Ultimately, Ravindra Jadeja broke the partnership for India by dismissing South African captain Temba Bavuma. Virat Kohli completed the catch square off the wicket and mocked Temba Bavuma by imitating his walking style.
For the first time in the series, India won the toss in Visakhapatnam and captain KL Rahul immediately decided to bowl first. The dew factor was taken into account when India opted to bowl first, and they wanted to finish bowling with the spinners before the sun set in this part of India.
South Africa included Ryan Rickelton in the playing eleven in place of injured Tony De Zorzi. Rickelton was sent in to open the innings, while last game’s centurion Aiden Markram has been demoted down the batting order.
Virat Kohli makes fun of South African captain Temba Bavuma in a funny way
After the early dismissal of Ryan Rickelton and Quinton de Kock and Temba Bavuma gave the Proteas a flying start, India were in desperate need of a breakthrough and the experienced Ravindra Jadeja finally got them the breakthrough.
Temba Bavuma was out in the 40s once again, on 48, before being dismissed by Jadeja, who also took his first wicket of the series. A very clever cricketer, Jadeja changed the pace and with a flight outside the off-stump, attracted Bavuma to throw his hands.
Kohli reverse-cupped the catch, which went to the backward point region, and immediately took the lead in mocking Bavuma, the South African captain who has faced a lot of mockery since the start of the India tour.
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Prasidh Krishna took important wickets in his comeback spell
While the South Africans looked confident with the partnership between Quinton de Kock and Matthew Bretzke, who came in at no. After the captain’s dismissal, Prasidh Krishna at number 4 turned the situation in India’s favor with his second spell.
Having been uneconomical in the first spell, he returned with 2 runs in the second spell. After an economic start, he dismissed Britzke, the most consistent South African batsman of the series, in his second over and Aiden Markram in the same over.
After this, Krishna clean bowled Quinton de Kock with a brilliant full delivery, due to which Centurion’s stumps were blown away. Krishna almost single-handedly changed the course of the game for the Men in Blue.
Quinton de Kock overtook Virat Kohli in the race of centuries
Quinton de Kock scored his seventh ODI century against India as he once again showed why he loves batting for India as well as in the subcontinent. This cricketer, who has returned from international retirement, has now registered a new record in international cricket.
He has left Virat Kohli behind in terms of highest conversion rate between 50 and 100
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