Venue/Date : Supersport park in Centurion.. 23 January 2011.
Debut : none.
Toss : India, elected to field.
Result : South Africa won by 33 runs, and hence the series 3-2.
Man of the match : Hashim Amla.
Man of the series : Morne Morkel.
Umpires : Brian Jerlings (South Africa) + Simon Taufel (Australia).
Head to head : 65th India v South Africa one day international it was.. Now, South Africa leads 39 to 24 with 2 no results.
South Africa innings : lost captain Graeme Smith early but Morne van Wyk and Hashim Amla added fine 97 runs to set the platform which served them well till the end despite losing quick wickets in late overs. Hashim Amla scored his first century against India and stayed not out. Rain curtailed South African innings to 46 overs.
Indian chase : continued to lose wickets as all of them were intent on playing their strokes rather than getting set first on a pitch which was provding nice bounce couple with overcast conditions. Yusuf Pathan then hit 8 sixes in his 70 balls knock and even made an entrance in fastest ODI century by reaching 3 figures in 68 balls but Indian ended up 33 runs short.
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