South Africa thrashes India; wins Paytm series
The Hindu
Quinton de Kock, Faf du Plessis and AB de Villiers treated the Indian bowlers in disdain during the fifth ODI at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday. Photos: Vivek Bendre.For South Africa Quinton de Kock, Faf du Plessis and AB de VIlliers scored centuries; Rahane was the top scorer for India.
South Africa thrashed India in the final and deciding one-day international at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday.
South Africa won the match by .. runs and lifted the Paytm ODI trophy 3-2.
Rahane (87) and Dhawan (60) played some crucial knocks. Dhoni scored 27. No Indian batsmen lived up to the challenge and played some silly shots.
Having won the T20 series (2-0) and ODI series (3-0), South Africa will go into the Test series with much more confidence. This is the second straight bilateral defeat for India having lost to Bangladesh earlier.
Earlier, riding on centuries from captain A B de Villiers, Quinton de Kock and Faf du Plessis, South Africa went for a batting rampage as they posted a record-high total of 438 for 4 in the fifth and final ODI.
Opener de Kock cracked 109 in 87 balls, du Plessis blasted 133 in 115 balls before retiring hurt while de Villiers smashed 11 sixes in his blistering knock of 119 from just 61 balls to completely destroy the home team bowling attack after South Africa opted to bat on a perfect batting track at Wankhede Stadium.
South Africa, who have never won a bilateral ODI series in India, finished with the mammoth total, the joint third highest ever and 17th 400—plus score in ODI history. It was also the highest ODI score in India, the second highest being the 418/5 India scored against West Indies in Indore in 2011.
This was only the second time that three batsmen scored a century each in an ODI match, the other instance also being by the South African team against the West Indies in Johannesburg early this year.
De Kock set the tone by striking 11 fours and a six, while du Plessis started slowly only to open up into a six—hitting spree before retiring to the pavilion due to leg cramps after hitting six sixes and nine fours.
And to complete the hosts’ agony, de Villiers smashed an incredible 11 sixes and three fours in his brilliant knock to completely flatten the Indian bowling.
De Kock and du Plessis put on 154 runs in 137 balls for the second wicket to lay a strong foundation in their innings.
Du Plessis then stitched 164 runs in 103 balls with de Villiers before he retired hurt when the score was 351 for 2.
All the five frontline Indian bowlers went for runs.
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