India [274/7] defeat South Africa [201] by 73 runs to take an unassailable 4-1 lead ODI series

[AssassinatedDevil]

Teams:

India (From): Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Hardik Pandya, MS Dhoni(w), Kedar Jadhav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Dinesh Karthik, Axar Patel, Mohammed Shami, Shardul Thakur;

South Africa (From): Hashim Amla, Aiden Markram(c), AB de Villiers, Jean-Paul Duminy, Heinrich Klaasen(w), David Miller, Khaya Zondo, Chris Morris, Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada, Imran Tahir, Lungisani Ngidi, Farhaan Behardien, Morne Morkel, Tabraiz Shamsi

 

[AssassinatedDevil]

Should be a good one. AB needs to fire

 

[UN talkz]

It will interesting to see approach of SA batsmen against spinners today.
Last match they attacked as they had no option and it worked very well.

 

[Sam99]

I feel virat will score big today.

 

[mkyawar]

South Africa tail starts after 6. There is no way there are winning this. Needed to play an extra batsmen in Farhan and make duminy bowl 10 overs of spin

 

[UN talkz]

I feel virat will score big today.

This happens 95 out of 100 times, tell something new

 

[UN talkz]

South Africa won the toss and opted to bowl

Teams

India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, MS Dhoni(w), Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah

South Africa (Playing XI): Aiden Markram(c), Hashim Amla, Jean-Paul Duminy, AB de Villiers, David Miller, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada, Lungisani Ngidi, Morne Morkel, Tabraiz Shamsi

 

[Ab Fan]

India should win this. SA are not good chasing totals.

 

[Nitya85]

South Africa to win
India will score below par target
Decider then

 

[dravidthewall]

Rohit is calm

 

[Zahid87]

When has Rohit Sharma ever scored ' tough runs'. Always seems to score in India, or on a flat pitch.

Has he ever scored runs like Kohli where the team are in a hole, and he has to bail them out.

RSA will win this one. Conditions suit their bowlers, and India are batting first. India to scramble a score of 220.

 

[dravidthewall]

Good shot dhawan

 

[dravidthewall]

Rohit 11 balls 1 run

 

[RamLakhan]

Well Rohit Sharma the monster always takes ages to get going even on Indian Flat pitches. Suppose his so-called "lazy elegance" goes for a toss even on those super-flat tracks, he is likely to have eaten 20 to 30 balls! He should be nowhere in the T20 side for this sole reason! (I guess he does not open even for his IPL team for this reason! He bats in the middle order. So he should not play for India in T20)

Rohit has same consistency issues compared to Rahul. But Rohit is persisted for strange reasons!

 

[dravidthewall]

Rohit six

 

[RamLakhan]

Dhawan should have shielded Rohit from Rabada, so that he could take on others in middle overs!

 

[RamLakhan]

Rohit six

Maybe he invited Rabada to India and got obliged!

 

[mkyawar]

Have a feeling Rohit will destroy and make this 5-1. Why the hell would SA bat last on this pitch

 

[dravidthewall]

Dhawan good form carrying on

 

[dravidthewall]

Dhawan not taking singles lol.only boundaries

 

[dravidthewall]

Dhawan gone

 

[mkyawar]

Seriosuly I am surprised as to how come SA became number 1. They have a very poor ODI outfit. Bowlers are a hit and miss and batting too dependant on AB and FAF. Gone are the days of kallis, kluesner, pollock and boje

 

[Sam99]

This happens 95 out of 100 times, tell something new

so he has 200 centuries till now?

 

[UN talkz]

so he has 200 centuries till now?

Scoring big doesn't always mean centuries

 

[dravidthewall]

Rabada vs kohli

 

[dravidthewall]

Rabada is such a class bowler.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Tail starts after one more wicket.

 

[austerlitz]

Could be hitman's day.Has survived opening spell and that six to 145 kph from rabada coming down the wicket was ominous.

 

[dravidthewall]

What a shot rohit six

 

[austerlitz]

Another trademark hitman six.

 

[UN talkz]

Stop using inappropriate language and insulting others, otherwise there will be bans

 

[King Kong]

Rabada vs kohli

Has he ever taken Kohli's wicket this tour?

 

[dravidthewall]

Has he ever taken Kohli's wicket this tour?

But treat to watch both

 

[mkyawar]

Ngidi is a poor bowler in ODI

 

[dravidthewall]

SA's pandya in to the attack and four

 

[SLcric123]

India 331/7
SA 178 all out

Man of the match- Rohit Sharma

 

[Nitya85]

When has Rohit Sharma ever scored ' tough runs'. Always seems to score in India, or on a flat pitch.

Has he ever scored runs like Kohli where the team are in a hole, and he has to bail them out.

RSA will win this one. Conditions suit their bowlers, and India are batting first. India to scramble a score of 220.

Go and check his records...

 

[Nikhil_cric]

When has Rohit Sharma ever scored ' tough runs'. Always seems to score in India, or on a flat pitch.

Has he ever scored runs like Kohli where the team are in a hole, and he has to bail them out.

RSA will win this one. Conditions suit their bowlers, and India are batting first. India to scramble a score of 220.

I don't think he ever has. But then again the modern ODI is all about the Rohit's, Hales',Roy's,Finch's etc.

 

[jnaveen1980]

I don't think he ever has. But then again the modern ODI is all about the Rohit's, Hales',Roy's,Finch's etc.

Rohit is better than all of them. He has no issues in one dayers. Only in Tests he has issues. Rabada had his number though in this series. He is okay overall in the last couple of years as an opener. He clicks more often than not.

 

[Nitya85]

If any player from Pakistan have hit 3 double hundred in ODI..most people here labelled him as Certified LEGEND..but pity he is playing for India and many discussing Soft Runs/Hard Runs and What not

 

[King Kong]

Never seen such a close one for stumping EVER.

 

[DuckMaster]

Michael Holding is a very dejected man right now.

 

[Mp812]

If any player from Pakistan have hit 3 double hundred in ODI..most people here labelled him as Certified LEGEND..but pity he is playing for India and many discussing Soft Runs/Hard Runs and What not

Example: Saeed Anwars 194 is classic because he scored it against a fierce fast bowling attack. but RS three 200s well...heavy bats, weak bowling attack, flat track, BCCI money power, tiny grounds etc etc etc

 

[Oligochaetes]

Is this a batting paradise? (Am not watching the game)

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Rohit is better than all of them. He has no issues in one dayers. Only in Tests he has issues. Rabada had his number though in this series. He is okay overall in the last couple of years as an opener. He clicks more often than not.

He's a decent batsman but his ODI career has been based on bullying SL,BD and depleted Australian bowling attacks. The moment the pitches are bowler friendly or the quality of the pace attack is good, he goes missing aplenty.

 

[Zahid87]

I don't think he ever has. But then again the modern ODI is all about the Rohit's, Hales',Roy's,Finch's etc.

Rohit is better than all of them. He has no issues in one dayers. Only in Tests he has issues. Rabada had his number though in this series. He is okay overall in the last couple of years as an opener. He clicks more often than not.

If any player from Pakistan have hit 3 double hundred in ODI..most people here labelled him as Certified LEGEND..but pity he is playing for India and many discussing Soft Runs/Hard Runs and What not

Yes....modern day ODI cricket is full of flat pitches, and more often than not, Rohit Sharma will succeed on them.

The reason I asked the question is because on one hand, you have a player like Kohli, who I think can score runs anywhere, and also has the ability to turn a game around. Rohit Sharma, to my mind, does not - and that's the point I was making.

Also, if the next ODI WC was to be held in the Sub Continent, then I would have no issues with Rohit Sharma. But as its in England, then on certain pitches, and in certain situations, I would not be sure whether he would turn up.

And do you really think Rohit Sharma is a 'legend'?

 

[mkyawar]

Is this a batting paradise? (Am not watching the game)

Not really. SA just has a very poor ODI bowling. They should play philander as he could be deadly in WC 19. There is no firepower in their bowling . A little bit like england but England has a gun batting lineup while SA does not. Watch kuldeep and chahal cause destruction if no rains

 

[shariqnoor]

Absolutely ridiculous to discredit Rohit Sharma's 3 double hundreds just because they came in India. Why aren't the other batsmen smashing double centuries? I can bet none of the Pakistani batsmen starting from 1947 to date can score 264 on a flat pancake of a wicket in Pakistan even against Papua New Guinea. Rohit is a world class ODI batsman. I don't understand why is it so difficult for people to admit it.

 

[King Kong]

Is it gonna be 4th double for Sharma?

 

[jagatk]

Sharmaji ka ladka dealing in fours and sixes imagine how good a player he could have been if he had the sense to take singles after hitting them rather than wasting next 2-3 balls.

 

[mkyawar]

Another 200 coming up. If he gets it watch guys saying it was a flat wicket with no steyn, philander.Has anyone seen a 200 on a seamers wicket ?

 

[Oligochaetes]

Sharma is looking scary. He looks like he has a lot of time to play every delivery.

 

[Oligochaetes]

BIG wicket!!!!! Kohli gone

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[shariqnoor]

Kohli's fault there.

 

[jagatk]

Once again a kohli-sharma running mess, when will these 2 learn.

 

[LastManstanding]

Another Rohit double coming up.

 

[AssassinatedDevil]

Kohli gone. Badly run out. 153/2 in 26 overs

 

[Oligochaetes]

Sharma has 4 sixes and 8 fours and still not scoring at a run a ball. Weird!

 

[jnaveen1980]

Bored Kohli got run out.

 

[Sam99]

Kohli's run out is surely gonna cost us big matches in future. He should understand for single you cant yourself when set every time. It's not just with rohit but he does with rahane & dhawan too in past.

 

[leatherface58]

Kohli is trying to reach Inzy levels of run out. Gotta get that record too huh?

 

[Oligochaetes]

Slowly.... bringing down the run rate

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Yes....modern day ODI cricket is full of flat pitches, and more often than not, Rohit Sharma will succeed on them.

The reason I asked the question is because on one hand, you have a player like Kohli, who I think can score runs anywhere, and also has the ability to turn a game around. Rohit Sharma, to my mind, does not - and that's the point I was making.

Also, if the next ODI WC was to be held in the Sub Continent, then I would have no issues with Rohit Sharma. But as its in England, then on certain pitches, and in certain situations, I would not be sure whether he would turn up.

And do you really think Rohit Sharma is a 'legend'?

Our ODI batting is pretty much only Kohli and Dhawan in tough conditions. Ideally, i think Rohit should not make it to England because he will get exposed but I personally think our batting stocks are nowhere near as good as they once were. Rohit atleast can dominate on flat tracks which others seem to struggle to do so i guess if we do get flat tracks at the World Cup he might be an asset.

 

[Mp812]

another run out. VK seems to want that record too..highest runouts.

 

[Sam99]

Rohit should make atleast 140 - 150 else it will be cake walk for south africa facing wet ball wrist spinners of india

 

[Bilal7]

Newsflash: Rohit "come to Innndiiiaa" Sharma is not a tailender.

Unfortunately, I won't be able to see his fourth double.

 

[Bilal7]

Rohit should make atleast 140 - 150 else it will be cake walk for south africa facing wet ball wrist spinners of india

Why do you say that? Dew or forecasted rain?

 

[Sam99]

Why do you say that? Dew or forecasted rain?

I feel it will rain in hour or two.

 

[Madplayer]

Rohit nearing another 200

 

[AssassinatedDevil]

Our ODI batting is pretty much only Kohli and Dhawan in tough conditions. Ideally, i think Rohit should not make it to England because he will get exposed but I personally think our batting stocks are nowhere near as good as they once were. Rohit atleast can dominate on flat tracks which others seem to struggle to do so i guess if we do get flat tracks at the World Cup he might be an asset.

Rohit will always be an asset imo. The guy has the ability to change the outcome of the match singlehandedly. He does need to be more consistent but never in a million years should he be dropped from the team.

 

[DuckMaster]

Jemimah Rodrigues... huge talent. Prodigy indeed.

 

[AssassinatedDevil]

Rohit going to either force the indian team to self-destruct and lose this game...or going to explode himself and score a double here. Too many dang runouts

 

[DeadBall]

Another run out.

 

[DeadBall]

Wasn't a run there either. Pressure of dot balls getting to Rahane.

 

[Mp812]

Rohit helping SA bowlers take Indian wickets....thats what friends are for ).. Now in return SA bowlers should let him score 150))

 

[DeadBall]

Rohit helping SA bowlers take Indian wickets....thats what friends are for ).. Now in return SA bowlers should let him score 150))

Wasn't Rohits fault.

 

[Mp812]

if he runs out shreyas now..itll be hat trick of runout

 

[jagatk]

Wasn't Rohits fault.

Was rohit's fault, there was a run there, rahane ran more than half the field twice and couldn't make it, if rohit moved his fat *** when the call came there was an easy single there.

 

[Oligochaetes]

Rabada denied his bunny's wicket. silly drop

 

[DeadBall]

Shamsis genes coming into play