Quinton de Kock scored a brilliant century as South Africa completed a clean sweep with a tense four-run victory in their three-match One Day International series against India at Newlands on Sunday.
India opted to field and restricted South Africa to 287 in one ball of 50 overs, but the visitors failed to chase down their target as they scored 283 runs in four balls in the innings.
Deepak Chahar played a brilliant innings of 54 runs in 33 balls, India were bundled out for 223 for seven, but the visiting team lost their last three wickets by adding five runs.
“In the end things got a little crazy, we found complacency where we thought we had game in the bag, but we were able to pull it back,” South Africa captain Temba Bavuma said in a presentation after the match.
“It’s a mission accomplished for us as a team. Not many guys gave us a chance in this series, but whatever confidence we get, we will accept it and keep improving.”
De Kock’s 17th ODI century scored South Africa’s 124 off 130 balls and added 134 runs for the fourth wicket with Rassie van der Dussen, who scored 52 off 59 balls.
India were chasing a target of 116 for one in the 23rd over, but two quick wickets proved to be a big blow.
Shikhar Dhawan (61) skids a pull shot to wicketkeeper de Kock off seamer Andile Phehlukwayo (3-40), and his first delivery with the dreaded Rishabh Pant tries to hit the same bowler for a six, but is caught at deep cover. goes. was taken.
It was not the first time on the tour but poor shot selection from Pant.
With the departure of former captain Virat Kohli (65), Chahar’s active 54 took India deep.
“I thought Deepak gave us a real chance to win the game. A losing team’s end is disappointing. It’s something we can learn from and get better at,” said India captain KL Rahul.
“It is clear where we have gone wrong, our shot selection has been poor at times. We played well on the pitch but didn’t put pressure on the opposition.
South Africa won the three-match Test series 2–1.