Key takeaways from first ODI between South Africa and India

#3 Fourth instance of both captains scoring a hundred in the same ODI

The first ODI between South Africa and India saw both captains Faf du Plessis (120) and Virat Kohli (112) score hundreds in the same match. It was just the fourth such instance in the history of one day international cricket, with Kohli featuring on the coveted list for the third time.

The ton also helped Kohli equal the record of most hundreds by an Indian captain (11), in just 41 innings, set previously by Sourav Ganguly, who took 142 innings to achieve the feat.

Instances of both Captains scoring a hundred in the same ODI

1) William Porterfield-Eoin Morgan, Dublin 2013.

2) Virat Kohli-Mushfiqur Rahim, Fatullah 2014

3) Virat Kohli-Anjelo Mathews, Ranchi 2014

4) Virat Kohli-Faf Du Plessis, Durban 2018