batter to jam his bat down to save his toes, and protect his stumps.

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    Get Involved - sporting birthdayspublished at 11:27 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November 2023

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    Sachin Tendulkar on his 25th Birthday got a mighty 134 in the tri-series final against Australia!

    Eeshan Agrawal

  9. Ind 235-3published at 11:27 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November 2023

    While we wait for Lungi Ngidi to get back on his feet... Here's how Shreyas Iyer was dismissed a few moments ago.

  10. Postpublished at 11:25 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November 2023

    Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    It was a classic shot from Kohli, right back at the bowler. He stuck his foot out instinctively, the ball came off the top of the foot.

  11. ouch!

    Ind 235-3published at 38.3 overs

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    Lungi Ngidi has decided to use right boot to stop a low drive from Virat Kohli. It was well struck by the India batter.

    Ngidi then crumples on the pitch in a little bit of pain after his follow through.

    The physio is on to take a look at his ankle.

  12. Postpublished at 11:22 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November 2023

    Carlos Brathwaite
    Ex-West Indies all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    Now is the time to bring Jansen back. He's struggled today and I wouldn't want him to bowl four of the last ten with the pressure on.

  13. Ind 233-3published at 38 overs

    Kagiso Rabada, who has been fairly tight so far, strays on to Virat Kohli's pads with the first ball of his seventh over and the India batter effortlessly

    That's meat and drink for a player of Kohli's class. He now has 73 off 88 balls.

    KL Rahul is the new batter for India.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 11:20 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November 2023

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    It's Virat Kohli's birthday today, by the way. He has turned 35. A century here would the icing on the cake for him.

    Are there any other sportsmen or women who have done something brilliant on their birthday?

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  15. Postpublished at 11:17 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November 2023

    Carlos Brathwaite
    Ex-West Indies all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    You can see the reasoning why Iyer has lost his wicket. Continually trying to up the ante, put the pressure on South Africa. Kohli is there to drop anchor, ensure he's there at the end.

  16. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 36.5 overs

    Iyer c Markram b Ngidi 77 (Ind 227-3)

    Shreyas Iyer has skied a couple off South Africa's bowlers attempting to go down the ground but this time his luck runs out.

    Lungi Ngidi rolls his fingers over the ball and Shreyas Iyer's eyes light up, but he has not quite timed it.

    Aiden Markram is stationed at deep mid-on and has to wait an age before he pouches the catch.

    A partnership worth 134 with Virat Kohli.

  17. Postpublished at 11:11 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November 2023

    Prakash Wakankar
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    BavumaImage source, Getty Images

    Bavuma is a very proactive captain. He's making little adjustments here and there, making sure he's got people where he wants them.

  18. Ind 223-2published at 36 overs

    Another bowling change from Temba Bavuma as Kagiso Rabada is summoned.

    Shreyas Iyer pings his penultimate delivery flat towards long on where Marco Jansen is fielding.

    The crowd falls deathly silent thinking Jansen has held the catch but the South African has only managed to stop it on the half-volley.

  19. Postpublished at 11:07 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November 2023

    Carlos Brathwaite
    Ex-West Indies all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    You have to get a bit funky and mix up your bowlers on a pitch like this.

  20. Ind 219-2published at 35 overs

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    Temba Bavuma rotating his bowlers in a bid to break this partnership.

    Virat Kohli advances to Lungi Ngidi and with a powerful wristy flick, clips his first ball to the boundary for four. Clinical shot.

    A few balls later Kohli dances down the track to a slower ball from Ngidi, looking to go down town, but it is a fresh air shot as he is beaten on the outside edge.

    Kohli curses himself before pinching the strike off the penultimate ball of the over.