South Africa beat India by 18 runs in 3rd ODI at Rajkot

#INDvsSA #mornemorkel #QuintondeKock #fafduplessis It was another forgettable outing for India’s Men in Blue when they succumbed to pressure and lost the 3rd ODI at Rajkot by 18 runs. The disappointment was because of the failure of the Indian batting attack in front of disciplined bowling of the visitors who gave nothing away. At the end of the day, India could not overhaul the target of 270 set by the South Africans thanks to the knocks of Quinton de Kock (103) and Faf de Plessis (60).
This has been reported in oneindia.com dated 19 October 2015.

India lost the chase in the last 15 overs with a flurry of wickets falling like nine pins as they ended at 252 for six. Most of the damage was done by Morne Morkel who returned figures of 4 for 39 and, literally, throttled the home side batsmen in the final stages.
In spite of half centuries from Rohit Sharma (65) and Virat Kohli (77) and with skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni chipping in with 47 in 61 balls, India could not get a win. After 35 overs, India were 162 for 2 but the as game progressed it gradually slipped out of their hands.
Suresh Raina went for a big one off Imran Tahir and perished in the 44th over. And, then, Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane were dismissed by Morkel in successive balls in the 46th over – and, it was all over.
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