IND vs SA: Twitter Reacts As South Africa Win Thrilling Final ODI To Whitewash India 3-0

Indian bowler Deepak Chahar’s rearguard act went in vain as South Africa managed to win a thrilling final ODI to whitewash India 3-0 in the ODI series.

Chasing 288, the visitors were once again propelled by a second-wicket partnership between Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli. Both of them reached their fifties before being dismissed.

Shreyas Iyer and Suryakumar Yadav got starts but couldn’t convert them into anything substantial. However, a stunning partnership for the eighth wicket between Chahar and Jasprit Bumrah tilted the scales in the Men in Blue’s favor.

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Chahar smashed his way to a 31-ball 50 and looked set to take the visitors home. Unfortunately, a lapse in concentration saw him throw his wicket away with just 10 runs remaining. The tail couldn’t wag further and the last two wickets fell within five runs to hand the Proteas a 4-run victory.

Earlier, the Proteas got off to a poor start. They lost their first three wickets with just 70 runs on the board. However, as has been the case throughout the series, India failed to break the fourth wicket stand.

Quinton de Kock and Rassie van der Dussen put on 144 runs for the fourth wicket. The former reached his 6th century in 16 innings against India, continuing his brilliant white-ball form.

Rassie reached his fifty before the duo fell in successive overs. David Miller then hung around with the lower middle-order to add useful runs on the board and took the Proteas to 287.

Here’s how Twitter reacted to South Africa’s whitewash:

Deepak Chahar and Shardul Thakur are the kind of players India need to be looking for. People who genuinely contribute two ways.

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No excuses that India is missing some top players for this series. SA did too. Clean sweep loss is rare for Indian team. A lot of soul searching required now for ODI. #<!---->S<!---->A<!---->v<!---->I<!---->N<!---->D #<!---->C<!---->r<!---->i<!---->c<!---->k<!---->e<!---->t

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That was skilful stuff from Deepak today. Outstanding cricket from South Africa. Well done on clean sweep. Team India will have different road map after the 3rd game performance. Fast bowling replacement looks surely ready.

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Disastrous tour for India. After winning first Test handsomely, team went into a massive slump, losing 5 matches on the trot across two formats. There hasn’t been a poorer performance in years. Hard introspection and harsh decisions needed

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Rohit back at the top KL has to go back to the middle order for stability and he can finish too. Rishabh is an outstanding talent who will have to be consistent and himself realise what he can do and not waste his chances. Bhuvi is past his best. Jadeja is absolutely essential.

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Most of India’s premier batsmen bat in the top 3 for their respective IPL teams. And then some are moulded to bat at 4, 5, 6 for India where a different skill set is required. Know now the value of Yuvraj, Raina and Dhoni – they rarely let the team down #<!---->I<!---->N<!---->D<!---->v<!---->s<!---->S<!---->A

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A late charge from Deepak Chahar almost got us across the line but SA have the last laugh.

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– Against Sri Lanka in July 2021.

– Against South Africa in January 2022.

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