Our men in blue were spared the blushes and the ignominy attached to a 3-0 "brown wash" by squalls of rain and a virtual thunder storm that put paid to any misplaced and foolhardy intentions that they may have had about overhauling the South African total of 301/8 after their duly allotted fifty overs.......
For reasons best known to them, the Proteas team management took their foot of the gas and let the beleaguered Indian team of the hook by making three changes to the team and going into the game with a virtual second string bowling attack........
For a change, the South African skipper AB De Villiers won the toss and decided to make first use of a seemingly benign and amiable pitch that promised a run feast; but the South Africans soon found themselves staring at the wrong end of the barrel as an incisive spell of seam and swing bowling by team India's speedsters (especially Ishant Sharma) soon reduced them to a worrisome 28/3..........
But, that is precisely where the Indian success story ended and the South African resurrection began as the marauding duo of Quentin De Kock and AB De Villiers got together at the crease and not only succeeded in blunting the Indian attack to begin with, but also put it to the sword in the final 15 overs of their innings..........
The baby faced Quentin De Kock soon registered his fourth ODI hundred and third on the trot against the hapless Indians, thereby becoming the fifth batsman in the world to notch up this noteworthy and creditable achievement and was duly joined on the centurion's roster by skipper AB De VIlliers..........
"New kid on the block", David Miller also contributed his mite to the ultimate South African tally of 301/8 by merrily swinging his blade around in the last few overs and thereby registered a half century of not too many balls..........
As for the bruised and battered Indian bowling attack, the less said the better, as they achieved the dubious distinction of conceding 300 runs or more against their opponents for the "tenth" time in calendar year 2013 once again underlining and exposing their Achilees' heel for all to see..........
Ishant Sharma was the only bowler to escape a caning and he ended up with the creditable bowling analysis of 10-140-4 (10 overs, 1 maiden, 40 runs and four wickets), but the rest of his compatriots were not even half as successful and conceded a near minimum of 6 runs per over if not more.........
A few if not all of the Indian top order batsmen must have nurtured fond and rather optimistic hopes of overhauling the South African total as they were confronted with a virtual second string bowling attack (Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel were rested), but incessant rain and thunder storms soon put paid to all these hopes and rung or then brought down the curtains on the three match ODI series won by the Proteas in a rather convincing and consummate 2-0 margin.......
For reasons best known to them, the Proteas team management took their foot of the gas and let the beleaguered Indian team of the hook by making three changes to the team and going into the game with a virtual second string bowling attack........
For a change, the South African skipper AB De Villiers won the toss and decided to make first use of a seemingly benign and amiable pitch that promised a run feast; but the South Africans soon found themselves staring at the wrong end of the barrel as an incisive spell of seam and swing bowling by team India's speedsters (especially Ishant Sharma) soon reduced them to a worrisome 28/3..........
But, that is precisely where the Indian success story ended and the South African resurrection began as the marauding duo of Quentin De Kock and AB De Villiers got together at the crease and not only succeeded in blunting the Indian attack to begin with, but also put it to the sword in the final 15 overs of their innings..........
The baby faced Quentin De Kock soon registered his fourth ODI hundred and third on the trot against the hapless Indians, thereby becoming the fifth batsman in the world to notch up this noteworthy and creditable achievement and was duly joined on the centurion's roster by skipper AB De VIlliers..........
"New kid on the block", David Miller also contributed his mite to the ultimate South African tally of 301/8 by merrily swinging his blade around in the last few overs and thereby registered a half century of not too many balls..........
As for the bruised and battered Indian bowling attack, the less said the better, as they achieved the dubious distinction of conceding 300 runs or more against their opponents for the "tenth" time in calendar year 2013 once again underlining and exposing their Achilees' heel for all to see..........
Ishant Sharma was the only bowler to escape a caning and he ended up with the creditable bowling analysis of 10-140-4 (10 overs, 1 maiden, 40 runs and four wickets), but the rest of his compatriots were not even half as successful and conceded a near minimum of 6 runs per over if not more.........
A few if not all of the Indian top order batsmen must have nurtured fond and rather optimistic hopes of overhauling the South African total as they were confronted with a virtual second string bowling attack (Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel were rested), but incessant rain and thunder storms soon put paid to all these hopes and rung or then brought down the curtains on the three match ODI series won by the Proteas in a rather convincing and consummate 2-0 margin.......
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