Du Plessis hits fifty to take SA past 300
January 14, 2018  14:54
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SA 318-7 (109 ovs) vs India
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Du Plessis looking to get a move along. He hits a nice drive off the backfoot through the off-side for a four and then keeps strike with a single from the last ball.

In the next over, he takes a big stride down and sweeps Ashwin in front of square to bring up South Africa's 300, in the 106th over.

He sensibly takes a single from the fifth ball to give Rabada strike for just one delivery, who defends it watchfully.

All-rounder Hardik Pandya comes into the attack, in place of Shami. Du Plessis takes a single from the first ball before Rabada gets an edge but it falls short of Kohli at first slip as the ball goes past him for a couple of runs. Maybe wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel could have tried to catch it with a full length dive to his left.

Du Plessis gets a thick outside edge off the fifth ball which beats Rohit's dive at point for a boundary.

Ashwin gets one to turn and bounce as Rabada is beaten all ends up before he clips the off-spinner on the leg side for two runs.

In the next over, du Plessis clips Pandya to deep square for two runs to bring up his fifty, from 127 balls. He repeats the shot off the next ball for another couple of runs and then picks one to take the total to 318 for seven in 109 overs.
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