India won the ODI series in Africa for the second

India won the ODI series in Africa for the second time: defeated the hosts by 78 runs in the decisive match; Samson's century, Arshdeep 4 wickets

India has won the ODI series of South Africa tour by 2-1. The team defeated the host team by 78 runs in the third and deciding match. Team India has won the ODI series for the second time on African soil. The team won the ODI series for the first time in 2018 under the captaincy of Virat Kohli.

Batting after losing the toss, the Indian team scored 296 runs for 8 wickets in 50 overs at the Boland Park Stadium in Paarl. In reply, the South African team was all out for 218 runs in 45.2 overs. Sanju Samson played a century inning of 108 runs, while Arshdeep Singh took 4 wickets. Avesh Khan and Washington Sundar got 2-2 wickets.

Now Team India will play a 2-Test series from 26th December. The first match will be played on the grounds of Centurion. Team India has not been able to win the Test series there till now.

With this victory, Team India won the 3-match ODI series 2-1. The team has won the second ODI series on African soil. The Indian team won the first series in 2018 under the captaincy of Virat Kohli.

Fast bowler Arshdeep Singh was the player of the series. He took 10 wickets in 3 matches. Also scored 25 runs.

Africa's innings

Africa lost 3 wickets in 35 balls of death overs

After the batting order disintegrated in the middle overs, the tail enders could not handle the innings. The team lost 3 wickets in scoring 20 runs in the last 35 balls. In these, Arshdeep took 2 wickets. He took 4 wickets in the match.

South Africa lost 6 wickets in the middle overs.

South Africa batted well in the beginning of the middle overs, but later lost wickets continuously. Akshar Patel took the wicket of Rassie van der Dussen in the 15th over. Here the half-century partnership of Markram and Georgia took over. This partnership was broken by Washington Sundar in the 26th over. From here the Indian bowlers continued taking wickets. Wickets were taken in the 30th, 33rd and 34th overs and the match became difficult for South Africa. In the middle 30 overs, South Africa lost 6 wickets after scoring 136 runs. Highlights of the middle overs ahead

De Georgi completed his half-century in the 17th over. South Africa's opener Tony De Georgi scored the first half-century of his ODI career. He played a total innings of 81 runs.

Mukesh Kumar dropped the catch of De Georgi in the 25th over. Mukesh Kumar gave life to Tony De Georgi in the 25th over. Then Georgie was batting on 68 runs.

Georgi-Markram's Fifty Partnership: There was a partnership of 65 runs on 67 balls for the fourth wicket between D Georgi and Aiden Markram. In this, Markram scored 36 runs and Georgi scored 28 runs.

Amazing catch of Sai Sudarshan: Sai Sudarshan took a brilliant catch of Henrik Klaasen in the 33rd over of the South African innings. Sai took a flying catch at mid-off. Clason returned to the pavilion after scoring 21 runs.

Indian innings

India 296/8 with the innings of Sanju and Tilak

Batting after losing the toss at the Boland Park Stadium in Paarl, the Indian team scored 296 runs for 8 wickets in 50 overs.

Sanju Samson played an innings of 108 runs on 114 balls. He hit 6 fours and 3 sixes. This is the first century of Sanju's ODI career. Tilak Verma played an inning of 52 runs. He scored the first half-century of his ODI career. Rinku Singh played an inning of 38 runs on 27 balls.

Byron Hendricks took 3 wickets, while Nandre Berger got 2 wickets. Wayne Mulder, Keshav Maharaj and Lizaad Williams got one wicket each.

Sanju Samson completed his century in 110 balls.

India lost 5 wickets in scoring 93 runs in the death overs.

Indian batsmen scored 93 runs in the death overs, but the team also suffered 5 setbacks. In the last 10 overs, Sanju Samson completed the first century of his ODI career, while Tilak Verma scored the first half-century. Rinku Singh added 38 runs on 27 balls. Akshar Patel and Washington Sundar could not perform well.

Rahul and Samson handled the innings, Tilak's first fifty

Sanju Samson played an important innings after losing two wickets in the powerplay. He made a century partnership of 52 with KL Rahul and a century with Tilak Verma, taking the score beyond 200.