IND vs. South Africa ODI: Team India win series 2-1, win last match by 9 wkts; Yashasvi Jaiswal hits first ODI century
IND vs. South Africa ODI: Team India defeated South Africa by 9 wickets in the third ODI in Visakhapatnam. Team India won the toss and elected to bowl. South Africa could only manage 270 runs. India achieved the target in the 40th over, losing just one wicket. Virat Kohli hit two consecutive fours off Lungi Ngidi to give India the victory.
Kuldeep Yadav and Prasidh Krishna took 4 wickets each for India to restrict S Africa. Quinton de Kock scored a century for the visiting team at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy Stadium. Captain Temba Bavuma scored 48, Dewald Brevis scored 29, and Matthew Breitzki scored 24 to take the team to 270.
Facing a target of 271, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma gave India a strong start. They shared a 155-run partnership. Rohit was dismissed for 75, his first fifty of the series. Yashasvi then scored his first ODI century off 111 balls. Virat Kohli smashed a fifty off just 40 balls. The duo secured victory in the 40th over.
Keshav Maharaj took the only wicket for South Africa. With the result in the third ODI, the home team won the three-match series 2-1. South Africa had chased down 359 runs in the second match. The five-match T20 series between the two teams will begin on December 9th. South Africa won the Test series 2-0. Match scorecard