South Africa vs India: Why Kohli & Co will thump the hosts in ODI series

#4 Flatter pitches in ODIs

Indian batsmen have a weakness against swinging and seaming deliveries

The new crop of Indian batsmen is a unique breed. They are not troubled by pace at all. You bowl toward them at 150 kmph and they will hit back at you even quicker. But when the ball starts to swing and seam, even a 130 kmph bowler can give them nightmares- like Vernon Philander did in the Test series.

The innocuous pitches that will be on offer in the ODI series, by and large, will even out this difference between both teams. Players like Dhawan and Rohit who struggled against the red ball will give the South African bowlers a tough time in this series.