South Beat India in 5thODI Match in 2000, Bilateral Series, but India Won the Series.

South Africa was scheduled to play 5 One Day International Matches in India in 2000.

It was a very interesting series as both these teams were playing some great cricket on that time. The 5th and final match of 5 One day international Series was played on Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur on 19th March, 2000.

India won the toss and opts to bowl first and this means South Africa will bat first and will set target for India to chase later in the game. This game is like dead rubber as India already won the series but both teams will still try to win this match.

This is how South African team and 11 was looking like in this 5th One day International Match: Mark Boucher (wk), Nicky B, H Gibbs, Jacques K, Shaun Pollock, H Cronje (c), Gary Kirsten, Lance K, N Hayward, Derek Crookes, Henry Williams

And Indian team and 11 was looking like this in this 5th One day international match: Sachin T, Rahul D, Sourav G (c), Anil K, Ajit A, Sunil Joshi, Mohammad A, Robin Singh, Ajay J, T Kumaran, S Dighe (wk).

South African started very impressively in this match and were able to set the total of 320 runs in 50 over’s at the loss of 7 wickets with the major contributions of L Klusener who made quick fire 75 runs in 58 balls with 8 4’s and 3 sixes at the strike rate of 129 runs in 100 balls and H gibbs who made 74 runs in 53balls with 13 4’s and 1 six.

India was required to make 321 runs in 50 over’s to win this game and series by 4-1.

India started very well and were on way to win this game but lost its way a bit in the later part of the game and were bowled out for 310 runs in 48.5 over’s and Sachin T top scored with 93 runs in 89 balls with 7 4’s and 4 sixes at the strike rate of 105 runs in 100 balls.

South Africa won the match by 10 runs but India still won the series 3-2.

Lance K was the Man of the Match and Sachin tendulkar was the man of the series.

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