India tour to South Africa 2013, 3rd ODI.

     India vs. South Africa – 3^rd ODI

     South Africa 301 runs/8 wickets

Match ended in NO RESULT due to Rain after the 1^st Innings.

   The 3^rd ODI between the Proteas and the Indians was played yesterday. India had already lost the series 2-0 were now looking for the consolation in form of a victory in the last game.

      Toss went to South Africa who decided to bat first. South Africa made 3 changes as they called in Imran Tahir, Wayne Parnell and Henry Davids for Dale Steyn, Jacques Kallis and Morne Morkel. On the other hand Indians went on with unchanges side.

      Cloud Cover was all over the place but it didn’t rain till the start of the match. The Proteans opened up with their regular openers, Quinton de Kock and Hashim Amla. The decision proved to be drastically wrong for the home side as they  lost 3 wickets for a total of 28 runs. Muhammad Shami got rid of Hashim Amla(13 runs) while Ishant Sharma got rid of Henry Davids and JP Duminy. Their started the way for the 2 Centurians. Quinton de Kock and AB de Villiers put together a partnership of 171 runs which ended up with the departure of Quinton de Kock who ended up with 101 runs(9 x 4s, 2 x 6s). He bacame the 5^th man to score 3 consecutive centuries. On the other hand AB de Villiers also reached a much needed 100 but was finally dismissed after scoring 109 runs(6 x fours, 5 x sixes) on the delivery of Umesh Yadav. There began the end of the Protean Innings as the wickets begin to fall regularly. Still David Miller stood firm on the crease as he played a flyer of 56 balls(5 x 4s,3 x 6s) . Finally the overs ended when South Africa reached a total of 301 runs/8 wickets. 

       

Ishant Sharma got 4 wickets in his bucket while Muhammad Shami got 3 wickets and Umesh Yadav received 1 wicket.

     There was no Man of the Match but Man of the series was awarded to none other than Quinton de Kock for his 3 consecutive centuries. 

       This was the least target what India had got on this tour but the rain played its part. It started to rain heavily before the start of the Indian Innings and finally the match ended in the form of NO RESULT ending up the 3-match series 2-0 to home side.

        Test Series is still to come. Let’s see if the Indians bounce back or the Protean dominance continues,,,,,,,,,,,