South Africa vs India 2018: 4th ODI, 5 things we learnt from the match

#3 de Villiers magic vanishes against 'blue' Pandya

AB de Villiers' much anticipated return promised much

The return of AB de Villiers was watched with much anticipated as he was supposed to be South Africa's saviour against the wrist-spin twins. As though to prove his point, de Villiers brought out his fancy movements at the crease and forced the spinners to think, something the rest of his teammates hadn't done all series.

Yuzvendra Chahal was brought on for his first over and was thumped for 17, with the slog sweep followed by the back-foot pull bringing two sixes. While Kuldeep Yadav was expected to continue, Kohli brought on Hardik Pandya much to everyone's surprise. The pink crowd watched in horror as de Villiers batted a leg side short ball straight to deep square leg. The 'blue' streak of hair on Pandya trumped the zillion shades of pink at the Bullring for a moment.