October 25, 2015
ODI 5 : Last match of 5-match ODI series between India and South Africa has been played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. Opting to bat first, South Africa put hillerious score of 438 runs for India to achieved in 50 overs. Q de Kock 109, F du Plessis 133 and AB de Villiers 119 were star performers for South Africa.
Earlier, South Africa won the toss and decided to bat first. Q de Kock 109, F du Plessis 133 and AB de Villiers 119 runs powered South Africa to put very huge score of 438 runs in 50 overs.
Following huge target of 439 runs, India could not got good start and lost RG Sharma early scoring just 16 runs. V Kohli also followed him contributing just 7 runs in a very important match. AM Rahane 87 and S Dhawan 60 runs fouth well but other batsmen failed to follow the higher required run rate and Inda all out scoring 224 runs in 35.5 overs and lost the match by huge margins of 214 runs.
Man of the Series : AB de Villiers (South Africa) |
Man of the match : Q de Kock (South Africa) |
Series - South Africa won the 5-match series 3-2 |
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