If India want to win their first ODI series on South Africa, their batsmen will have to fire. The problem starts right from the top, as India's openers have failed to provide the team with a positive start. The middle order with the exception of Virat Kohli and Yusuf Pathan haven't exactly lived up to expectations. While the weather is expected to be a bother in the final ODI at Centurion; Team India know that they have to be in their elements, if they want to beat the elements. For keeping pace with M/S Duckworth and Lewis will also be crucial.
With the series tantalizingly poised at 2-2, India will have to quickly regroup and sort out their batting woes as they go into the fifth and final cricket one-dayer here on Sunday against the Proteas, hoping to register their first-ever series triumph on South African soil.
The Indians have never won a limited-overs series in South Africa and Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his young bravehearts will leave no stone unturned to achieve the feat at the SuperSport Park here. But it won't be easy for the visitors as with their 48-run win via Duckworth and Lewis method in the fourth ODI, South Africa have showed that they will not allow the series slip from their hand without a fight.
Down 1-2 after back-to-back defeats in Johannesburg and Durban, the Proteas made a strong comeback in Port Elizabeth last night to level the series and take it to the decider. But going into the match, India would be a worried lot as their middle-order failed yet again in the series.
Young Virat Kohli has been the only bright spot in the series for India in an otherwise out-of-form batting line-up, which has been hit hard by injuries to key players like Sachin Tendulkar and opening duo of Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir. At St George's Park on Friday, Kohli scored his second half century of the series but his 92-ball unbeaten 87 runs knock was not enough to win the fourth ODI for India.
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