SA vs IND – Indian cricket team won the ODI series in South Africa after 5 years. With the series tied at 2-2, the third match was crucial for both teams in terms of the series.
Both teams had a chance to win the series. But Team India won the series with the third match. On the strength of Sanju Samson‘s 108 runs, Team India challenged South Africa to 297 runs for victory.
Then Arshdeep Singh took 4 wickets to bundle South Africa to 218 and Team India won the match by 78 runs.
Team India won the series with this victory. Team India won the ODI series after 2018 in South Africa. Team India won the last ODI series under the leadership of Virat Kohli.
After that, Team India did this feat under the captaincy of KL Rahul. Captain KL Rahul hijacked South Africa in 2022 with this series win. Also rolled at Boland Park Pearl which is considered as the stronghold of South Africa.
Brief but detailed…
Virat Kohli led Team India to a 5-1 victory over South Africa in the 6-match ODI series in 2018. Then Team India played the first ODI series in 2022 against South Africa under the leadership of KL Rahul. Then South Africa defeated Team India 3-0 to win the series.
Certainly the anger of that humiliating defeat was in KL’s head. KL completed the upset by winning the series against Team India. Not only this, Team India defeated South Africa after 10 years after New Zealand.
South Africa were beaten by New Zealand in Paarl in 2013. After that, 10 years later, KL defeated South Africa under his leadership. KL thus killed 2 birds with one stone.
Team India Playing XI – KL Rahul (captain and wicketkeeper), Sanju Samson, Sai Sudarshan, Rajat Patidar, Tilak Verma, Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar, Akshar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan and Mukesh Kumar.
South Africa Playing XI – Aidan Markram (captain), Tony de Zorzi, Reza Hendricks, Rassie van der Deusen, Henrik Klaassen (wicketkeeper), David Miller, Vian Mulder, Keshav Maharaj, Nandre Berger, Lizad Williams and Buren Hendricks.
