Kohli v Rabada: the battle continues in Cape Town

Feb 07, 2018

Kagiso Rabada gave South Africa an impressive start when he had Rohit Sharma nicking off in the first over•BCCI

Virat Kohli was peppered by short balls early in his innings•BCCI

The opener brought up a fifty off 42 balls with a rasping hoick/sweep to deep square leg•BCCI

Kohli, however, soared to his 34th ODI hundred to take India to 303 for 6•BCCI

... before being stumped off Kuldeep Yadav•BCCI

Eventually, it was too much for the hosts to do; they were bowled out for 179 as India took an insurmountable 3-0 lead•BCCI

Shikhar Dhawan, however, brought out fluent cuts and set a solid base for India•BCCI

Kohli v Rabada: the battle continued in Cape Town•BCCI

Dhawan and Kohli went onto add 140 for the second wicket at more than a run a ball•BCCI

Jasprit Bumrah trapped Hashim Amla lbw very early on in South Africa's chase•BCCI

Yuzvendra Chahal, too, continued to take wickets from the other end; the two wristspinners shared eight wickets•BCCI

Kohli then rode the bounce and kept India ticking along with Dhawan•BCCI

JP Duminy struck twice in three overs to remove Dhawan and Ajinkya Rahane•Associated Press

Stand-in captain Aiden Markram motored along to 32...•BCCI

JP Duminy hit four boundaries in his fifty but the rest of the batting order crumbled around him•Getty Images