India vs South Africa, 3rd ODI: Kuldeep’s four-for helps hosts bowl out Proteas for 99

India
bowled
out
SA
for
99,
their
lowest
ODI
total
against
the
Men
In
Blue.

India
had
won
the
toss
and
elected
to
field
straightway,
and
the
bowlers
responded
to
skipper
Shikhar
Dhawan’s
decision
quite
beautifully.

Once
Washington
Sundar
dismissed
Quinton
de
Kock
early
in
the
Power
Play,
and
the
gates
were
never
really
closed.

Kuldeep
Yadav
ran
through
the
middle
and
lower
order
to
collect
4
wickets
and
SA
never
really
hauled
themselves
from
the
quagmire.

Kuldeep
detailed
the
brilliant
for
him
and
the
team.
“It
was
perfect.
It’s
been
going
well
since
the
IPL.
Today,
I
missed
the
hat-trick
but
it
was
still
great.
Maybe
I
could
have
gone
over
the
wicket
but
thinking
too
much
can
make
it
go
away.

Siraj,
Avesh
and
others
bowled
well.
The
wicket
was
gripping.
I
mixed
up
the
pace
and
set
the
batters
with
the
fields.
I
was
working
on
my
rhythm
in
the
past
few
months.
I
was
a
bit
slower,
but
quickened
up
post-injury.
But
haven’t
lost
the
spin,
the
rhythm
has
been
the
focus,”
Kuldeep
told
the
host
broadcaster
during
the
innings
break.

SA
coach
Mark
Boucher
had
an
inkling
of
things
to
come.

“It
is
tough
to
win
a
series
here,
the
schedule
has
been
hectic
too.
But
a
win
would
give
us
good
momentum.
It
has
been
a
draining
tour,
would
be
nice
to
finish
on
a
high.

The
batters
spending
time
in
the
middle
and
bowlers
getting
some
action,
too,
would
help
stay
ready
for
the
T20
World
Cup.

We
have
some
time
between
now
and
the
start
of
the
World
Cup
with
a
couple
warm
up
games.
We’ve
had
one
poor
batting
performance
in
the
whole
tour.
We
got
a
bit
stuck
after
the
35th
over
last
game
which
cost
us
about
30
runs.

But
our
focus
is
on
the
bowling
with
smaller
boundaries.
We
haven’t
hit
our
lengths
as
well
as
we
wanted
too,
so
we
want
to
put
that
right,”
said
Boucher.