India lose 5th ODI and series

India lose 5th ODI and series with brilliance of Yusuf Pathan kept threatening to single-handed to pull off a sensational victory with a brutal 70-ball 105 before India suffered a heart-breaking 33-run defeat against South Africa in a thrilling fifth and final cricket ODI to lose the series 2-3 in Centurion on Sunday.
Yusuf, who walked in the 14th over when India batting shattered at 74 for six, hit eight stunning sixes and as many fours to raise visions of a historic series-clinching win for India only to fail short at the end.

Chasing a target of 268 for a win under Duckworth-Lewis Rule after the match was curtailed to a 46-over-a-side affair due to a rain interruption, India were shot out for 234 in 40.2 overs at Super Sport Park in Centurion.With Sunday's loss, India failed to realise their dreams of recording first ever ODI series win on South African soil besides ending the nearly one-and-a-half month tour on a losing note.
South Africa scored 250 for nine in 46 overs with in-form Hashim Amla contributing a brilliant unbeaten 116 but India had to chase 268 after adjustments were made under the D/L method.

Indian top order batsmen were on the self-destruct mode as they fell like a pack of cards with most of them being dismissed while playing rash shots when put under pressure by a disciplined South African bowlers.By the 12th over, half of the Indian batsmen have gone back to the hut with just 60 runs on board and at that stage it looked like India would be shot out below 100.
The three-match Test series before the one-dayers had ended in a 1-1 draw.