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India vs South Africa 4th ODI as it happened India beat South Africa by 35 runs. The Indian inningsFor South Africa, Dale Steyn (3/61) and Kagiso Rabada (3/54) took three wickets each, while Chris Morris (1/55) scalped one at the MA Chidambaram Stadium here.Earlier electing to bat, India slumped to 35 for two after both the openers —— Rohit Sharma (21) and Shikhar Dhawan (7) were sent back to the pavilion by Morris and Rabada respectively.

India vs South Africa 4th ODI

Rohit was the first to be dismissed when his uppish shot off Morris found the safe hands of du Plessis at midwicket, while Dhawan’s downfall was brought by a stunning catch by wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock.Kohli and Rahane then joined hands as India scored just 43 runs losing two wickets in the first 10 overs. The duo slowly started accelerating and helped India to cross the 100—mark in 19 overs.Kohli was the more dominant between the two as he scored his fifty in just 51 balls with the help of two boundaries and two sixes.
The India Test skipper notched up his century in the 38th over when he charged down the ground and blasted a six off Phangiso over long—on. He scored his century in 112 balls, with the help of four fours and three sixes.
Raina too marked his return to form with a 52—ball 53 which was studded with three boundaries and one six before becoming a victim of Steyn. Looking for a big shot, Raina ended up giving a simple catch to de Villiers at midwicket.In pursuit to score more in the final overs, India lost Kohli and Harbhajan Singh (0) in the same over with Rabada doing the damage in consecutive deliveries of his last over.
Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (15) too perished in the last over when he tried to play a shot by making room for a short ball from Steyn, only to find de villiers at mid off as India got just 29 runs from the final 30 deliveries, losing 4 wickets in the process.
  Over 49 | Score 260/9 (Rabada 6; Tahir 2)Bhuvneshwar Kumar into his tenth over. Three runs conceded. His figures: 10-0-68-3. He leaked plenty of runs, but took those crucial wickets towards the end to assure India the win, and stay alive in the series. South Africa need 40 runs from 6 balls.
Over 48 | Score 257/9 (Rabada 6; Tahir 0)Mohit Sharma into the attack, and Kagiso Rabada hit the first ball for a four. He sure can bat. Nice looking cover drive. Then, Rahane missed a run-out chance, with his throw from the backward point missing the stumps. Six runs from the over.
Over 47 | Score 251/9 (Rabada 1; Tahir 0)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar double-strike hastened India's winning surge in Chennai. He first removed Aaron Phangiso off the third delivery, with Axar Patel completing the catch at short third man.WICKET: Aaron Phangiso c Axar Patel b Bhuvneshwar Kumar 20 (22b)Then, Dale Steyn also perished trying to hit big off the fifth delivery. Ajinkya Rahane took a good catch at backward square leg.
WICKET: Dale Steyn c Ajinkaya Rahane b Bhuvneshwar Kumar 6 (7b)Five runs from the over, and South Africa need 49 runs from 18 balls with a wicket in hand. Imaran Tahir and Kagiso Rabada are in the centre.

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