ICC Champions Trophy 2017: Virat Kohli-led India crush South Africa, enter semis

India rode on fifties from Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan to book their ICC Champions Trophy semi-final spot with an eight-wicket win over South Africa at The Oval. (Twitter )

Updated on: Jun 11, 2017 11:35 PM IST

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India rode on fifties from Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan to book their ICC Champions Trophy semi-final spot with an eight-wicket win over South Africa at The Oval. (Twitter )

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Virat Kohli, India captain, won the toss and opted to field. Ravichandran Ashwin replaced Umesh Yadav while for SA, Andile Phehlukwayo was chosen ahead of Wayne Parnell. (Twitter)

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Hashim Amla and Quinton de Kock put on a 76-run opening stand before Ashwin, playing his first game of the tournament, got rid of the former for 35(54). (IDI via Getty Images)

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De Kock continued to pile on the runs and brought up his 14th half-century. (Getty Images)

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Virat Kohli rotated his bowlers well and Ravindra Jadeja once again stood out with his flawless line and length as he removed de Kock for 53(72). (Getty Images)

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De Villiers made a good start but a brilliant piece of throw from Hardik Pandya (at point) sent him packing. (Twitter )

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The exit of Faf du Plessis in the 34th over left South Africa reeling at 157/5. (AFP/Getty Images)

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Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah took two wickets each as India bundled out the Proteas for 191. (AFP/Getty Images)

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In reply, India got off to a bad start as they lost the in-form Rohit Sharma cheaply. (Getty Images)

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With such a small target, India were never in danger of falling behind the run rate and Dhawan kept them on track with some intelligent strokeplay. In process, he hit his 19th half-century. (Twitter)

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Kohli also looked comfortable at the crease and slammed his 41th ODI fifty. Dhawan-Kohli put on a 128-run stand before Imran Tahir got rid of the southpaw. (Twitter )

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With this victory, India maintained a clean sheet (4-0) over the Proteas in Champions Trophy. The Men in Blue will play Bangladesh in the tournament’s second semi-final on June 15 in Birmingham. (Getty Images)