After losing the two matches in the ODI series, the team India faced South Africa in Cape Town for the last and final match of the series but the story was not different as team India lost to South Africa and the host won the series by 3-0. Well, that means the first international series under the coaching of Rahul Dravid was not disappointing and the team lost the test as well as ODI series against South Africa. So let’s get into the article to check out the complete details of the last and final match of the India versus South Africa ODI series.
KL Rahul is leading the Indian side in white-ball cricket in the absence of Rohit Sharma and he won the toss for his side and elected to field the first.
South Africa showcased their dominance from the early stage of the game, as Quinton de Kock smashed a brilliant century and he scored 124 runs and offered the foundation for his side while Janneman Malan dismissed for just 1. The captain of the side Temba Bavuma was dismissed in the fashion of run out for just 8, on the other hand, Aiden Markram went back to the pavilion after scoring 15 runs in his account.
But Rassie van der Dussen played good innings and he scored 52 runs along with David Miller who smashed 39 runs in his account and that helped South Africa to score 287 runs in 49.5 overs.
In the reply, India started with a shock as the captain KL Rahul went back to the pavilion after scoring just 9 runs. While Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli built a foundation by scoring 61 and 65 runs respectively. However, the middle-order of the team India failed once again as Rishabh Pant was dismissed for 0 while Shreyas Iyer scored 26 and Suryakumar Yadav 39.
Team India was in the trouble but Deepak Chahar showcased amazing performance in the game by scoring 54 runs from just 34 deliveries and gave hope to win this particular match but his dismissal pulled team India to the losing side and South Africa registered victory over India by just 4 runs.
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