Live Cricket Score, India vs South Africa 5th ODI, Mumbai: India look to seal series decider
India take on South Africa in the fifth and final ODI in Mumbai. Both the teams are locked in at 2-2 and the winner at the Wankhede Stadium will take the trophy home. In such a case, the Mumbai encounter is nothing short of a final. Catch the Live Score and updates of India vs South Africa match HERE.
Live Cricket Score: India vs South Africa
Build Up
It’s the round 12 of October slugfest
Live Cricket Score, India vs South Africa: Virat Kohli at the practice session at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. (Source: AP)
“It’s been really tight. You simply can’t relax. You can’t just take your foot off the pedal even for a single delivery.” Saturday afternoon was muggy, humid and extremely hot in Mumbai. The grass on the Wankhede Stadium outfield had a sheen to it, but not a very appetising one. It was a brazen indication of the brutal conditions that the Indian team had to deal with for their pre-match practice session.
Live Cricket Score, India vs South Africa: If there is a Test match, the heavy roller goes on for 15 to 20 days, MS Dhoni said. (Source: PTI)
The Chennai ODI has done more than just help India level the series. Even if it turns out to be too late to influence the finale in Mumbai, it has raised hope and left clues for the Test series ahead. The pitch wasn’t a rank-turner as the term goes — there were no puff of dust blowing up towards the faces of the batsmen or the short-leg fielder — but it had enough for the spinners to get involved in the game. And the way South African middle-order batted brought up memories of Australians’ last visit to this country.
Having seven frontline batsmen is our working formula, says Hashim Amla
Live Cricket Score, India vs South Africa: Hashim Amla hinted the team which holds the nerves better could emerge triumphant. (Source: PTI)
South Africa will most certainly miss the services of injured fast bowler Morne Morkel for the all-important fifth and final match of their ODI cricket series against India in Mumbai on Sunday, said senior team member Hashim Amla on Saturday.
