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Team India bulldozed South Africa in the third and final One-Day International (ODI) at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi to seal the se📖ries on Tuesday, October 11.
Bowling first, India didn’t give any breathing space to South African batters as the tourists struggled for every single run. Kuldeep Yadav led the Indian bow🧜ling attack with his sublime performance. The left-armer registered figures of 4 for 18 in 4.1 overs to help India pack South Africa for just 99 runs.
This was the second time in the year 2022 that the Proteas were dismissed under 100 runs. Overall, it was South Africa’s fourth-lowest total in the 50-over format.
Apart from Kuldeep, Washington Sundar (2/15), Shahbaz Ahmed (2/32) and Mohammed Siraj (2/17) also impressed and bagged two wickets each. For the visitors, Heinrich Klaasen was the top scorer with 34 runs from 42 deliveries⭕, including four boundaries.
Lowest totals for South Africa in ODIs:
- 69 vs Australia, Sydney 1993
- 83 vs England, Nottingham 2008
- 83 vs England, Manchester 2022
- 99 vs India, Delhi 2022
- Previous lowest vs India: 117 in Nairobi, 1999
In response, the hosts finished the proceedings in 20.1 overs with seven wickets in hand. Opener Shubman Gill almost carried h𝔍is bat but fell at the last moment and missed out on his well-earned half-century.
Gill scored 49 from 57 deliveries with the help of eight boundaries. The Men in Blue eventually completed the task, with Shreyas Iyer hitting a humungous six. Iyer remained unb🃏eaten at 28 off 23 de🌼liveries.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
🚨 RESULT | INDIA WIN BY 7 WICKETS
That brings an end to our tour ꦦof India. Congratulations to our ܫhosts for claiming the ODI series
— Proteas Men (@ProteasMenCSA)
Biggest wins in𒐪 India-South Africa ODIs (by bal🗹ls remaining):
185 – IND at Delhi, today
177 – IND at Centurion, 2018
164 – IND at Nairobi, 1999— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats)
Kulde𓆏ep yavad’s form and y♐ear 2022 just keep getting better. Good for Indian cricket.
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
Ho▨w good is Gill! Just exudes different cl🌊ass when he bats. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar)
Kuldeep Yadav is in an absolute mood today 😎
— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB)
A Kuldeep Yadav show in his home IPL ground, 4 wickets for just 18 runs from 4.1 overs – A great return to Kuldeep.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Kuldeep Yadav – 4/18 (4.1 overs) ⚡⚡
— Subhayan Chakraborty (@CricSubhayan)
India complete a thumping win to seal a 2-1 s🌺eries victory 👏🏻 | 📝 Scorecard:
— ICC (@ICC)
This is the 9th time (by far, the most by any ODI side!), India has won a series 2-1 after losing the opening game!
And since Dec 2017, India has done this on six occasiไons!— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman)
He came. He saw. He wrapped up. 😉
Kuldeep Yadav ➡️ 4/18 💥
📸: BCCI |
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders)
What a spell by Kuldeep Yadav – 4/18 in just 25 balls. An excellent game for Kuldeep, a tremendous performance.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra)
😁
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14)
Cruising to a win 🤩 bag victory in Dilli as well as the ser🎉ies 🏆
The sensational home run continues 👊🏼
— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals)
Quite fitting that Shreyas Iyer hits the winning runs as India need only 19.1 overs to win by 7 wickets and win the series 2-1♏
Poor South Africa🙈ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ, just very poor. India were outstanding
— ThePoppingCrease (@PoppingCreaseSA)
