India defeated South Africa and won the ODI series

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India beats South Africa, wins ODI series 2-1

New Delhi: The final match of the three-match ODI series between India and South Africa was held on Saturday (December 6) at the Dr. YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. In this match, the Indian team won by 9 wickets. India completed the target of 271 runs in 39.5 overs.

Yashasvi Jaiswal’s brilliant century

Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal played an important role in this victory. Yashasvi scored unbeaten 116 runs on 121 balls, which included 12 fours and 2 sixes. This was Yashasvi’s first century in his ODI career. Apart from this, Virat Kohli scored unbeaten 65 runs and Rohit Sharma scored 75 runs to support his team.

series result

With this victory, India won the three-match ODI series against South Africa 2-1. In the first ODI, India won by 17 runs in Ranchi, while in the second ODI, South Africa won by 4 wickets.

Indian innings begins

Indian team had a strong start in the run chase. Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal together made a brilliant partnership of 155 runs for the first wicket. Rohit completed his fifty in 54 balls, which included 6 fours and 1 six.

South Africa’s innings

After losing the toss and batting first, South Africa scored 270 runs in 47.5 overs. The first wicket fell in the form of Ryan Rickelton, who was out without opening the account. Quinton de Kock and Temba Bavuma together made a partnership of 112 runs. De Kock also completed the 23rd century of his ODI career by scoring 106 runs in 80 balls.

performance of indian bowlers

For India, Prasidh Krishna and Kuldeep Yadav took four wickets each. Kuldeep took two important wickets in the same over, ending South Africa’s innings quickly.

Changes in team selection

There was a change in the Indian team for this match, Tilak Verma was given a chance in place of Washington Sundar. At the same time, South Africa made two changes.

playing eleven

Players included in India’s playing eleven: Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Verma, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper/captain), Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh and Prasidh Krishna.

South Africa’s playing XI: Quinton de Kock (wk), Aiden Markram, Temba Bavuma (captain), Matthew Britzke, Ryan Rickelton, Dewald Brewis, Marco Janssen, Corbin Bosch, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi and Otniel Baartman.