India Vs South Africa 4Th Odi
South Africa tour of India - 2015 (2015/16) · MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai · 22 October 2015
India won by 35 runs
India won by 35 runs. Virat Kohli top-scored with 138 for India.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
- Date
- 22 October 2015
- Toss
- India, chose to bat
- Result
- India won by 35 runs
- Player of the match
- Virat Kohli
- Captains
- MS Dhoni (India), AB de Villiers (South Africa)
- Umpires
- C Shamshuddin and S Ravi
- Match referee
- BC Broad
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
India won the toss and chose to bat.
India batted first and made 299 for 8. Virat Kohli top-scored with 138 off 140 balls, and Suresh Raina made 53. Kagiso Rabada took 3 for 54 for South Africa. The innings was built on a 127-run stand for the fourth wicket between Suresh Raina and Virat Kohli, 42% of the total. That was well above the 2010s average first-innings total at MA Chidambaram Stadium, 222 across 10 ODIs.
Chasing 300, South Africa made 264 for 9. AB de Villiers top-scored with 112 off 107 balls, and Quinton de Kock made 43. Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 3 for 68 for India.
India won by 35 runs.
INDIA: 299 FOR 8
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shikhar Dhawan | c Quinton de Kock b Kagiso Rabada | 7 | 15 |
| Rohit Sharma | c Faf du Plessis b Chris Morris | 21 | 19 |
| Virat Kohli | c Quinton de Kock b Kagiso Rabada | 138 | 140 |
| Ajinkya Rahane | c Quinton de Kock b Dale Steyn | 45 | 53 |
| Suresh Raina | c AB de Villiers b Dale Steyn | 53 | 52 |
| MS Dhoni | c AB de Villiers b Dale Steyn | 15 | 16 |
| Harbhajan Singh | b Kagiso Rabada | 0 | 1 |
| Axar Patel | not out | 4 | 4 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | run out (Dale Steyn) | 0 | 1 |
Did not bat: Mohit Sharma, Amit Mishra
Extras 16 · Total 299 for 8
| Bowler (South Africa) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Steyn | 10 | 0 | 61 | 3 |
| Kagiso Rabada | 10 | 0 | 54 | 3 |
| Chris Morris | 9 | 0 | 55 | 1 |
| Aaron Phangiso | 9 | 0 | 51 | 0 |
| Imran Tahir | 9 | 0 | 58 | 0 |
| Farhaan Behardien | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-28 (Rohit Sharma, 4.5 ov), 2-35 (Shikhar Dhawan, 7.5 ov), 3-139 (Ajinkya Rahane, 26.1 ov), 4-266 (Suresh Raina, 44.5 ov), 5-291 (Virat Kohli, 48.2 ov), 6-291 (Harbhajan Singh, 48.3 ov), 7-299 (MS Dhoni, 49.5 ov), 8-299 (Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 49.6 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Shikhar Dhawan (7) and Rohit Sharma (21) | 28 | 29 |
| second | Shikhar Dhawan (0) and Virat Kohli (6) | 7 | 18 |
| third | Virat Kohli (56) and Ajinkya Rahane (45) | 104 | 110 |
| fourth | Suresh Raina (53) and Virat Kohli (65) | 127 | 112 |
| fifth | MS Dhoni (11) and Virat Kohli (11) | 25 | 22 |
| sixth | Harbhajan Singh (0) and MS Dhoni (0) | 0 | 1 |
| seventh | MS Dhoni (4) and Axar Patel (4) | 8 | 8 |
| eighth | Bhuvneshwar Kumar (0) and Axar Patel (0) | 0 | 1 |
SOUTH AFRICA: 264 FOR 9
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hashim Amla | c Shikhar Dhawan b Mohit Sharma | 7 | 10 |
| Quinton de Kock | c Ajinkya Rahane b Harbhajan Singh | 43 | 35 |
| Faf du Plessis | c MS Dhoni b Axar Patel | 17 | 34 |
| AB de Villiers | c MS Dhoni b Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 112 | 107 |
| David Miller | lbw b Harbhajan Singh | 6 | 12 |
| Farhaan Behardien | lbw b Amit Mishra | 22 | 38 |
| Chris Morris | run out (Ajinkya Rahane) | 9 | 18 |
| Aaron Phangiso | c Axar Patel b Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 20 | 22 |
| Dale Steyn | c Ajinkya Rahane b Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 6 | 7 |
| Kagiso Rabada | not out | 8 | 9 |
| Imran Tahir | not out | 4 | 10 |
Extras 10 · Total 264 for 9
| Bowler (India) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 10 | 0 | 68 | 3 |
| Mohit Sharma | 10 | 0 | 48 | 1 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 10 | 0 | 50 | 2 |
| Axar Patel | 10 | 0 | 40 | 1 |
| Amit Mishra | 10 | 1 | 55 | 1 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-36 (Hashim Amla, 5.1 ov), 2-67 (Quinton de Kock, 11.3 ov), 3-79 (Faf du Plessis, 14.4 ov), 4-88 (David Miller, 17.6 ov), 5-144 (Farhaan Behardien, 31.5 ov), 6-185 (Chris Morris, 38.1 ov), 7-233 (AB de Villiers, 44.3 ov), 8-250 (Aaron Phangiso, 46.3 ov), 9-250 (Dale Steyn, 46.5 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Hashim Amla (7) and Quinton de Kock (25) | 36 | 33 |
| second | Faf du Plessis (11) and Quinton de Kock (18) | 31 | 38 |
| third | AB de Villiers (6) and Faf du Plessis (6) | 12 | 19 |
| fourth | AB de Villiers (3) and David Miller (6) | 9 | 20 |
| fifth | AB de Villiers (34) and Farhaan Behardien (22) | 56 | 83 |
| sixth | AB de Villiers (32) and Chris Morris (9) | 41 | 37 |
| seventh | AB de Villiers (37) and Aaron Phangiso (9) | 48 | 38 |
| eighth | Aaron Phangiso (11) and Dale Steyn (6) | 17 | 12 |
| ninth | Dale Steyn (0) and Kagiso Rabada (0) | 0 | 2 |
| tenth | Imran Tahir (4) and Kagiso Rabada (8) | 14 | 19 |
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