(REUTERS) – INDIA opener Shikhar Dhawan scored a century in his 100th One-Day International but scintillating South Africa claimed a five-wicket Duckworth-Lewis victory in a thrilling rain-curtailed clash at the Wanderers in Johannesburg yesterday.

Dhawan’s brilliant 109 from 105 balls lifted India to 289 for seven in their 50 overs, but after rain intervened in the contest, South Africa were left chasing 202 from 28 overs, a target they passed with 15 balls to spare to stay alive in the six-match series.

The home side had previously had to battle against India’s wrist-spinners Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal in the series, but tore into them with a vicious assault that yielded 119 runs in just 11.3 overs to ease them past their victory target.

India lead the series 3-1 heading into the fifth match, to be played in Port Elizabeth on Tuesday.
India won the toss and chose to bat, and their innings was anchored by the excellent left-hander Dhawan, who put on 158 for the second wicket with captain Virat Kohli (75 from 83 balls).

At that stage India had looked on course for a score well in excess of 320 but managed only 83 runs for the loss of five more wickets in the final 15 overs after the players had left the field because of the threat of lightning.
The hosts reached 43 for one in 7.2 overs in their reply when rain swept across the ground, keeping the players off the field for just shy of two hours.

Their shortened innings forced South Africa to be more positive against the Indian spinners and this worked to their advantage as they launched both Chahal (1-68 in 5.3 overs) and Yadav (2-51 in 6 overs) over the boundary with regularity.

David Miller (39 from 28 balls) survived being bowled by leg-spinner Chahal off a no-ball when he had seven and put on a crucial stand of 72 in 41 balls for the fifth wicket with the impressive Heinrich Klaasen (43 not out in 27 balls) that turned the tide in the favour of the home side.

SCOREBOARD
INDIA 1st innings
Rohit Sharma c & b Kagiso Rabada 5
Shikhar Dhawan c AB de Villiers b Morne Morkel 109
Virat Kohli c David Miller b Chris Morris 75
Ajinkya Rahane c Kagiso Rabada b Lungi Ngidi 8
Shreyas Iyer c Chris Morris b Lungi Ngidi 18
MS Dhoni not out 42
Hardik Pandya c Aiden Markram b Kagiso Rabada 9
Bhuvneshwar Kumar run-out JP Duminy 5
Extras: (lb-6, w-12) 18
Total: (seven wkts, 50.0 overs) 289
Fall of wickets: 1-20, 2-178, 3-206, 4-210, 5-247, 6-262, 7-282.
Bowling: Morne Morkel 10-0-55-1 (w-4), Kagiso Rabada 10-0-58-2 (w-3), Lungi Ngidi 10-0-52-2 (w-1), Chris Morris 10-0-60-1 (w-2), Andile Phehlukwayo 6-0-38-0 (w-2), JP Duminy4-0-20-0.

SOUTH AFRICA 1st innings
Aiden Markram lbw Jasprit Bumrah 22
Hashim Amla c Bhuvneshwar Kumar b Kuldeep Yadav 33
JP Duminy lbw Kuldeep Yadav 10
AB de Villiers c Rohit Sharma b Hardik Pandya 26
David Miller lbw Yuzvendra Chahal 39
Heinrich Klaasen not out 43
Extras: (lb-3, nb-2, w-6) 11
Total: (five wkts, 25.3 overs) 207
Fall of wickets: 1-43, 2-67, 3-77, 4-102, 5-174.
Bowling: Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4-0-27-0, Jasprit Bumrah 5-0-21-1, Kuldeep Yadav 6-0-51-2 (w-1), Hardik Pandya 5-0-37-1 (w-2), Yuzvendra Chahal 5.3-0-68-1 (w-3, nb-2).