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South Africa vs India, 5th ODI - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Series: India tour of South Africa, 2017-18 Venue: St George's Park, Port Elizabeth Date & Time: Feb 13, 01:00 PM LOCAL
The wrist spinners have been the matchwinners for India
The wrist spinners have been the matchwinners for India © AFP

SERIES WIN FOR INDIA

It's a 73-run win for India and a maiden ODI series win in South Africa for Kohli's men. Chahal picks up the last wicket to fall while Kuldeep finishes with a four-wicket haul. They're 4-1 up with a match to go.

Plenty of smiles in the Indian camp. Splendid achievement indeed. And with that, India's unbeaten run in bilateral ODI series goes up to 9.








Prelude

Hello and welcome everyone. It has been an engrossing series so far with India's wrist spinners - Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal - being the biggest talking points so far. The duo played a big part in India going 3-0 up first, and then when South Africa finally managed to get the better of them in the fourth, they managed to win one as well. And we are now in Port Elizabeth, a venue that is seen as spin-friendly.

India's batting has been heavily reliant on Dhawan and Kohli so far. Kaushik Rangarajan has more in his preview, here. And Tristan Holme explains how South Africa are looking at the sweep as a premier weapon to counter India's spinners, here.

So can India finally clinch a bilateral series in South Africa, something that they have never managed before or will South Africa managed to stave off their threat? The all important toss and teams coming up shortly.

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