Watch: Virat Kohli celebrates as Ravindra Jadeja dismisses Temba Bavuma during IND vs SA 3rd ODI
Virat Kohli celebrate massively after the left-arm spinner, Ravindra Jadeja, dismissed Test captain of South Africa, Temba Bavuma, during the third ODI against South Africa in Visakhapatnam.
India, having won the toss after more than two years in ODI cricket, decided to bowl first during the third ODI of the three-match series against South Africa at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. They drew the first blood in the opening over after Ryan Rickelton got the outside edge into the hands of the wicket-keeper.
But since then, Temba Bavuma and Quinton de Kock recovered the innings pretty well with the second wicket stand of 113 runs. The latter kept nailing the spinners and the pacers around the park to get full advantage and shoulder them ahead in the contest. It was also the second-highest second-wicket ODI stand against India in India.
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But Ravindra Jadeja was able to break the stand on the last delivery of the 21st delivery. The left-arm spinner slowed it up and dangled it outside the off-stump. Bavuma, who was struggling for 48 runs in 67 balls, had his eyes lit up as he went for a huge drive to slice the ball into the hands of Virat Kohli at backward point.
Virat Kohli’s celebrates after Ravindra Jadeja dismissed Temba Bavuma
Just after grabbing the catch, Kohli stared at Bavum before taking the entire team in a huddle to get their momentum back into the game. The Test captain of the Rainbow Nation returned to the hut for 48 runs with the help of five boundaries as the Proteas reached 114/2 in 21 overs.
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However, de Kock was in a fierce mood from the other end. The left-handed batter fast-tracked himself to 84 runs in just 69 deliveries at a strike rate of 121.74, shouldering on seven boundaries and five over boundaries. Meanwhile, India used various tactics.
The hosts brought Tilak Verma into the playing eleven at the expense of Washington Sundar, who had a light workload in the first two games. The Proteas brought Rickelton and Ottneil Baartman into their playing eleven to replace the two injured players.
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