IND vs SA 3rd ODI: India vs South Africa highlights and key performances

A dominating win for Team India in the series decider match against South Africa. In the India vs South Africa 3rd ODI (IND vs SA 3rd ODI), the home team won the match by 9 wickets at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. Yashasvi Jaiswal won the match for his unbeaten 116* (121)-run knock, while Virat Kohli was named the player of the series for his brilliant form. Kohli concluded the 3-match ODI series with a couple of hundreds and a half-century.

Toss and first innings:

After a 20-match streak, India won the toss and decided to bowl first. For the toss, KL Rahul used his left arm, instead of his right, and it worked.

Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana started things off nicely for India with the new ball. Singh helped India to get rid of Ryan Rickelton, who was dismissed for a duck. After a couple of narrow escapes, Quinton de Kock scored 106, supported by the skipper's, Temba Bavuma's, 48-run innings. Prasidh Krishna proved expensive during the initial stage of the first innings. But he quickly recollected himself and bagged 4 wickets, and 4 wickets for Kuldeep Yadav as well. Despite a good start by Quinton and Temba, the underperforming South African middle order allowed the team to register only 270 runs in exchange for 10 wickets.

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Second Innings:

In exchange for only one loss, India chased down the target in 39.5 overs. Jaiswal was the highest scorer with 116 not out. His opening partner, Rohit Sharma, got 75, and Virat Kohli claimed 65* off 45. India won the match by 9 wickets and won the 3-match series by a 2-1 scoreline.