Indore: India have won the the second ODI at Indore by 22 runs. South Africa could manage to do only 225 in reply to India's 247 for 9 in the stipulated 50 overs. The chief architect of India's victory was skipper MS Dhoni who remained not out on 92. Dhoni was declared Man of the match.
Bhubaneswar Kumar and A R Patel took three wickets each. For the visitors, F du Plessis with 51 runs was the top scorer. India had lost the first ODI of the 5-match series by 5 runs at Kanpur on Sunday. Prior to the series, South Africa had won the 3-match T-20 series, 2-0. The ODI series will be followed by 4 Tests.
Scoreboard
India: Rohit Sharma b Rabada 3 (10b), Shikhar Dhawan c Duminy b Morkel 23 (34b, 4x4), Ajinkya Rahane b Tahir 51 (63b, 6x4), Virat Kohli run out 12 (18b), M.S. Dhoni (not out) 92 (86b, 7x4, 4x6), Suresh Raina c de Kock b Morkel 0 (5b), Axar Patel lbw b Steyn 13 (27b, 1x6), Bhuvneshwar Kumar b Tahir 14 (32b, 1x4), Harbhajan Singh c de Kock b Steyn 22 (22b, 2x4, 1x6), Umesh Yadav c de Kock b Steyn 4 (3b, 1x4), Mohit Sharma (not out) 0 (1b); Extras (lb-2, nb-1, w-10) 13; Total (for nine wkts. in 50 overs): 247.
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Rohit), 2-59 (Dhawan),
3-82 (Kohli), 4-102 (Rahane), 5-104 (Raina), 6-124 (Axar), 7-165 (Bhuvneshwar), 8-221 (Harbhajan), 9-225 (Umesh).
South Africa bowling: Dale Steyn10-0-49-3, Kagiso Rabada 10-1-49-1, Morne Morkel 10-0-42-2, Jean-Paul Duminy 9-0-59-0, Imran Tahir 10-1-42-2, Farhaan Behardien 1-0-4-0.
South Africa: Hashim Amla st. Dhoni b Axar 17 (17b, 3x4), Quinton de Kock c Mohit b Harbhajan 34 (36b, 5x4), Faf du Plessis c Kohli b Axar 51 (56b, 6x4), Jean-Paul Duminy lbw b Axar 36 (46b, 3x4), A.B. de Villiers c Kohli b Mohit 19 (20b, 1x4, 1x6), David Miller c Dhoni b Bhuvneshwar 0 (1b), Farhaan Behardien c Dhoni b Harbhajan 18 (33b), Dale Steyn c Kohli b Umesh 13 (16b, 1x4, 1x6), Kagiso Rabada (not out) 19 (23b, 3x4), Imran Tahir c Dhoni b Bhuvneshwar 9 (12b, 1x6), Morne Morkel c Raina b Bhuvneshwar 4 (2b, 1x4); Extras (lb-3, w-2): 5; Total (in 43.4 overs) 225.
Fall of wickets: 1-40 (Amla), 2-52 (de Kock), 3-134 (Duminy), 4-141 (du Plessis), 5-142 (Miller), 6-167 (de Villiers), 7-186 (Steyn), 8-200 (Behardien), 9-221 (Tahir).
India bowling: Bhuvneshwar Kumar 8.4-0-41-3, Umesh Yadav 8-0-52-1, Harbhajan Singh 10-0-51-2, Axar Patel 10-0-39-3, Mohit Sharma 5-0-21-1, Suresh Raina 2-0-18-0.