SA vs IND, third ODI: Samson, Arshdeep shine as India beats South Africa by 78 runs to win sequence 2-1

India rode on Sanju Samson’s maiden worldwide century and Arshdeep Singh’s four-wicket haul to beat South Africa by 78 runs at Boland Park in Paarl on Thursday and clinched the three-match ODI sequence 2-1.

Chasing 297, South Africa was off to a robust begin as Reeza Hendricks and Tony de Zorzi put up a 59-run opening stand in fast time. Arshdeep then acquired Hendricks to play away from the physique and edge a catch behind to the wicketkeeper.

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Though de Zorzi continued his wealthy vein of kind, Rassie van der Dussen and Aiden Markram fell to the spin duo of Axar Patel and Washington Sundar, respectively.

Arshdeep then trapped de Zorzi in entrance with a yorker. South Africa misplaced its final six wickets for simply 57 runs as hard-hitters Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller failed to fireplace.

Earlier, after being put in to bat, debutant Rajat Patidar was off the blocks rapidly. He smashed Nandre Burger for a six and a 4 within the house of three deliveries earlier than being cleaned up in the identical over.

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Sai Sudharsan, coming off two back-to-back half-centuries, perished quickly after. Samson and skipper KL Rahul steadied the ship with a 52-run partnership for the third wicket. Once Rahul departed, Tilak Varma joined forces with Samson and the left-hander notched up his maiden ODI half-century.

Samson, after getting off to a gradual begin, accelerated seamlessly to notch up a 110-ball hundred and put India on the right track for a aggressive whole. Rinku Singh chipped in with a quickfire 27-ball 38 to assist the customer to a match-winning whole.