Virat Kohli scored a fast half-century towards South Africa within the third and closing ODI at Centurion on Sunday after which proceeded to ‘cradle’ the celebrations. Kohli devoted his half-century to his daughter Vamika, who was within the lap of her mom Anushka Sharma in Newlands and the video immediately went viral.
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However, days of disappointment got here to an finish for Kohli and his teammates, when India misplaced the match by simply 4 runs, permitting South Africa to finish a 3-0 whitewash. India’s formidable batting line-up was as soon as once more disappointing and regardless of fifties from Virat Kohli (65 off 83 balls), Shikhar Dhawan (61 off 73 balls) and Deepak Chahar (54 off 34 balls), India had been on the shedding aspect. . Chasing 288 for the third time in a row, this time ending the ‘rainbow nation’ disastrous tour.
Asked to take the primary strike, South Africa had been all out for 287 after an aggressive century from Quinton de Kock and a half-century from Rassie van der Dussen. In reply, India had been all out for 283 in 49.2 overs, chasing down a totally misguided chase that ought to have simply been accomplished.
Overall, the limited-overs sequence proved to be one of the disappointing performances for India lately, particularly after blanking the Proteas of their yard in 2018.
They began the tour on a spirited notice, successful the opening Test by 113 runs, however failed miserably to problem South Africa thereafter. This was particularly the case for KL Rahul, who misplaced all 4 captaincy matches (one Test and three ODIs) through the tour.
India final had a clear sweep in an ODI sequence by New Zealand (0-3) in 2020 below Kohli’s management.
Incidentally, Rohit Sharma was additionally absent from that sequence because of a hamstring damage.
On Sunday, Kohli scored 65 off 84 balls whereas opener Shikhar Dhawan hit 61 off 73 balls, each of whom scored their second half-centuries of the three-match sequence.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
