Top 5 South African ODI chokes against India

#4 Group game, World Cup 2015, Melbourne

Another wicket falls in the game

The group game between India and South Africa at Melbourne in the 2015 World Cup was billed as one of the games of the group, due to the stars on show in both teams. Having chosen to bat first, India's innings were powered by a superb century from opener Shikhar Dhawan (137 off 146, 16 fours, 2 sixes) and 79 from Ajinkya Rahane (79 off 60, 7 fours, 3 sixes). They made 307 in 50 overs and although it was a big score, South Africa were expected to give it a good go.

Opener Quinton de Kock went in the 4th over and Hashim Amla followed in the 11th, but Faf du Plessis and South Africa's best batsman AB de Villiers then put together an excellent stand. They were going well and it looked like the game was slowly slipping away from India.

After all, a high asking rate is no problem for the likes of De Villiers and Du Plessis. However, disaster struck for South Africa in the 23rd over when De Villiers was run out and five over later Du Plessis was dismissed by Mohit Sharma. South Africa went from 108 for 2 to 133 for 4 and they kept losing wickets to be all out for 177 in the 41st over. The collapse lasted all of 12.1 overs during the course of which they went from 133 for 3 to 177 all out.