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India vs South Africa, Live Score, 3rd ODI Match, India in South Africa, 2018

India

Batting R B 4s 6s SR

Rohit Sharma c Heinrich Klaasen b Kagiso Rabada 0 6 0 0 0

0.6

K Rabada to R Sharma, OUT! Gone? Yes! Didn't seem so on the first look. This is hurled a touch fuller outside off, Rohit looks to play it at first but then tries to withdraw his bat to let it go. Seems to have done well as the ball goes to the keeper. What happens next catches us by surprise. An appeal for caught behind is made and it is upheld as well. Wow! First dismissal for Klaasen behind the wickets. Another look shows why this turns out to be a good decision. Sharma was late in getting the bat out of the way and the ball moved in as well. As a result, the faintest of inside edges was taken and that's that. India yet to put a run on the board and they lose a wicket. Just the start the hosts needed, a maiden wicket over.

Shikhar Dhawan c Aiden Markram b JP Duminy 76 63 12 0 120.63

23.1

JP Duminy to S Dhawan, OUT! Dhawan throws it away! There was a hundred for the taking, but he has shut shop and let it pass. Tossed up around off, Dhawan gets down the track and looks to go big on the on side. Doesn't get the elevation that he wanted and ends up chipping it towards mid-wicket. Markram has stationed himself there and he takes a wonderful catch tumbling to his left. End of the 140-run association between Dhawan and Kohli, South Africa get a breakthrough against the run of play. Duminy the man with the golden arm, the first wicket by a Protea spinner in this series.

Virat Kohli (C) not out 160 159 12 2 100.63

Ajinkya Rahane c Andile Phehlukwayo b JP Duminy 11 13 0 0 84.62

27.4

JP Duminy to A Rahane, OUT! Very unnecessary piece of cricket by Rahane and he has thrown his wicket away. Sunil Gavaskar on air is very angry with the shot selection, says that he just came in and all he needed to do was rotate the strike. Fair point, sir. Duminy has another wicket in the kitty. He serves a loopy full ball on middle, Rahane runs down the track aiming for a big shot across the line but fails to reach the pitch of the delivery early. He ends up miscuing it completely in the air as his bat turns in his hands and Phehlukwayo backtracks from mid off to take a well-judged catch. A disappointed Rahane walks back and South Africa would like to build on this wicket.

Hardik Pandya c Heinrich Klaasen b Chris Morris 14 15 0 1 93.33

32.5

C Morris to H Pandya, OUT! The move to send Pandya up the order has flopped. Morris provides width and plays with the patience of the batsman. Two dot balls before this and Hardik sees the opportunity to free his arms. He flashes his bat at it but gets a thick outside edge behind to the new South African keeper. Klaasen makes no mistake and India have lost their fourth wicket. Good going from South Africa. Morris roars in delight. He knows the importance of this wicket as Hardik Pandya can prove to be dangerous with his ability to hit big shots.

MS Dhoni (W) c Lungi Ngidi b Imran Tahir 10 22 0 0 45.45

41.3

I Tahir to MS Dhoni, OUT! Well, well, well, Tahir and Lungi, the Chennai recruits in the Indian T20 League have combined to remove the Chennai skipper. This was coming with MS struggling to get his innings going. He decides to attack the leggie. Dances down the track, tries to emulate his 2011 World Cup winning shot but there isn't enough venom behind the shot. Easily caught by Ngidi at long on. Big wicket for the Proteas.

Kedar Jadhav c Heinrich Klaasen b Andile Phehlukwayo 1 3 0 0 33.33

42.4

A Phehlukwayo to K Jadhav, OUT! Catching practice for the wicketkeeper. Not a wicket taking delivery but Jadhav has found a way to make it one. Tries to run a length ball wide outside off to third man but gets a top edge to Klaasen. He makes no mistake, his third catch of the match and he is having a good debut. India in a little bit of bother now.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar not out 16 19 1 0 84.21

TOTAL: 303 -6 in 50.0 overs (6.06 runs per over)

Extras (lb 3, w 12, nb 0, b 0) 15

Fall of wickets :1-0 (Rohit Sharma , 0.6 overs), 2-140 (Shikhar Dhawan , 23.1 overs), 3-160 (Ajinkya Rahane , 27.4 overs), 4-188 (Hardik Pandya , 32.5 overs), 5-228 (MS Dhoni , 41.3 overs), 6-236 (Kedar Jadhav , 42.4 overs)

Still to bat : Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal

Bowling overs M R W Econ Extras

Kagiso Rabada 10 1 54 1 5.4 0nb, 3w

Lungi Ngidi 6 0 47 0 7.83 0nb, 2w

Chris Morris 9 0 45 1 5 0nb, 1w

Andile Phehlukwayo 6 0 42 1 7 0nb, 5w

Imran Tahir 9 0 52 1 5.78 0nb, 0w

JP Duminy 10 0 60 2 6 0nb, 0w

South Africa

Batting R B 4s 6s SR

Hashim Amla lbw b Jasprit Bumrah 1 2 0 0 50

1.1

J Bumrah to H Amla, OUT! Bumrah strikes off his first delivery! Dream start for India with the ball. He runs in from over the wicket and lands it on a length around off. Amla hops to flick it away but misses and is caught right in front of the stumps. The Indians go up in appeal and get the nod from the umpire. Amla has a chat with his skipper at the other end, who says it isn't a good idea to review that. He is right there as the Hawk Eye returns three reds. The home side is jolted early in their run chase.

Aiden Markram (C) st MS Dhoni b Kuldeep Yadav 32 42 2 1 76.19

16.2

K Yadav to A Markram, OUT! 400th dismissal for MS Dhoni in ODIs! Kuldeep slows this up in the air and lands it full around middle. Markram fails to read the googly there as he walks forward to flick it on the leg side. But the ball spins away to beat the outside edge and Dhoni takes the bails off in a flash. The chinaman strikes almost immediately and South Africa will hope this has not opened the floodgates. End of a handy partnership too. 225 needed off 202 balls!

JP Duminy lbw b Yuzvendra Chahal 51 67 4 0 76.12

21.5

Y Chahal to JP Duminy, OUT! That's hitting leg and Duminy, the set batsman, has to depart. Body blow to South Africa's chances. Chahal has his second. Another traditional leg spinner has earned him a wicket. He lands it around off and gets it to spin back into the left-hander. Duminy stays back to flick it on the leg side but misses. It thuds him on the pads, they appeal and this time the umpire thinks a bit before lifting his finger. JP Duminy has a chat with his partner before taking the DRS. To the naked eye, we thought it could be missing or at the most clipping the leg stump but the Hawk Eye shows it to be hitting leg. The Indians are delighted. Once again they have the opportunity to run over the Proteas.

Heinrich Klaasen (W) lbw b Yuzvendra Chahal 6 12 1 0 50

19.2

Y Chahal to H Klaasen, OUT! Trapped in front! Chahal also tastes blood. Ominous signs for the Proteas. Is this once again going the same way like the last ODI? A nicely tossed up leg spinner, landing on leg and spinning away to beat the bat of Klaasen. He is rapped on the back leg, they appeal and the finger goes up almost immediately. The debutant has a chat with his senior partner but Duminy advises against the use of DRS. Heinrich walks back and South Africa lose their third wicket.

David Miller c MS Dhoni b Jasprit Bumrah 25 42 1 0 59.52

32.3

J Bumrah to D Miller, OUT! This was always on the cards, wasn't it? Miller was fishing outside the off stump in the past couple of overs and now, although this isn't the same action, the edge is induced nevertheless. Bumrah runs in from round the wicket and delivers a length ball angling in to the batsman. David looks to pull it off the front foot. Wrongly positioned and a wrong choice of shot as well as the ball wasn't really short. What's more, he advanced down the track as well. All he managed to do was get an inside edge through to the keeper. That's that. The Indians appeal, get the umpire's nod and the southpaw doesn't even bother to wait. The Proteas still need 175 runs in just 105 balls.

Khaya Zondo c sub b Yuzvendra Chahal 17 38 0 0 44.74

36.1

Y Chahal to K Zondo, OUT! My partner here, Praky, wonders if Kohli had held his spinners back just to get some night allowance. He had the chance to go for the kill earlier but he didn't. Now he has brought both of them back and each has struck. Chahal tosses this one up around off, Zondo gets down to slog it away. Gets a top edge, the ball goes up, touches eternity and comes down to Pandey, the sub, at covers. As easy as it gets. The end is nigh for the hosts now. Third wicket for Yuzvendra.

Chris Morris lbw b Kuldeep Yadav 14 10 1 0 140

35.2

K Yadav to C Morris, OUT! As plumb as it gets. Morris is done with playing his shot during breakfast while the ball is served for lunch. He gets across the stumps and wears it on the box as he missed his pull. An appeal is just a formality as the finger is raised immediately. 154 off 88 needed as Chris walks back vigorously shaking his head. Not sure if it is because of him missing the ball completely or if someone from the opposite camp had something to say to him.

Andile Phehlukwayo c Virat Kohli b Kuldeep Yadav 3 8 0 0 37.5

37.3

K Yadav to A Phehlukwayo, OUT! Ever heard a strict mother warning her ward to not accept lollipops from strangers? Such an instruction should be given to the South African batsmen as well. Yadav tosses this up nicely outside off, Phehlukwayo fails to resist the temptation to go after that. Looks to hoick it over the on side but gets a top edge. Kohli runs forward from covers and accepts it gleefully. India need another 2 wickets to be 3-0 at the end of this game.

Kagiso Rabada not out 12 7 1 1 171.43

Imran Tahir c Virat Kohli b Yuzvendra Chahal 8 6 2 0 133.33

38.4

Y Chahal to I Tahir, OUT! The party has ended. Chahal is not afraid to toss it up yet again. Tahir gets down on a knee to slog it out of Cape Town but fails to even clear the 30-yard circle. Finds Kohli at mid on with the skier. This is Chahal's fourth wicket.

Lungi Ngidi lbw b Kuldeep Yadav 6 6 1 0 100

39.6

K Yadav to L Ngidi, OUT! How silent was this wicket! Dhoni told Kuldeep to bowl the other one and he does. Lands it on middle and gets it to turn away. Ngidi swipes across the line but misses the ball completely. The players don't even bother appealing. The umpire raises the finger. Hold on, Hawk Eye shows the ball to be PASSING OVER THE STUMPS. The hosts didn't have any review left, though. INDIA WIN BY 124 RUNS AND TAKE AN UNASSAILABLE 3-0 LEAD IN THE SERIES!

TOTAL: 179 in 40.0 overs (4.47 runs per over)

Extras (lb 2, w 2, nb 0, b 0) 4

Fall of wickets :1-1 (Hashim Amla , 1.1 overs), 2-79 (Aiden Markram , 16.2 overs), 3-88 (Heinrich Klaasen , 19.2 overs), 4-95 (JP Duminy , 21.5 overs), 5-129 (David Miller , 32.3 overs), 6-150 (Chris Morris , 35.2 overs), 7-150 (Khaya Zondo , 36.1 overs), 8-158 (Andile Phehlukwayo , 37.3 overs), 9-167 (Imran Tahir , 38.4 overs), 10-179 (Lungi Ngidi , 39.6 overs)

Bowling overs M R W Econ Extras

Bhuvneshwar Kumar 7 0 41 0 5.86 0nb, 0w

Jasprit Bumrah 7 0 32 2 4.57 0nb, 1w

Hardik Pandya 8 0 35 0 4.38 0nb, 1w

Yuzvendra Chahal 9 0 46 4 5.11 0nb, 0w

Kuldeep Yadav 9 1 23 4 2.56 0nb, 0w

Match details

Toss: Toss won by South Africa

Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Ian Gould (ENG)

TV umpire: Aleem Dar (PAK)

Match referee: Andy Pycroft (ZIM)

PLAYING XI

India

Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli (C), Ajinkya Rahane, MS Dhoni (W), Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal

South Africa

Hashim Amla, Aiden Markram (C), JP Duminy, Heinrich Klaasen (W), David Miller, Khaya Zondo, Chris Morris, Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada, Imran Tahir, Lungi Ngidi