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India vs South Africa, Live Score, 4th ODI Match, India in South Africa, 2018

India

Batting R B 4s 6s SR

Rohit Sharma c & b Kagiso Rabada 5 13 1 0 38.46

3.6

K Rabada to R Sharma, OUT! Excellent, excellent catch from Rabada, Rohit's wretched run with the bat continues. The last three deliveries were in the same zone and were driven back to the bowler. Rabada delivers this one again on a fuller length around off. All Sharma can do is spoon it back aerially towards the bowler. Now comes the terrific part of this wicket. Kagiso gets forward in his followthrough and seems to have taken it inches over the ground with his fingers underneath that. Throws the ball up in celebration after completing the tumbling effort. Aleem Dar goes upstairs and after multiple looks, the decision is returned in favour of the bowler. The Indians yet again lose one early in the piece.

Shikhar Dhawan c AB de Villiers b Morne Morkel 109 105 10 2 103.81

35.3

M Morkel to S Dhawan, OUT! The Big Giraffe gets the Big Fish! The break breaks the momentum for India as they lose a wicket almost immediately after the break. Full and outside off, slanting away, Dhawan looks to go over the top but the ball hits the toe end of his bat. It goes low to AB de Villiers at mid off who makes no mistake. The Proteas are jubilant - a rare moment in this series for them. How long will this joy be? End of a wonderful knock from Dhawan. However, has this wicket given the Saffas an opening? Two set batsmen dismissed. Kohli, before the lightning break and Dhawan now.

Virat Kohli (C) c David Miller b Chris Morris 75 83 7 1 90.36

31.1

C Morris to V Kohli, OUT! The bowling change has done the trick for the Men in Pink! Who is the man walking back? The thorn in their flesh, Virat Kohli, who is dismissed after 281 runs. Morris hurls it on a length outside off, Virat walks down and across to hit it over covers. Fails to get the desired elevation and ends up finding Miller stationed there to perfection. He seldom misses such dollies and takes this nicely with a couple of steps to his left. Virat is not happy with what he has done. The 158-run partnership is broken and the Proteas would sense an opening here.

Ajinkya Rahane c Kagiso Rabada b Lungi Ngidi 8 15 1 0 53.33

36.3

L Ngidi to A Rahane, OUT! Caught and now Rahane throws it away. That door gets opened a bit more. A needless shot under the circumstances. Perhaps the message has been to keep scoring quickly. A short ball, outside off, Rahane instinctively goes for the pull but there is some steep bounce in that, which induces a bit of a top edge and hence a miscue. It is small ground but not small enough for the ball to sail beyond the ropes. Kagiso Rabada at the mid-wicket fence pouches it calmly. So after the break, India have lost 2/10 in 13 balls.

Shreyas Iyer c Chris Morris b Lungi Ngidi 18 21 2 0 85.71

43.2

L Ngidi to S Iyer, OUT! Not this time! A length ball again, this time Iyer looks to go over the leg side but does not have enough strength to clear long on. Easy catch for Chris Morris.

MS Dhoni (W) not out 42 43 3 1 97.67

Hardik Pandya c Aiden Markram b Kagiso Rabada 9 13 1 0 69.23

46.6

K Rabada to H Pandya, OUT! It is a bird, it is a plane, it is superman but it is not AB! W-H-A-T-A-C-A-T-C-HHHHHHH! Stunning. Absolutely. Aiden Markram it is. The ball is full and outside off and Hardik bashes it with brute power. The ball goes over cover and seems like it has cleared the fielder. But no, Markram leaps full stretch, sticks out his right hand and takes a stinger! Take a bow, skipper. Brilliant.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar run out (JP Duminy) 5 7 0 0 71.43

49.3

C Morris to MS Dhoni, OUT! Bhuvi is run out but India will not mind. Dhoni is back on strike. A low full toss outside off, MSD hits it hard towards long on and calls for two. JP Duminy collects the ball calmly and returns a straightforward throw to Morris. Simple run out, which is not even referred upstairs.

Kuldeep Yadav not out 0 0 0 0 0

TOTAL: 289 -7 in 50.0 overs (5.78 runs per over)

Extras (lb 6, w 12, nb 0, b 0) 18

Fall of wickets :1-20 (Rohit Sharma , 3.6 overs), 2-178 (Virat Kohli , 31.1 overs), 3-206 (Shikhar Dhawan , 35.3 overs), 4-210 (Ajinkya Rahane , 36.3 overs), 5-247 (Shreyas Iyer , 43.2 overs), 6-262 (Hardik Pandya , 46.6 overs), 7-282 (Bhuvneshwar Kumar , 49.3 overs)

Still to bat : Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal

Bowling overs M R W Econ Extras

Morne Morkel 10 0 55 1 5.5 0nb, 4w

Kagiso Rabada 10 0 58 2 5.8 0nb, 3w

Lungi Ngidi 10 0 52 2 5.2 0nb, 1w

Chris Morris 10 0 60 1 6 0nb, 2w

Andile Phehlukwayo 6 0 38 0 6.33 0nb, 2w

JP Duminy 4 0 20 0 5 0nb, 0w

South Africa

Batting R B 4s 6s SR

Aiden Markram (C) lbw b Jasprit Bumrah 22 23 3 0 95.65

7.2

J Bumrah to A Markram, OUT! LBW! The decision stays as it is! Don't think it was the wisest of calls to review this in the first place. The ball landed outside off, Markram walked across and then looked to heave. But missed the ball and got hit, just over the knee roll. It looked plumb and Aleem Dar agreed. Markram had a long look at Amla and then both these players signalled for the review. Hawk Eye showed it to be hitting the stumps. Waste of a review.

Hashim Amla c Bhuvneshwar Kumar b Kuldeep Yadav 33 40 4 0 82.5

14.1

K Yadav to H Amla, OUT! Game awareness, tick. Boundary-line awareness, tick. Terrific catch, oh yes! Amla, thanks for being out there for 40 balls! Spin is amidst it all, again. This is nicely tossed up around off and middle, Amla slinks down a couple of steps and looks to lift it aerially towards long off. But seems to have been done in by the flight. Ends up checking his shot. Bhuvneshwar stationed there goes backwards and takes it, but then seems to be going over the ropes and hence throws it in the air, goes out, comes in and completes the catch. Seems to be a good catch but the umpires take it upstairs. Another look confirms the doom. The hosts still 125 behind.

JP Duminy lbw b Kuldeep Yadav 10 14 0 0 71.43

12.2

K Yadav to JP Duminy, OUT! Adjudged LBW! Well, not a convincing appeal at all but the umpire has raised his finger. Duminy might have picked the last ball but he certainly did not pick this one, nor does he look like picking to agree with the decision of the umpire. Looks totally gutted. To be honest, that did not look out at all. Duminy came way down the track, but was nowhere near the pitch of the ball. Missed his flick and was hit on the pads. Kuldeep was the only one appealing and tumbled over while doing so. The umpire took his time and then raised his finger! Duminy looked upset, wanted to review but it has already been used up. Hawk Eye shows the impact to be 3 metres from the line of the stumps, but going on to hit the sticks. Don't know what that means - if it is the Ian Bell case in the 2011 ODI World Cup against India, then Duminy would have been not out, had he been given the chance to review.

AB de Villiers c Rohit Sharma b Hardik Pandya 26 18 1 2 144.44

16.5

H Pandya to de Villiers, OUT! Know what's precision? Picking out the man stationed on the fence to perfection. And AB de Villiers has done just that. Fuller in length, angling in, de Villiers flicks it away off his pads. Does so aerially and the ball flies straight to Rohit Sharma at fine leg. He didn't have to move an inch. Know who moved a lot? Hardik Pandya. He was up and running to his mate who had managed to hold on to the catch to give him the big scalp. India have the hosts needing exactly the triple figure more, with just 67 deliveries to bowl at them. Game, set, match?

David Miller lbw b Yuzvendra Chahal 39 28 4 2 139.29

23.4

Y Chahal to D Miller, OUT! Chahal gets his revenge, though not sure we can call it that. Chahal bravely floats it around middle and gets it to turn in just a touch. Miller gets his front foot across and then tries to defend with a straight bat. Misses the ball completely and is caught adjacent to the stumps. Dar raises that dreaded finger. Plumb, shows the Ball Tracker, too. Thankfully for Chahal and India, it is not a no ball! 28 off 27 needed. Chokers, anybody?

Heinrich Klaasen (W) not out 43 27 5 1 159.26

Andile Phehlukwayo not out 23 5 1 3 460

TOTAL: 207 -5 in 25.3 overs (8.11 runs per over)

Extras (lb 3, w 6, nb 2, b 0) 11

Fall of wickets :1-43 (Aiden Markram , 7.2 overs), 2-67 (JP Duminy , 12.2 overs), 3-77 (Hashim Amla , 14.1 overs), 4-102 (AB de Villiers , 16.5 overs), 5-174 (David Miller , 23.4 overs)

Still to bat : Chris Morris, Kagiso Rabada, Morne Morkel, Lungi Ngidi

Bowling overs M R W Econ Extras

Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4 0 27 0 6.75 0nb, 0w

Jasprit Bumrah 5 0 21 1 4.2 0nb, 0w

Kuldeep Yadav 6 0 51 2 8.5 0nb, 1w

Hardik Pandya 5 0 37 1 7.4 0nb, 2w

Yuzvendra Chahal 5.3 0 68 1 12.36 2nb, 3w

Match details

Toss: Toss won by India

Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and Bongani Jele (SA)

TV umpire: Ian Gould (ENG)

Match referee: Andy Pycroft (ZIM)

PLAYING XI

India

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

South Africa

Hashim Amla, Aiden Markram (C), AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Heinrich Klaasen (W), David Miller, Chris Morris, Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada, Morne Morkel, Lungi Ngidi