Twitter Reactions: Sublime knocks from de Kock, du Plessis and Dussen aid the Proteas take the series 3-2
Twitterati was happy to see the Proteas win the series.
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In the series decider against Pakistan, South Africa comfortably cruised past the visitors to register a 7-wicket win. Quinton de Kock looked to be in fabulous touch and played some great cricket. Unbeaten half-centuries from Faf du Plessis and Rassie van Dussen helped South Africa get past the winning line.
Despite the series loss, Pakistan will take a lot of pride in their performance. After being overhauled in the Tests 3-0, they’ve competed well throughout. As far as the Proteas are concerned, Rassie van der Dussen is their biggest takeaway from this series. He has shown what a brilliant talent he is and pretty much sealed his spot for the World Cup. Dussen scored 241 runs in 4 innings at an average of 120.50 right in his debut series.
Fakhar Zaman gets some runs under his belt at last
South Africa was lucky to win the toss here at Newlands and had no hesitation to bowl first. Dale Steyn cleared up the dangerous Imam-ul-Haq first up and put South Africa on top. Kagiso Rabada also did extremely well and induced Fakhar Zaman into a drive. Thus, he managed to find the edge only to be dropped by Hashim Amla at the slips. Zaman made the most of the reprieve and played a good knock.
With little support from Babar Azam and Mohammad Hafeez, he went on to register a half-century and got out after he scored 70 off 73 balls. Skipper Shoaib Malik was run out due to a comedy of errors as he attempted the second run. It was Amla, yet again, who dropped a relatively tougher catch of Imad Wasim this time around. Wasim made the most of the opportunity and provided Pakistan with the final flourish. He scored 47 off 31 balls as the side finished with 240/8 after 50 overs.
Quinton de Kock was a treat to watch
As it usually does, the wicket played much better in the second innings. Amla was dismissed early for just 14 runs by Shaheen Afridi. Quinton de Kock too was dismissed when he was on 12, but it was a no-ball. He made the most of his luck with a rollicking 58-ball 83. He played good shots on either side of the wicket and hit 11 fours and 3 sixes in his innings. Reeza Hendricks assisted him well with 33-ball 34 as they got closer to the target.
It was Faf du Plessis and van der Dussen who hit the final nail in the coffin with some cautious cricket. Both of them remained unbeaten on 50 as the Proteas registered a 7-wicket win. South Africa took only 40 overs to chase the target down.
Twitterati was happy to see the Proteas win the series. They enjoyed the batting from de Kock as well as Faf and Rassie. The Pakistan fans seemed to be glad that Fakhar Zaman finally got amongst the runs. For his 271 runs in 5 innings at an average of 54.20, Imam-ul-Haq was the Player of the Series.
Here is how Twitterati reacted:
After seeing these Stats m wondering why Aamir is being preferred over Junaid Khan? pic.twitter.com/pXeRL9aqmi
— Mirza Iqbal Baig (@mirzaiqbal80) January 30, 2019
De Kock exceptional player .👍
— M Zahid khokhar (@amicuszh) January 30, 2019
The difference between Quinton de Kock scoring runs and Quinton de Kock not scoring runs. pic.twitter.com/ZrZZSVOQQW
— Dean Oelschig (@DeanOelsch) January 30, 2019
Quinton de Kock has now won the man-of-the-match in his 100th ODI.
Will Rohit win it in his 200th ODI starting in a few hours? 😅#NZvsIND #SAvPAK— Kausthub45 (@kauSTats) January 30, 2019
When deKock is in form, SA wins. If he can be in form all throughout the WC maybe the "since 92" jinx might be broken. #SAvPAK
— sckYdo🤓 (@DocMano) January 30, 2019
@QuinnyDeKock69 #champ! I hereby rename you! Once you where Quinton De Kock! You are now officially Quinton The Rock! @OfficialCSA ! Protea Fire 🔥
— Granville Sacks (@GranvilleSacks) January 30, 2019
De Kock MOM
Imam ul Haq MOSSouth Africa won the series 3-2#SAvPAK
— Najeeb ul Hasnain (@get2najeeb) January 30, 2019
1090 – Imam-ul-Haq now has the MOST runs by any batsman after first 21 ODIs.
Most Runs after first 21 ODIs:
1090 Imam-ul-Haq*
1089 Fakhar Zaman
1037 Babar Azam
1028 Jonathan Trott
1001 Quinton de Kock
994 Sir Vivian Richards#SAvPAK— The Sportslatest (@sportslatestt) January 30, 2019
My starting team for the Cricket World Cup 1 De Kock 2 Amla 3 Markram 4 Faf 5 Duminy 6 Vd Dussen 7 Miller 8 Pulekwayo 9 Radaba 10 Steyn 11 Tahir *Philander if available at 8
— Kobus (@BulletjieKobus) January 30, 2019
— Sakht Launda (@iamsakht) January 30, 2019
Good to see de Kock in sublime touch. https://t.co/KfoUkXDIOJ
— GOAT 🐐 (@mileskeeprollin) January 30, 2019
There has only been one previous win when chasing more than 240 in 19 One Day Internationals at Newlands. #SAvPAK #gameon #240
— Mike Haysman (@MikeHaysman) January 30, 2019
Well played @simadwasim 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 #SAvPak
— zainab abbas (@ZAbbasOfficial) January 30, 2019
Imad Wasim has only batted twice in this series:
43* off 23 balls. Strike rate of 186.95
47* off 31 balls. Strike rate of 151.61#SAvPAK— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) January 30, 2019
Imam-ul-Haq named Man of the Series:
Innings 5
Runs 271
Hundreds 1
Fifties 2
Average 54.20#SAvPAK #Cricket— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) January 30, 2019
Pakistan 108/2 after 20.3 overs
Pakistan 240/8 after 50 oversIn the last 29.3 overs they only scored 132/6#SAvPAK
— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) January 30, 2019
Imam ul Haq scored 271 runs in #SAvPAK ODI series, most by a Pak batsman in a series in South Africa, previous was M Yousuf with 245. This is also 2nd highest by a Pak player at any venue (home, away or neutral) in a bilateral series against SA after 286 by Yousuf.
— Faizan Lakhani (@faizanlakhani) January 30, 2019
Du Plessis and Van der Dussen both remained unbeaten on exactly 50.
It is the first ever instance of two batsmen unbeaten on 50 in an ODI innings. #SAvPak pic.twitter.com/vt0zzLkZ65
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) January 30, 2019
South Africa v Pakistan ODI series is the best ODI series this year so far, outstanding cricket by both teams. Congratulations to South Africa on winning it 3-2. Shoaib Malik's captaincy very impressive. #SAvPAK #Cricket
— Daniel Alexander (@daniel86cricket) January 30, 2019
Quinton de kock was the main difference in batting in the tests as well,scoring 45,59 & 129 at crucial points of the match in the test series,got a life today but has made the most of it. Fantastic player.. #SAvPAK
— zainab abbas (@ZAbbasOfficial) January 30, 2019
78 runs conceded by Shadab Khan are the most he has ever conceded in a ODI#SAvPAK
— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) January 30, 2019
Pakistan players rating of this series
EXCELLENT –
Imam ul Haq
Shaheen Shah AfridiGOOD –
Babar AzamAVERAGE –
Mohammad Hafeez
Imam Wasim
Fakhar Zaman
AmirGARBAGE –
Shoaib Malik
Shinwari
Hasan Ali
Shadab Khan
Rizwan
Sarfraz#SAvPAK— JSK (@imjsk27) January 30, 2019
Two 50s and One 💯 in the #SAvPAK ODI series, Imam ul Haq gets the Man of the Series award. pic.twitter.com/JAeKEQb4R8
— PCB Official (@TheRealPCB) January 30, 2019
Nice series win for the proteas..👍
— Herschelle Gibbs (@hershybru) January 30, 2019
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