Du Plessis, De Kock and De Villiers take South Africa to 438
MUMBAI: Quinton de Kock, Faf du Plessis and captain A.B. de Villiers smashed centuries on Sunday as South Africa notched a mammoth 438-4 against India in the fifth and final one-day international.
De Villiers capped the innings with 119 off 61 deliveries as South Africa placed itself nicely to clinch its first bilateral series win in India after the two sides went into the game with the series level 2-2.
The South Africans scored at will on a flat pitch with De Kock setting the platform with 109 and Du Plessis dominating the middle overs with 133.
It was only the second instance of three batsmen getting centuries in an ODI innings.
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India vs South Africa Scoreboard
South Africa Innings
Quinton de Kock c Kohli b Raina 109
Hashim Amla c Dhoni b Mohit 23
Faf du Plessis retired hurt 133
A.B. de Villiers c Dhoni b Kumar 119
David Miller not out 22
Farhaan Behardien c Raina b Harbhajan 16
Dean Elgar not out 5
Extras: (lb2, w9) 11
TOTAL: (for four wickets) 438
Overs: 50.
Fall of wickets: 1-33, 2-187, 3-398, 4-430.
Did not bat: Imran Tahir, Kagiso Rabada, Dale Steyn, Kyle Abbott.
Bowling: Bhuvneshwar Kumar 10-0-106-1 (w3), Mohit Sharma 7-0-84-1 (w2), Harbhajan Singh 10-0-70-1 (w3), Axar Patel 8-0-65-0, Amit Mishra 10-0-78-0 (w1), Suresh Raina 3-0-19-1, Virat Kohli 2-0-14-0.
India: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Suresh Raina, Axar Patel, Harbhajan Singh, Amit Mishra, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohit Sharma.
Toss: won by South Africa.
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary, India, and Kumar Dharmasena, Sri Lanka.
TV Umpire: Vineet Kulkarni, India.
Match Referee: Chris Broad, England.