India defeat South Africa in 3rd ODI to win series 2-1
The third and deciding match of the 3-match series between India and South Africa was played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. India captain Shikhar Dhawan won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, South Africa were all out after scoring only 99 runs. Team India defeated South Africa 2-1 in the ODI series and captured the trophy.
The team which is also called the ‘B’ team on social media as it is without many of its star players comprehensively defeated South Africa. India won the third match by seven wickets. Spinner Kuldeep Yadav bowled brilliantly in this match. Kuldeep took 4 wickets for 18 runs in 4.1 overs. At the same time, Mohammad Siraj was given the player of the series trophy. He took 5 wickets in this series.
Shikhar Dhawan and Shubman Gill started the innings for the Indian team chasing the target of 100 runs, but once again Dhawan proved to be unlucky and was run out after scoring 8 runs. India got the second blow in the form of Ishan Kishan. Ishan got out after scoring 10 runs. India got the third blow in the form of Shubman Gill. Lungi Ngidi dismissed Shubman for 49 runs. After the dismissal of Shubman Gill, Sanju Samson came to bat. Shreyas Iyer remained unbeaten on 28 and Sanju Samson scored 2 runs in this match.
Talking about South Africa, this is their lowest total against India in ODIs. Earlier, his lowest score against India in ODIs was 117 runs. For India, Kuldeep Yadav dismissed 4 players while Shahbaz Ahmed and Washington Sundar got out 2 each.
