Illustrated Story

All-round bowling effort gives India win

Put in to bat with three changes for the second ODI, India were jolted early when Rohit Sharma was dismissed for 3 in the second over  AFP
A brisk Ajinkya Rahane led India along with a slow Shikhar Dhawan past 50  AFP
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However, Dhawan was removed by Morne Morkel and a mix up led to Virat Kohli's run-out that left him furious  AFP
India were dented further when a fluent Rahane was bowled around his legs for 51 by Imran Tahir...  AFP
...And Morkel did the expected by removing Suresh Raina with a short ball. With Axar Patel also gone soon, India were reeling at 124 for 6  AFP
MS Dhoni had to come out after the 18th over and quietly accumulated the runs as wickets fell around him  AFP
He found company in Harbhajan Singh and plundered 82 off the last 10 overs to give India a respectable total of 247  AFP
Quinton de Kock got South Africa off to a brisk start along along with Hashim Amla  AFP
Axar was brought on in the seventh over and broke the opening stand by removing Amla. De Kock was dismissed soon after by Harbhajan  AFP
JP Duminy and Faf du Plessis were involved in a steady 82-run stand before Duminy was lbw, also by Axar  AFP
Another clump of wickets fell soon as India clawed their way back into the game by dismissing du Plessis too  Associated Press
Farhaan Behardien was given out caught behind as India gained the ascendancy. They eventually bowled South Africa out for 225 and completed a series-levelling victory  AFP
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