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Port Elizabeth (South Africa), Feb 13 (CRICKETNMORE) <\/strong>- Opener Rohit Sharma scored his maiden century on South African soil as India posted 274\/7 against the Proteas in the fifth One-Day International at the St. George's Park here on Tuesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Rohit (115) who notched up his 17th ODI century hit 11 boundaries and four sixes in his 126-ball innings. It was also his second ton against South Africa, the first one came in 2015 at Kanpur when he scored 150.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The century also helped Rohit become the fourth highest century scorer in ODIs for India, following Sachin Tendulkar (49), Virat Kohli (34) and Sourav Ganguly (22). <\/p>\r\n\r\n

For South Africa, Lungisani Ngidi was the pick of the bowlers returning figures of 4\/51 while Kagiso Rabada picked up a wicket. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

Asked to bat, openers Shikhar Dhawan (34) and Rohit got India off to a decent start before the former was removed by South African pacer Kagiso Rabada while trying to pull a good bouncer which ended straight into the arms of Andile Phehlukwayo at deep square leg. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

Rohit, who struggled to score in the previous ODIs started his innings in similar fashion. However, a boundary and a hit over the fence in back-to-back overs set the momentum for the Mumbai batsman, who kept going from there.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Later, one-down batsman Virat Kohli (36) played a slow 54-ball innings. He was involved in a 105-run second wicket stand with Rohit before he was ran out by Jean-Paul Duminy. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

Following the dismissal, Ajinkya Rahane (8) again fell victim to Rohit's mis-timed call and was ran out by Morne Morkel. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

However, Rohit continued his flow of runs and brought up his century in the 36th over after he got a lucky escape batting on 96 being dropped by Tabraiz Shamsi.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Incoming batsman Shreyas Iyer (30) played a steady innings to keep the flow of runs going. He hit two boundaries in his 37-ball innings and was involved in a 60-run fourth wicket partnership with Rohit. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

Rohit, who ended his drought of runs was cleaned up pacer Ngidi while trying to play a late cut which was easily taken by the keeper. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

Incoming batsman, Hardik Pandya (0) was sent back by Ngidi in the very next delivery for a duck, which brought former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on crease. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

Later, Iyer, who kept the momentum of runs for India also fell prey to Ngidi in similar fashion. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

Post the dismissal, Dhoni scored 13 runs while before becoming the fourth scalp to Ngidi while Bhuvneshwar Kumar (19 not out) contributed important runs in the lower order. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

Brief scores: India 273\/7 (Rohit Sharma 115, Virat Kohli 36, Shikhar Dhawan 34; Lungisani Ngidi 3\/35) against South Africa. <\/p>\r\n", "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Rohit-Sharma-lg1.jpg", "alt_img": "Centurion Rohit guides India to challenging 274\/7 in 5th ODI Images", "alt_title": "Centurion Rohit guides India to challenging 274\/7 in 5th ODI ", "image1": "", "video": "", "seo_title": "Centurion Rohit guides India to challenging 274\/7 in 5th ODI on Cricketnmore.", "seo_desc": "Port Elizabeth (South Africa), Feb 13 (CRICKETNMORE) - Opener Rohit Sharma scored his maiden century on South African soil as India posted 274\/7 against the Proteas in the fifth One-Day on Cricketnmore.", "seo_keywords": "Rohit Sharma, India vs South Africa", "tag": "", "tagging": "Rohit Sharma,India vs South Africa,", "status": "1", "img_rpt": "1", "google": "1", "standout": "0", "edapps": "0", "pulse": "0", "no_index": "0", "feed": "0", "fixture": "0", "slug": "Centurion Rohit guides India to challenging 274\/7 in 5th ODI ", "user_id": "0", "read_count": "0", "ians_date": "0000-00-00", "ians_time": "00:00:00", "server_time": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "trash": "0", "view_count": "3177", "page_break": "1", "instant_articles": "1", "auto_link": "0", "created": "2018-02-13 20:38:48", "updated": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "img_from": "", "img_source": "", "schedule_publish": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "news_keywords": null, "livescore_text": null, "livescore_link": null, "btn_text": null, "resend_feed": "0", "google_feed": "0", "read_more": "0", "posted_by": "1", "jio_date": "2018-02-13 20:38:48", "scheduled": "0", "news_now": "1", "breaking_news": "0", "google_date": "2018-02-13 20:38:48", "featured": "0", "pred_match_id": null, "article_content_type": null, "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/Centurion-Rohit-guides-India-to-challenging-2747-in-5th-ODI-35142" }