India v South Africa, 2015-16
Wisden's review of the fifth ODI, India v South Africa, 2015-16
By the time de Villiers had scored his third century of the series, from just 57 deliveries, it was as good as over. De Kock had already helped himself to a 78-ball hundred, his fifth against India in only nine innings, and du Plessis followed suit, smashing 133 from 115 before retiring with cramp. The de Villiers assault was the final indignity for an Indian attack on a placid Wankhede Stadium pitch; Bhuvneshwar Kumar leaked 106, second only to Australian Mick Lewis's 113, on the last occasion South Africa made 438, at Johannesburg in March 2006. This, then, became the joint-thirdhighest total in one-day internationals, and the most conceded by India. The tourists also equalled their own record, set nine months earlier against West Indies at Johannesburg, of three batsmen making centuries in the same innings (de Villiers had reached three figures that day too).
Man of the Match: Q. de Kock. Man of the Series: A. B. de Villiers.