Watch: Virat Kohli dances to Shahrukh Khan's 'Chaleya' during India vs South Africa clash in CWC 2023 - Video Highlights of the Day

Virat Kohli scored his 49th ODI hundred on his 35th birthday.

By Rishabh Beniwal

Updated - 05 Nov 2023, 22:17 IST

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Star India batter Virat Kohli celebrated his 35th birthday in grand fashion as he scored his 49th ODI hundred against South Africa during Match 37 of the ODI World Cup 2023 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Kohli played a magnificent innings of 101* (121) helping his side post a massive total of 326/5 in their allotted 50 over. With his hundred, the Delhi-born cricketer also levelled the world record of Sachin Tendulkar for most ODI hundreds (49).

After creating history in the first innings, the star batter looked in a jolly good mood in the second innings as well. Notably, India got the big wicket of in-form Quinton de Kock (5 off 10) in the second over itself and South Africa were put under pressure as they were on 17/1 after five overs.

Also Read: 'Hope you go from 49 to 50 and break my record in next few days' - Sachin Tendulkar congratulates Virat Kohli for his 49th ODI ton

After the end of the over, Kohli was seen lip-syncing to the famous song ‘Chaleya’ by Arijit Singh from the latest movie ‘Jawan' of the Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan . The star batter was even seen shaking his leg to the song as he replicated the trademark SRK pose. The crowd also enjoyed Kohli’s short performance as they roared out loud to express their joy.

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Ravindra Jadeja picked five-wicket haul in the second innings

Coming back the game, after taking the first scalp early, Indian captain Rohit Sharma brought on Ravindra Jadeja in the powerplay itself seeing the ball grip and turn in the first innings. The left-arm spinner delivered as he destroyed the stumps of Temba Bavuma to give India their second breakthrough.

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Mohammed Shami also continued his brilliant form by taking the big scalps of Aiden Markram (9 off 6) and Heinrich Klaasen (1 off 11) to leave South Africa reeling at 40/4 after 12.5 overs. From there on there was no recovery for the Proteas as they were bundled out for 83 in 27.1 overs and lost the match by 243 runs. Ravindra Jadeja was the pick of the bowlers for India who picked up 5/33 in nine overs.

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