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IND vs SA 5th ODI,Port Elizabeth


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START TIME : 4:30 pm IST | 6:00 AM EST

What to expect: It was overcast and windy on the day before the match while it is expected to be cloudy with rain forecast for the morning of match day. Port Elizabeth pitches often make batsmen work hard for their runs. The last two first-innings totals scored in ODIs are 181 and 167. In the two games played in the domestic ODI cup this season, Imran Tahir has grabbed a fifer and left-arm orthodox spinner JJ Smuts was among the wickets. There's a little layer of grass on match eve meant to aid carry. But the pitch is famous for playing slow and so India's wrist spinners could once again be licking their lips in anticipation after a rather rude shake-up at the Wanderers.

MS Dhoni needs 46 more runs to become the 12th player to reach 10,000 runs in ODIs. He will be the fourth from India to reach the landmark after Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid.

India have lost all their five ODIs at Port Elizabeth - four against South Africa and one against Kenya. At no other venue have they played more than two ODIs without winning at least one.
 

 

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Teams:

India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, MS Dhoni(w), Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah

South Africa (Playing XI): Aiden Markram(c), Hashim Amla, Jean-Paul Duminy, AB de Villiers, David Miller, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada, Lungisani Ngidi, Morne Morkel, Tabraiz Shamsi

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Virat Kohli, India captain: Yeah we wanted to bowl first. We thought we could have a total that we could chase down. Hopefully it will wear out in the second innings also and that's the advantage of having two wristspinners in the middle overs, as they can exploit the conditions in the first half as well as when the wicket gets lower later in the innings

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Rabada to Dhawan, out Caught by Phehlukwayo!! Short ball again, into the body, and Dhawan flat-bats that hook into the cups of Phehlukwayo at deep backward square leg. Rabada shouts "Bye" to Dhawan, and that could land him up in the referee's office, who could reprimand him for improper conduct. He has the last laugh here though... Dhawan c Phehlukwayo b Rabada 34(23) [4s-8]

 
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