India won the 6-match series 5-1 | INDIA 206/2 (32.1 ov) India vs South Africa 2018, 6th ODI in Centurion: Live score updates: India bundle out South Africa for 204 | Dhawan, Rohit Start Chase for India

India won by 8 wickets (with 107 balls remaining)

Series

India tour of South Africa 2017/18

Toss

India , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Virat Kohli

Player Of The Series

Virat Kohli

Series result

India won the 6-match series 5-1

INDIAN BATTING COMMENTARY

Fall of wickets:  1-19 (RG Sharma, 3.4 ov), 2-80 (S Dhawan, 12.4 ov)

32.1

4

Imran Tahir to Kohli, FOUR runs,

31.6

4

Ngidi to Rahane, FOUR runs, back of a length and outside off, Rahane manufactures more swinging room by jumping outside the leg stump. He wallops the ball through the covers

30.4

6

Imran Tahir to Kohli, SIX runs,

29.4

4

Ngidi to Kohli, FOUR runs, bouncer outside off, Kohli can't control the pull and therefore sends a top edge over the keeper's head

27.5

4

Morris to Rahane, FOUR runs, short on leg stump, Rahane gloves a pull fine to the left of the diving keeper

26.6

4

Imran Tahir to Kohli, FOUR runs, Kohli raises his 35th ODI hundred, and his fourth of the tour. He thumps his chest, punches the air, and celebrates the landmark. Tahir overpitches this ball outside off, Kohli stretches out and shovel-drives it with the bottom hand past the left of Tahir. Belting wristwork from Kohli

25.2

4

Morris to Kohli, FOUR runs, overpitched and outside off, Kohli moves forward, meets the pitch and creams a cover drive. He's just three away from his 35th ODI hundred

24.2

4

Imran Tahir to Kohli, FOUR runs, Tahir lobs a full-toss on middle, Kohli drills it in the air past the right of Tahir. The bowler is forced into taking evasive action. He is late to stretch his right hand out. He can't even touch the ball. Tough chance

23.4

4

Phehlukwayo to Kohli, FOUR runs, shortish and outside off, these short balls are sitting up on this pitch. Kohli skips back and muscles a pull to the midwicket boundary. Bam!

19.2

4

Phehlukwayo to Kohli, FOUR runs, And the India captain celebrates the landmark with a regal stroke. Good length and outside off, Kohli drives it on the up and through the covers. There's no stopping that. There's no stopping him

19.1

4

Phehlukwayo to Kohli, FOUR runs, short and outside off, Kohli rides the bounce and scythes a cut over backward point. Kohli now has the record for most runs in a bilateral ODI series

17.4

4

Phehlukwayo to Kohli, FOUR runs, on a length and outside off, Kohli drives on the up and directs the ball to the left of mid-off. Skips away to the boundary like a pebble on water

15.5

4

Morris to Kohli, FOUR runs, he is originally looking to sway away from the short ball, but it comes off the pitch so slowly, and he is in such outrageous form that he spots a scoring opportunity and pulls the ball - which has already risen above his head - in front of midwicket.

15.3

4

Morris to Kohli, FOUR runs, drills the half-volley to the long-off boundary and brings up his fourth fifty-plus score in six innings. The way he keeps his shape and powers balls with just his bottom hand is pretty special

14.1

4

Morkel to Rahane, FOUR runs, flays it to the point boundary. Poor bowling from Morkel. Goes short, but it barely rises, not even up to the waist. Rahane slashes it away

13.4

4

Morris to Kohli, FOUR runs, that's pristine! This dude can play the cover drive hopping on one leg with ants in his pants. Off the back foot, vertical bat, it's face angled to pick the gap. Too good

12.6

4

Ngidi to Kohli, FOUR runs, whips it away to the long leg boundary. This is another freebie to Kohli, a ball slanting into the pads, on the half-volley

12.1

4

Ngidi to Dhawan, FOUR runs, sublime! There is precious little room to work with, but Dhawan flays it behind point with monstrous power. Credit to his concentration on playing late and keeping his shape

10.3

4

Ngidi to Kohli, FOUR runs, splendid work! Kohli's getting used to this bouncer barrage. He's shuffling outside off, he's setting himself up for the pull and he muscles the short ball away so hard that Zondo on the boundary, despite a superb, full-length dive to his left, is of no use

                                                                         

10.3

4

Ngidi to Kohli, FOUR runs, splendid work! Kohli's getting used to this bouncer barrage. He's shuffling outside off, he's setting himself up for the pull and he muscles the short ball away so hard that Zondo on the boundary, despite a superb, full-length dive to his left, is of no use

8.3

4

Morkel to Dhawan, FOUR runs, goes short, angles it across the left-hander, Dhawan helps himself to a pull, taking special care to place it well in front of square to avoid the fielder in the deep

8.3

4

Morkel to Dhawan, FOUR runs, goes short, angles it across the left-hander, Dhawan helps himself to a pull, taking special care to place it well in front of square to avoid the fielder in the deep

7.5

4

Ngidi to Kohli, FOUR runs, absolutely imperious! This short ball only rises up towards his chest and Kohli is in prime position, shuffling across to pull the ball in front of square.

7.5

4

Ngidi to Kohli, FOUR runs, and again! Absolutely Imperious!

7.4

4

Ngidi to Kohli, FOUR runs, pulls the short ball disdainfully through square leg. South Africa's big, mean quicks are targeting the Indian captain with bouncers. He's swatting them away like flies.

6.2

4

Morkel to Kohli, FOUR runs, flirts with it outside off, and a hint of movement, but more importantly extra bounce secures the outside edge as the ball races past gully's right

6.1

4

Morkel to Kohli, FOUR runs, swats it to the square leg boundary. He took a little time defending these short balls, but now seems to have had enough. Takes on the white thing coming at his head and pulls it powerfully past short square leg

5.3

4

Ngidi to Kohli, FOUR runs, past by the fielder at leg gully before he realises a catch is on. Phehlukwayo is really there for the flick off the hip when the ball gets big on Kohli. Not for a full blooded pull shot

3.4

W

Ngidi to Sharma, OUT, top-edges the pull and Klaasen takes the offering gleefully! Rohit thinks the shot is on because the line is on leg stump, and his intention is to only help it to fine leg. But Ngidi generates extra bounce by hitting the deck and provides South Africa with a massive breakthrough. Also, the ball is only 126 kph, so the miscue doesn't really travel too far

W

2.4

4

Morkel to Sharma, FOUR runs, sweeper cover only has a few yards to cover to his right, but Rohit's timing is just pure awesomesauce. Just shifts his weight back after that forward press and lashes the short and wide delivery away

0.6

4

Morkel to Sharma, FOUR runs, the cut shot with as much authority as anyone could hope for. Rohit stands tall, he plays it mostly off the front foot too. Shows this is a good batting pitch

0.5

4

Morkel to Sharma, FOUR runs, the leading edge sneaks between second slip and gully. A half-chance for South Africa, created by a spectacularly full length delivery from Morkel. He doesn't normally go further up than 6 m, but this certainly is and it makes Rohit fall over while playing a flick shot

India Squad

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

South Africa Squad

Aiden Markram, David Miller, Farhaan Behardien, Hashim Amla, JP Duminy, Chris Morris, Khaya Zondo, AB de Villiers, Heinrich Klaasen, Andile Phehlukwayo, Imran Tahir, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Morne Morkel, Tabraiz Shamsi

SA have been bowled out for 204 with 19 balls unused in their innings. Barring Zondo, who made his maiden international fifty, none of the SA batsmen came to grips with a slow track. The two wristspinners thrived on it - as did newcomer Shardul Thakur who ended with figures of 4 for 52. Will India make it 5-1 or will a Rabada-less attack defend this slim total? Al Muthu will launch the chase in about 40 minutes.

46.3

6

Thakur to Phehlukwayo, SIX runs, chest-high short ball on leg stump stump, Andile sits back, takes it on and launches a pull over the long leg boundary for back-to-back sixes. Andile drags SA past 200 in grand style

46.2

6

Thakur to Phehlukwayo, SIX runs, full and outside off again, Andile reaches out for the ball with his hands and carts it up and over the covers

43.1

6

Pandya to Morkel, SIX runs, looks like a slower ball, 114ks it is, Morkel waits for the ball to arrive. It's full and in the slot. Morkel muscles the offcutter into the grass banks beyond midwicket. Albie, are you watching Morne smoking these?

41.6

4

Pandya to Phehlukwayo, FOUR runs, low full-toss on off, Andile walks across off stump, twirls his wrists, and whips the ball away to the left of long-on. Dhawan chases the ball to his left and tumbles. But instead of swatting the ball inside the field of play he sends it over the boundary

41.3

4

Pandya to Phehlukwayo, FOUR runs, wide half-volley outside off, Andile stretches out and clatters it through the line. Smashed to the cover boundary

37.5

6

Kuldeep Yadav to Morkel, SIX runs, lobbed up on off stump, Morne Morkel sizes it up and launches it straight over Kuldeep's head. He can brag about this strike to Albie. Clean, smooth swing

29.4

4

Thakur to Klaasen, FOUR runs, charges out of his crease to lift a length ball over mid-off. Calculated hit, made possibly by his making room on leg stump to exploit the man standing up inside the circle

28.6

4

Bumrah to Klaasen, FOUR runs, spectacular hit again! Bumrah continues the short-ball attack, but this doesn't get up, and on a slow pitch, a waist-high ball is ripe for the pummeling. Klaasen hammers it over midwicket

28.4

4

Bumrah to Klaasen, FOUR runs, ferociously hit! Showcases his power as he stands tall against a short ball outside off and drags it to the midwicket boundary. It's the first one in over half an hour

18.6

6

Chahal to Zondo, SIX runs, long hop this time, with room to boot. Zondo smashes it straight of midwicket, sending the crowd sitting in the grassbanks scurrying

18.3

6

Chahal to Zondo, SIX runs, and he celebrates his second(?) life. Picks the quicker ball, leaps back in his crease, sets up for the pull shot and hammers it away over deep midwicket. Splendid work. That's the fifty partnership as well, in only 52 balls

17.6

4

Kuldeep Yadav to de Villiers, FOUR runs, de Villiers shapes to reverse-sweep, throws Kuldeep off. The wristspinner loses his length and sends down a full-toss, which is reverse-swatted away past point. The drink should taste sweet for de Villiers

17.5

4

Kuldeep Yadav to de Villiers, FOUR runs, Oooooh, de Villiers nearly chops on. Dangled up outside off, breaks back in, grazes the inside edge and runs past Dhoni's gloves. The result is a four

17.4

4

Kuldeep Yadav to de Villiers, FOUR runs, tossed outside off at 78ks, slower and fuller, de Villiers ventures outside leg, gives himself room and drives it inside-out through the covers. Exquisite timing from de Villiers

15.2

4

Kuldeep Yadav to Zondo, FOUR runs, dragged down on leg stump, only 74ks, Zondo has all the time in the world to skip back and pummel a pull to the left of the square-leg umpire. No protection in the deep there

15.1

4

Kuldeep Yadav to Zondo, FOUR runs, Zondo dares to venture down the track against Kuldeep. He manufactures a loopy full-toss and lofts it over mid-off

12.2

4

Pandya to Zondo, FOUR runs, short, wide, Zondo finds the release. He reaches out with his hands, gets on top of the bounce, and utterly batters it through cover-point

9.1

6

Thakur to Markram, SIX runs, dug in short on off stump, sits up to be hit. This chest-high ball is pulled into the grass banks beyond the square-leg boundary. Bam!

7.3

4

Bumrah to de Villiers, FOUR runs, short and wide outside off, de Villiers does not middle his cut but the ball still hurtles away to the boundary. Chopped between Rahane at point and Iyer at cover

5.6

4

Bumrah to Amla, FOUR runs, shot, Amla! Banged in short and just a shade outside off, Amla is quick to pick up that length. He swivels on the back foot and middles a pull to the square-leg boundary. Amla at his best

4.5

4

Thakur to Markram, FOUR runs, back of a length and on the hips at 140ks, Markram can't keep his flick down. He ends chipping the ball over a leaping Chahal at short midwicket

2.6

4

Thakur to Amla, FOUR runs, Amla takes it on the up and flays it over the off-side infield. Pitched up and outside off, Amla chases at it and drives it over the top of the covers. Once he cleared the infield, it was always a boundary

0.3

4

Thakur to Markram, FOUR runs, short, wide, 126ks, the result is no different. Markram jumps off the ground, gets on top of the bounce, and square-cuts it between backward point and cover

0.2

4

Thakur to Markram, FOUR runs, and Markram eases himself in with a slapped boundary through the covers. Short, wide, 127ks, begging on its knees to be put away. Markram obliges at his home ground

Fall of Wickets: 1-23 (Hashim Amla, 6.3 ov), 2-43 (Aiden Markram, 9.5 ov), 3-105 (AB de Villiers, 20.5 ov), 4-135 (Heinrich Klaasen, 30.3 ov), 5-136 (Farhaan Behardien, 31.2 ov), 6-142 (Chris Morris, 33.3 ov), 7-151 (Khaya Zondo, 37 ov), 8-187 (Morne Morkel, 43.4 ov), 9-192 (Imran Tahir, 45.4 ov), 10-204 (Andile Phehlukwayo, 46.5 ov)

South Africa Innings

Powerplay (1-10): South Africa 44/2

South Africa 50/2 in 12.1 overs

De Villiers dropped on 20 by MS Dhoni in 17.5 overs

Drinks: South Africa 88/2 in 18.0 overs

Referral 1 (18.2 ovs): K Zondo against IND (LBW) Successful (IND: 1, SA: 1)

3rd wkt Partnership: 51 off 52 balls between de Villiers (21) and K Zondo (30)

South Africa 100/2 in 18.6 overs

Drinks: South Africa 139/5 in 33.0 overs

K Zondo Maiden fifty: 50 runs in 67 balls (3x4) (2x6)

A Phehlukwayo dropped on 2 by K Yadav in 35.4 overs

South Africa 151/6 in 36.4 overs

Referral 2 (39.0 ovs): M Morkel against IND (LBW) Successful (IND: 1, SA: 1)

Power play 2 (11-40): South Africa 162/7 (118 runs, 5 wickets)

South Africa 204/9 in 46.3 overs

Innings Break: South Africa 204/10 in 46.5 overs