South African legacy of winning in 'pink' continues
The South African team has taken a pledge to promote and spread the knowledge of 'breast cancer awareness' to help those who are affected by this malady
The ongoing ODI series between India and South Africa was supposed to be the mother of all cricket clashes as two top-class teams werefighting to be at numberone spot.
India had lost the Test series by 1-2 but have performed exceptionally well in the ODI series which is underway.
Men in blue were not in a mood to give up on the limited overs format after disappointingTest series.
They won the first three ODI matches but unfortunately lost the yesterday's rain-hitfourth ODI clash.
Earlier, India won the toss in the fourth ODI at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg and batted first.
They gave a target of 289 runs. The match was halted twice due to lightning and rain eventually, the game was reduced to 28 overs and the revised target was 202 that South Africa achieved easily.
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Aiden Markram marked his first win as a captain.Heinrich Klaasen scored maximum runs, (43 runs) and received the man of the match award for playing brave cricket under pressure.
Surprisingly, South African pacerAndile Phehlukwayo hit unbeaten 23 runs off 5 balls with an average of 460.0, that particular masterstroke helped South Africa to with the game.
The South African team was wearing the pink jersey as have taken a pledge to promote and spreadthe knowledge of breast cancer awareness to help those who are affected by this malady.
This was the sixth time when South Africa played wearing pink jerseys.
The pink colour has been really lucky for the team as they have not lost a single match yet while wearing pink.
Other instances when the Proteas wore pink:
- South Africa vs Pakistan in 2013, defeated Pakistan by 34 runs
- South Africa vs India in 2013, defeated India by 141 runs
- South Africa vs West Indies in 2015, defeated West Indiesby 148 runs
- South Africa vs England in 2016, defeated England by one wicket
- South Africa vs Sri Lanka in 2017, defeated SL by seven wickets
- South Africa vs India in 2018, defeated India by five wickets
Apart from luck and fate, the change in the colour of jersey marks a significant step that the squad has taken up which is "breast cancer awareness."