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A sensational batting performance followed by a clinical bowling effort helped South Africa outfox the Men in Blue by 49 runs in the third match to finish the series on a high on Tuesday, October 4 at Indore.
Rilee Rossouw's century and Quinton de Kock's flamboyant half-century helped South Africa post a mammoth 227/3 after being asked to bat first. In reply, Team India was bowled-out for 178 runs in 18.3 overs.
South Africa Bowlers Wreaked Havoc
Chasing the stiff target of 228 runs, the hosts lost the wickets of captain Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer early before the wicket-keeping duo of Rishabh Pant and Dinesh Karthik took the batting charge and added a partnership worth 41 runs.
While Pant played a blitzkrieg knock of 27 runs off 14 balls, Dinesh Karthik clobbered 46 runs from just 21 balls. However, once the duo got perished in a difference of one over courtesy of some brilliant bowling from Proteas, it was all over for the hosts.
Though Deepak Chahar (17-ball 31) and Umesh Yadav (20* off 17) gave a tough fight back to the visitors at the backend, it was only to reduce the margin of the loss as a team bundled out for 178 runs in 18.3 overs.
On bowling front, Dwaine Pretorius bagged a three-wicket haul while the likes of Wayne Parnell (2/41), Lungi Ngidi (2/51), Keshav Maharaj (2/34) got two wickets each.
The right-arm quick Kagiso Rabada was their most economical bowler, having conceded just 24 runs in his four overs' spell while picking a wicket as well.
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