5th ODI: India lost by 33 runs against South Africa

Centurion : In a rain affected match, South Africa defeated India by 33 runs in accordance with the Duckworth?Lewis method as the host nation clinched both the match as well as the series.

South Africa made a good comeback in the last two matches as they won the five match series by 3-2 margin.

Batting first, South Africa posted a total of 250 runs for the loss of 9 wickets.

Hasim Amla (116) and M. Van Wyk (56) were the pick of the Proteas batsmen.

It was primarily for these two that the South Africans were able to put up a noncompetitive score on the board.

Munaf Patel picked up 3 wickets in the match, while Zaheer and Yuvraj Singh picked up 2 wickets.

India were left to chase 268 runs in 46 overs in accordance with the Duckworth?Lewis (D/L).

Parthiv (38), Rohit Sharma (5), Kohli (2), Dhoni (5), Yuvraj Singh (8), Raina (11), failed one after the other.

However, the only good news that the Indian team received during the match was the form of Yusuf

Pathan scored a brilliant century to give Indian fans a ray of hope in the one sided match on Sunday.

It looked as if he started from the point where he had left in the previous match.

He hit 8 boundaries and another 8 over boundaries in the innings, providing the crowd a much needed entertainment.

Zaheer (24) and Harbhajan (13) gave him good support lower down the order, before the Indian innings wrapped up at 234.

Morkel, who was selected the player of the series, remained the pick of the South African bowlers as he took 4 wickets in the match.

H. Amla bacame the player of the match after his brilliant knock on Sunday that to a greater extent decided the fate of the match.