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Rohit, Bumrah-Chahal set up South Africa's third consecutive defeat

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Rohit made unbeaten 122 in India's chase of 227.
Rohit made unbeaten 122 in India's chase of 227. © Getty

What could go wrong did go wrong for 'em. South Africa plummeted to their third straight defeat in three games this World Cup, going down this time to India by six wickets in Southampton. They stood undone by Jasprit Bumrah's pace and bounce early on, familiarly collapsed to leg-spin in the middle overs, before feeling the sting of Dale Steyn and Lungi Ngidi's absence. Rohit Sharma became the third Indian opener in three editions to score a hundred in a World Cup match against them, in the process leading an easy-paced run-chase not much unlike his own style of batting.

Even though

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