India Won the 3rd ODI Match: India has won the three-match ODI series. Team India defeated South Africa by 9 wickets in the final ODI. With this victory, India clinched the three-match ODI series 2-1. Virat Kohli hit the winning boundary to secure the series for India. Kuldeep Yadav and Prasidh Krishna delivered outstanding performances with the ball, while Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma, and Virat Kohli shone with the bat. India won the first ODI played in Ranchi, while South Africa won the second ODI played in Raipur. India registered a dominant victory in the decisive ODI.
India Playing-11: Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Varma, KL Rahul( c&wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna.
South Africa Playing-11: Ryan Rickelton, Quinton de Kock (wk), Temba Bavuma (c), Matthew Breetzke, Aiden Markram, Dewald Brevis, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Ottneil Baartman.
After loosing toss in 20 matches row India finally won toss in this match and opted to bowl first. After losing the toss and being put in to bat, South Africa got off to a poor start, losing Ryan Rickelton (0) in the very first over. He was caught by wicketkeeper KL Rahul off the bowling of Arshdeep Singh. Captain Temba Bavuma then came to the crease and, along with Quinton de Kock, steadied the innings and scored runs quickly. The two batsmen added 113 runs for the second wicket. Ravindra Jadeja ended this partnership in the 21st over, dismissing Bavuma. Temba Bavuma scored 48 runs off 67 balls, including five fours.
Following this, Matthew Breetzke (24) was dismissed leg before wicket by Prasidh Krishna. In the same over, Krishna also claimed the wicket of Aiden Markram (1). Meanwhile, in the 30th over, De Kock completed his century with a six off Harshit Rana's bowling. This was his seventh century against India. With this, he equaled Sanath Jayasuriya's record for the most ODI centuries against India. He also equaled AB de Villiers' record for the most centuries by a foreign batsman in India.
In the 33rd over, Prasidh Krishna bowled Quinton de Kock, giving South Africa their fifth setback. Quinton de Kock scored 106 runs off 89 balls, hitting eight fours and six sixes. Kuldeep Yadav then struck in the 39th over, first dismissing Dewald Brevis (29) and then Marco Jansen (17) on the third ball of the same over. Kuldeep also accounted for Corbin Bosch (9) and Lungi Ngidi (1). On the fifth ball of the 48th over, Prasidh Krishna bowled Ottniel Baartman (3), bringing South Africa's innings to an end at a score of 270.
For India, Kuldeep Yadav took four wickets for 41 runs. Prasidh Krishna also claimed four wickets. Arshdeep Singh and Ravindra Jadeja dismissed one batsman each.
Player of the Match: Yashasvi Jaiswal (IND) 116* (121)
Player of the Series: Virat Kohli(IND). He scored a couple of centuries and an unbeaten half century, finishing with a tally of 302 runs in the series.
Both sides now shift gears for the upcoming five-match T20I series, with the opening clash set for Cuttack on Tuesday, 9th December.
