Centuries from Ruturaj Gaikwad and Virat Kohli went in vain as South Africa successfully chased down the mammoth target of 359 runs with 4 balls to left (IND vs SA 2nd ODI). With the win of South Africa in the second of the three-match ODI series, the scoreline is 1-1, left the 3rd match as the series decider. 

Toss and the first innings:

Temba Bavuma back in the action for the crucial match of the series. He won the toss and decided to field first. The pitch at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium in New Raipur was not similar to the surface used in Ranchi for the first ODI. In Raipure, the deck turned into a heavens for batters. During the second innings, when the match was playing under the flood lights, due factor came into the equation. As the spinners faced difficulties to grip the ball, batter found it easy to rotate the strike. 

The first innings of the match was mostly about the brilliance of Virat Kohli and Ruturaj Gaikawad. They together stitched a 195-run partnership and helped team India to comfortably edge past the 350-run mark. Ruturaj scored 105 off 83, his maiden ODI ton, while Virat claimed his 53rd ODI century. After scoring 135 in Ranchi, the batting maestro registered 102 runs in Raipur. Stand-in skipper KL Rahul played an unbeaten 66-run innings and confirmed a total of 358 runs in exchange for 5 wickets in 50 overs. 

India: 358/5 (50 Overs)

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Second innings: 

A target of 359 runs was huge, but not something unchasable. Aiden Markram, one of the openers of South Africa replied with a 110-run knock under pressure in the second innings. Skipper Temba Bavuma (46), Matthew Breetzke (68), Dewald Brevis (54) had significant contribution behind today's match result. Tony de Zorzi also was doing well in the middle, but he had to left the field because of hamstring issue. Markram named as the Player of the Match, but without the resliance of Corbin Bosch in the lower order, the result of the match could be differnt. With Keshav Maharaj on one end, Bosch remained strong on the other side of the pitch and played and unbeaten 29-run innings to win the match. 

South Africa: 362/6 (49.2)