South Africa Beat India in 5th ODI Match in series,2015

South Africa was scheduled to play a 5 Match ONE DAY International Series in India in 2015. Both teams have great players and all rounder’s and match winners and it would be interesting to see them battle in this series. The 5th and final ONE DAY international match was to be played on Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India on 25th Oct, 2015. Series is tied at 2-2.

South Africa won the toss and opts to bat first; this is how South Africa team and 11 was looking like in this 5th and final  ONE DAY international Match: Jean Paul Duminy, Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers (C), David Miller, Imran Tahir, Faf du Plessis , Q De Kock (wk), Farhaan Behardien, Chris Morris, Kyle Abbott, Kagiso Rabada

And Indian team and 11 was looking like this in this 5th and final  ONE DAY international Match: MS Dhoni (c & wk), Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, H Singh, Ambati Rayudu, Mohit Sharma, Axar Patel.

South Africa batted very well and aggressively and was able to post total of 438 runs in 50 over’s at the loss of 4 wickets and with top scores of S A Star batsman F D plesis who made 133 runs in 115 balls with 9 4’s and 6 six at the strike rate of 116 runs in 100 balls and Skipper Ab de Villiers who made 119 runs in 61 balls with 3 4’s and 11 six at the strike rate of 195 runs in 100 balls.

India was needed to score 439 runs in 50 over’s to win this match and this 5 match one Day international Series as well.

India started well and aggressively but lost its way in the middle and end over’s as target of 439 runs in very tough to chase and was only able to make 224 runs in 36 over’s and was bowled out and top scored by A rahane who made 87 runs in 58 balls with 9 4’s and 3 six at the strike rate of 150 runs in 100 balls.

South Africa won the match by 214 runs and won the series 3-2.

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