Indian skipper KL Rahul then took the reins, scoring an unbeaten 66 off 43 balls, helping India reach 358/5 in 50 overs. However, India struggled to accelerate in the final nine overs, adding only 69 runs.
Former all-rounder Irfan Pathan has expressed his thoughts after the KL Rahul-led India suffered a four-wicket defeat against South Africa in Raipur on Wednesday.
South Africa registered a memorable four-wicket win against India in the second ODI at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium on Wednesday.
With this win, the series is level at 1-1. After centuries from Ruturaj Gaikwad (105 in 83 balls, with 12 fours and two sixes) and Virat Kohli (102 in 93 balls, with seven fours and two sixes) and a half-century from skipper KL Rahul (66* in 43 balls, with six fours and two sixes) took India
South African skipper Temba Bavuma won the toss and opted to bowl first in the second ODI against India at Chattisgarh's Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, on Wednesday.
India is 1-0 up in the series heading to Raipur after the exploits of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Kuldeep Yadav downed an Aiden Markram-led Proteas unit, which fell 17 runs short of a run-chase of 350 runs, despite fighting knocks from Matthew Breetzke, Marco Jansen and Corbin Bosch.
South African stand-in skipper Aiden Markram won the toss and opted to bowl first in the first ODI against India at Ranchi's JSCA International Stadium Complex on Sunday.
Team India stars Kohli and Sharma are set to return to action. The duo last appeared in an ODI game against Australia in Sydney in October, where Rohit struck an unbeaten, match-winning 121 and Kohli added a smooth, unbeaten 74. The pair combined for a 168-run partnership. Both veterans now
Team India's woes at home are not stopping as in back-to-back years, they registered series whitewashes against two big teams, New Zealand and current World Test Champions, South Africa. This loss is their fifth-successive defeat to a South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia (SENA) n
India suffered a crushing defeat and their worst in terms of runs after the Rishabh Pant-led side lost the Guwahati Test to South Africa by a mammoth 408 runs. The Temba Bavuma-led side whitewashed India 2-0 in the series.