4th ODI: Dhawan's ton in 100th ODI goes in vain as South Africa beat India by 5 wickets - See pics

India Vs South Africa, 4th ODI: In-form Dhawan slams breezy ton in 100th ODI - See pics

Johannesburg, Feb 10: Opener Shikhar Dhawan's century in his 100th One-Day International appearance went in vain as South Africa pulled off a spectacular chase to emerge winner by five wickets in the rain-curtailed fourth one-day international here on Saturday (February 10).

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The stunning turnaround under the Duckworth/Lewis method meant South Africa maintained their unbeaten record in pink and make it 3-1 in the six-match series.

Heinrich Klaasen smashed 43 not out off 27 balls (5 fours, 1 six) and led the Proteas' assault on the Indian spinners after rain intervened twice to reduce the game to a 28-over contest. Lightning and light rain had first intervened during the Indian innings, and it came again early during the South African innings.

113 minutes were lost and South Africa received a 202-run target from 28 overs. Until then, chasing 290 originally, Hashim Amla (33) and Aiden Markram (22) had given an attacking start.

Markram was out lbw in the 8th over in what turned out to be the last ball before rain came. The hosts were placed at 43/1 at that stage. After the rain delay, the Proteas needed 159 more off 124 overs, effectively turning this into a T20 game.

Earlier, Dhawan, who put on 158 runs with skipper Virat Kohli (75), thus became the first Indian batsman to score a ton in his 100th ODI.

Overall, he became the ninth player to reach this milestone. This was after India won the toss and opted to bat on a true batting surface. The visitors made one change, bringing in Shreyas Iyer for Kedar Jadhav, who had suffered a hamstring injury during the third ODI at Cape Town.

South Africa made two changes, bringing in Morne Morkel for Imran Tahir. AB de Villiers, who averages 112.50 in five Pink ODIs, replaced Khaya Zondo in the Proteas' XI.

The Wanderers was expectedly bathed in pink for a good cause of creating awareness and raising funds for breast cancer.

A change in scenery though didn't reverse Rohit Sharma's floundering fortunes on this tour. He was out cheaply again, this time for 5 runs off 13 balls, as Kagiso Rabada (2-58) took a brilliant reflex return catch diving forward.

TV umpire ruled against Rohit who walked back as his ODI average fell to 11.45 in 12 matches on the South African soil. Dhawan and Kohli then came together, replicating their success from previous matches in the series.

Together they attacked the South African attack, finding the pitch much to their liking. The duo added 100 runs off as many balls as South Africa looked lost for ideas with Aiden Markram's leadership inexperience showing in his odd field settings.

Kohli looked unstoppable and the highlight of his innings was a straight six off Lungi Ngidi (2-52) as the batsman just walked down and launched him over the sightscreen.

In doing so, Kohli became the second batsman after de Villiers to score 350-plus runs in an ODI bilateral series on South African soil. De Villiers had scored 367 runs against Pakistan in 2013.

Against the run of play, the Proteas etched out a wicket as Kohli hit straight to cover off Morris in the 32nd over. Overall, Kohli faced 83 balls inclusive of 7 fours and a six.

Afterwards, Dhawan reached his hundred off 103 balls, celebrating his day in style. Thunder and lightning forced players off the field, and there was a brief rain shower as well. 53 minutes were lost due to the same, but no overs were lost.

That break served South Africa well though as India lost two wickets in the space of 14 balls after resumption. First, Dhawan was caught at mid-off off Morne Morkel (1-55) and six balls later, Ajinkya Rahane (8) holed out to the deep square leg.

Shreyas Iyer (18), Hardik Pandya (9) failed to do any damage with the bat in the death overs as the visitors fell way short of going past 300. However, MS Dhoni (42* off 43 balls) calmed the situation for India and with his outburst in the final over took the visitors to 289 in stipulated 50 overs. The visitors slipped in their pursuit of 300 as they scored only 89 runs but lost five wickets after the rain break.

Here are the images from the 4th ODI:

Rabada makes Rohit his bunny

Virat-Shikhar put up another fine partnership

Dhawan and Kohli then came together, replicating their success from previous matches in the series.

Together they attacked the South African attack, finding the pitch much to their liking. The duo added 100 runs off as many balls as South Africa looked lost for ideas.

The duo added 158 runs for the second wicket before Kohli was dismissed for 75.

Dhawan slams 13th ODI ton

Shikhar Dhawan reached his hundred off 103 balls, celebrating his day in style. The left-handed batsman made his 100th One-Day International appearance a memorable one, slamming a breezy century. He was however dismissed for 107.

Phehlukwayo celebrates fall of wicket

Thunder and lightning forced players off the field, and there was a brief rain shower as well. 53 minutes were lost due to the same, but no overs were lost. That break served South Africa well though as India lost two wickets in the space of 14 balls after resumption.

Dhoni remains unbeaten at 42

MS Dhoni (42* off 43 balls) calmed the situation for India, before Iyer was caught at long on off Ngidi in a bid to get the scoring rate up.

Dhoni and Hardik Pandya (9) looked for big shots, but missed more than they hit, adding only 15 off 22 balls.

Miller makes India pay for their mistake

The turning point of the game as Chahal bowled David Miller, only for the ball to be deemed a no ball. Miller made full use of his lives as he went on to smack Pandya for three successive boundaries in an over and also hit Chahal for a six. Overall, he scored 39 off 28 balls, with 4 fours and 2 sixes.

Klaasen shows his class!

It was Klaasen who proved to be the real difference as he punished the spinners, Chahal in particular. He unleashed a plethora of inventive shots, including the switch hit and chased umpteen wide deliveries, hitting them in an unorthodox manner to garner more boundaries.