Raipur, Dec. 3 -- South Africa opener Aiden Markram's century, followed by Matthew Breetzke and Dewald Brevis' crucial half-centuries, helped the visitors chase a daunting target of 359 runs against India in the second ODI of the ongoing three-match series on Thursday.

The Proteas kept the Men in Blue under pressure from the beginning to equal the record of the highest successful target in ODIs against India.

Australia successfully had chased the target of 359 runs against India in Mohali in March 2019 after Ashton Turner played a match-winning, unbeaten 84*(43).

South Africa have now recorded three successful run-chases of 350 or more, the joint-most in ODIs alongside India. This is the highest match-aggregate in an ODI between these ...