Record-breaker Kohli leads India to another easy win over South Africa

The ongoing South Africa series is not yet done and dusted for Virat Kohli-led team India who would like to make it 5-1 after scripting history by winning their first ever series in the rainbow nation.

In Cricket, India has taken a fair lead over South Africa at the top of the ICC ODI Team Rankings.

Hashim Amla, who made 71 in a losing cause in South Africa’s fifth One-Day International against India, compared the current series to the one he experienced in August-September 2008 in England, where the team was beaten 4-0 in a five-match series.

A historic series triumph sealed, India are expected to put their bench strength to test while a vanquished South Africa would aim for a consolatory win when the two sides square off in sixth and final ODI today.

Only Khaya Zondo’s 54, his maiden ODI half-century on his recall to the South African team, held up the Indian bowlers for any prolonged period of time at SuperSport Park. Former India and wicket keeper batsman has played 317 games and scored 9967 runs. recently, he completed his 400 dismissals in ODIs. Only Kagiso Rabada has bowled more – 887 balls to Bumrah’s 877 – this year and should also earn a rest although South Africa should be more desperate for a face-saving win than India’s quest for 5-1.

Virat- The way the Indian skipper is going about his business, it would be a silly move to play fantasy cricket without him. Meanwhile, for South Africa, they will hope to finish this series on a high, in order to carry the momentum for the T20I series that follows. Right-handed batsman Rohit Sharma became the hero of the match, slammed his 17th ODI century.

South Africa have admitted they have got a good-old hiding from India.

Pride is at stake at SuperSport Park on Friday, but so are reputations.

Spinners Kuldeep Yadav (1/51) and Yuzvendra Chahal (2/38) finished with 33 wickets together in this six-match series.

The 2019 World Cup is being hosted by England and Wales, where India won their first global title in 1983 before adding a second on home soil in 2011.

India have made just one change.

For all the run-guzzling feats of the top-three, the middle order of Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, MS Dhoni and Hardik Pandya has struggled to maintain the pace, let alone force it, in the final 20 overs of the ODI game.