#2 de Villiers falls after holding together the batting line-up
A chase of 290 on a sluggish wicket was never going to be easy. de Kock gave the Proteas a decent start but found himself running out of partners as Amla and Faf du Plessis were dismissed in quick succession. After Duminy and de Kock himself had departed, de Villiers knew he had to play the anchor role if South Africa were to chase the total down.
The dynamic batsman played positive cricket but did not try for the big shots as he and Miller strung together a 68 run stand before the latter was caught behind off an Ish Sodhi wrong 'un. de Villiers had a string of all-rounders partnering him thereafter and knew that if he stayed at crease, the chase was on.
However, the ODI skipper only managed to edge Trent Boult off a slow bouncer to be dismissed for 45 off 49 balls.
