SA vs IND Highlights, 1st ODI: Arshdeep, Avesh star as India beats South Africa by eight wickets

Full from Burger and Sudharsan treats it with a free-flowing straight drive. FOUR!!

DROPPED!! Slightly short from Burger and Sudharsan attempts to upper cut it. But it goes straight to first slip, where Hendricks drops it. 

Tilak Varma finishes off the job with a single down the leg side. And that is a huge win for India. 

Phehlukwayo into the attack and Sudharsan welcomes with a superbly timed off drive. FOUR!! A single takes him to his fifty. What a start to his international career. Phehlukwayo pitches it up against Shreyas, who puts it away for a four to the mid wicket fence. Another full ball and it is tonked away for a six to the same direction. 

But Shreyas’ knock comes to an end soon. Top edge and an easy catch. 

Shreyas Iyer c Miller b Phehlukwayo 52 (45b 6x4 1x6)

Shamsi continues. Couple of singles to start the over. Full and on the leg side. Easy sweep shot for Sudharsan sweeps it away for a four. 

Short from Maharaj and Shreyas chops it away for a couple of runs. Another short ball and this time Shreyas cuts it better. FOUR!! India cruising to the total. 

Goof footwork from Sudharsan as he steps down the track before lobbing one over mid wicket for a four. Short from Shamsi and Sudharsan flat bats it. A misfield from Burger at mid on allows it to run away for a four. 

Shamsi from the other end now. A slip in place for Shreyas. Shamsi gives away a leg side wide before Shreyas and Sudharsan trade singles. 

Keshav Maharaj into the attack. Sudharsan nudges one to long on to get off strike. Full from Maharaj and Shreyas clips it inside out for a four. 

Burger goes after Sudharsan with a bouncer. But the lefties is ready for it. Pulls it in front of square for a four. Shreyas joins in the party with a crisp cover drive. Four More!

Mulder continues. Sudharsan once again gets a single off the first ball. Shreyas chips one over the infield to take a couple of runs. 

Burger continues to attack Shreyas Iyer with short stuff. First a top edge which lands safely in the deep on the leg side. Another top edge and this time it flies over the slip cordon and runs away for a four. 

Sai Sudharsan on strike. Mulder begins with one on the off stump and the leftie defends it cautiously. Mulder with one that bounces a little too sharply. Sudharsan manages to poke it to fine leg for a couple of runs. 

Burger continues. He starts with a well-directed bouncer against Shreyas Iyer. The Indian batter plays out the first maiden of the innings. 

Mulder too is treated to cover drive from Sudharsan. This time it is much wider and the left-handed batter has to stretch to middle that one. FOUR MORE!!

Full and straight from Mulder and Gaikwad misses it completely. Hits him on his pads and South Africa has him LBW with a review!

Ruturaj Gaikwad lbw b Mulder 5 (10b 1x4 0x6)

Full from Burger again and Sudharsan crashes it through covers for a classy four. Burger brings the line closer to the stumps and Sudharsan leans on his defence now. 

Mulder from the other end for South Africa. Sudharsan on strike. He poked one to deep third for a single off the first ball. Mulder oversteps next ball and gifts Gaikwad a freehit. It is a fuller one and Gaikwad plonks it straight back over the bowler for a four. 

Gaikwad gets off the mark with a quick single. Sai Sudharsan ready to face his first delivery in international cricket. Full from Burger and Sudharsan drives it on the up. Narrowly wide of the cover fielder and runs away for a four!!

Debutant Sai Sudarshan has made his way out to the middle with fellow opener Rututaj Gaikwad. 

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SA vs IND: South Africa registers lowest ODI total at home in 1st ODI vs India

South Africa crashed to its lowest ODI total in home soil, against India in the first ODI at the Wanderers in Johannesburg on Sunday.

Kuldeep continues. OUT! Burger is bowled. South Africa is all out for 116. 

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SA vs IND: Arshdeep Singh becomes first Indian pacer to take fifer against South Africa

Left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh became the first Indian pacer to take an ODI five-wicket haul against South Africa, at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Sunday.

Avesh bowling his eighth over. Full and Shamsi swings his bat towards the leg side and finds the fence. Four runs. Another hard swing, thick outside edge that flies over slips for four. 

Arshdeep for his last over. Balls jags back into Phehlukwayo, who goes for a slog and misses it. The balls hits the pads and umpire raises his finger! He reviews it straightaway. Three reds and Phehlukwayo has to go. Five wickets for Arshdeep Singh! Today he got his first ODI wicket and after 25 overs, he has his first fifer as well. Brilliant outing for the youngster. 

How long can the last pair of Burger and Shamsi survive? Inside edge and Burger almost chops it on! 

Burger takes a single and that’s 100-up for South Africa. Huge applause. Burger is five off 24 balls. Has played and missed at least 80% of his deliveries. 

Arshdeep for his ninth over. SIX! Glorious pull towards midwicket. Authoritative. Phehlukwayo launches the ball straight but it is too high. Samson had to run back and dives but can’t reach the ball. Survives. Eight runs off the over. 

Finally spin is here. Kuldeep Yadav into the attack. He’s getting the ball to spin. Good signs. Phehlukwayo attempts a reverse sweep but is fielded at short third. A jaffa that misses both batter and keeper. One run. 

Arshdeep is back. No spinners yet. Starts off with a ball that just moves away from the left hander. Just one run from the first four balls. 

Avesh continues. A lot of plays and misses. Annd another maiden. 

Mukesh bowling his seventh over. No spinners in the first 20 overs that means. Full on the pads and Phehlukwayo whips it towards midwicket for four. Follows it up with a SIX. 

Avesh into his sixth over. Surviving. Somehow the batters are making sure they are at the crease. Terrific spell by Avesh this. Another maiden. 

Mukesh continues. He has been a bit out of control with his lengths so far. Two off the over. 

OUT! Maharaj departs now. Hard length by Avesh, Maharaj goes for a hard drive, gets a thick edge straight to short cover. Fourth wicket for Avesh. 

Nandre Burger walks in. A wicket maiden. 

Mukesh replaces Arshdeep. Drifting on the pads and Phehlukwayo guides towards fine leg for four. Now too much width on offer and Phehlukwayo cracks a drive past cover for four. Back-to-back boundaries. 

Avesh continues. Length ball and Keshav punches past the cover fielder for four! South Africa needs plenty of those. There’s still movement. Five off the over. 

Arshdeep bowling his seventh over now. Terrific over this. No run so far in five balls apart from two wides. 

Avesh Khan continues. He’s getting the ball to move just slightly but enough to create doubt in batters’ mind. OUT! Miller goes for hard drive, gets a slight outside edge straight to keeper. Seven down South Africa. 

Arshdeep continues. Miller happy to hang back and defend. Just two off the over.

OUT! Now Markram chops onto the stumps. This time it’s Avesh Khan with the ball. 

Wiaan Mulder walks in at number seven. OUT first ball!! What a ball. Swung away from him and the ball hits the pads. Umpires raises the finger immediately. Mulder reviews. Umpire’s call and Mulder walks back. Six down South Africa. 

Andile Phehlukwayo to face the hat-trick ball. Raises his arms as the ball goes past him. Low full toss and Phehlukwayo drives it straight and runs a double. 

Arshdeep into his fifth over. Short ball and Markram is in no position to hit it, gets a top edge but lucky for him that it lands safely past the keeper. Klaasen drives, gets an inside edge and the ball goes just past the stumps! He takes a double. OUT! This time Arshdeep gets him. Hurried by the pace and Klaasen is too late. South Africa four down at the end of the PowerPlay. 

Avesh Khan is into the attack now. Markram drives and gets three runs. Klaasen slashes hard, gets a thick outside edge and goes JUST above the second slip and goes for four. Hard luck for Avesh. 

Short ball by Arshdeep and Zorzi pulls it over midwicket for SIX! Nice way to start the over. There’s still a bit of movement for the pacers. OUT! Back of length and Zorzi once again goes for a pull but gets a top edge. Easy catch for keeper Rahul. Third down for South Africa. 

Heinrich Klaasen at number five now. Defends the first ball. 

A touch fuller from Mukesh and Zorzi is once again happy to loft his drive and get four runs. Full ball, width on offer and this time Markram plays a picturesque cover drive for four. 

Markram has played eight balls now and is yet to get off the mark. He charges down the track off Arshdeep, who pulls his length back and beats the batter. Markram is finally off the mark on his 13th ball with a cracking whack past the cover fielder for four. 

Zorzi gets back of the length ball and a bit of width from Mukesh, he slashes, and it goes over the point region and lands just past the rope for a SIX! On the fourth ball, Zorzi plays a lofted drive over covers and it lands just before the rope for a four. 10 runs off it. 

Arshdeep starts his next over two dot balls. Zorzi gets a driving ball, plays it over the two fielders in the cover region but doesn’t well enough that it reaches the fence. Another three runs. That will be it for the over. 

Mukesh continues. No run from the first three balls. Markram and Zorzi have a rebuilding job to do very early in the innings. Zorzi drives, a good diving effort from the short extra cover fielder gets the hand on the ball so it doesn’t travel far enough. Three runs. 

Arshdeep Singh to bowl with the second new ball. Starts off with a top of off stump delivery to left handed Zorzi. He’s happy to defend it. First runs off the bat as Zorzi opens the face and guides the ball down to deep third. OUT! Hendricks chops onto the stumps. Driving length to the right hander but gets a thick inside edge and the ball crashes onto the stumps. 

Rassie van der Dussen walks in at number three. Given first ball! The ball swung back into the right hander, hits the pads and umpire raised his finger immediately. Van der Dussen has reviewed it. Umpire’s call means Van der Dussen has to go back. 

Aiden Markram in at number four and will face the hat-trick ball. Ball hits the thigh pad. What an over by Arshdeep.

Mukesh Kumar starts the proceedings with a loud appeal on the very first ball for a LBW. Full ball that swung back in. Nothing from the umpire. Indian were interested but didn’t take the review. Three great balls to start with. Hint of swing and Hendricks hasn’t been able to put the bat on the ball. First runs on the board with a wide down the leg side. Good over. Just a run from the wide from it. 

IND - KL Rahul(w/c), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sai Sudharsan, Shreyas Iyer, Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar

SA - Reeza Hendricks, Tony de Zorzi, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen(w), David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Andile Phehlukwayo, Keshav Maharaj, Nandre Burger, Tabraiz Shamsi

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Playing on the pitch that was used a couple of days ago. Dimensions - 77 metres straight, square - 59 metres and 69 metres. A dry surface. It’s a used pitch. Whoever wins the toss will want to bat first and put runs on the board. Few cracks, they haven’t opened up too much. The grass is to hold it all together. 270 is an average score, last five (ODIs) - 298. You don’t want to be below that. Bat first, get lots of runs.”

Special day. Seen lots of pink ODIs on TV. Would’ve chosen to bat too, same strip as the T20. There was spin and it was dry in that T20. Sudarshan on his well-deserved debut, Ruturaj, Tilak, Sanju as always a name that’s exciting for the fans. Axar, Kuldeep would love to see this pitch. (IPL exposure) They know what pressure is, how to handle themselves under pressure. They come with that intensity’s experience.

Used wicket, want to bat on it first, playing two spinners. Fantastic day (pink day), hopefully both teams can put on a good show. One debut: Nandre Burger. Exciting to give some good guys opportunity, they are important to stake a claim.

South Africa wins the toss and elects to bat first. Nandre Burger to make his ODI debut for the Proteas. 

Sai Sudarshan will make his international debut today. 

South Africa Squad: Reeza Hendricks, Tony de Zorzi, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen(w), David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, Keshav Maharaj, Nandre Burger, Tabraiz Shamsi, Lizaad Williams, Wiaan Mulder, Ottniel Baartman, Mihlali Mpongwana, Kyle Verreynne

India Squad: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sai Sudharsan, Sanju Samson, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w/c), Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Tilak Varma, Rajat Patidar, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Akash Deep

Matches played: 91

India won: 38

South Africa won: 50

No Result: 3

Last result: India won by 243 runs (Kolkata, 2023)

The India vs South Africa T20I series will be telecast on the Star Sports Network and streamed online on Disney+ Hotstar.

KL Rahul is not chucking the big gloves away in ODIs anytime soon and made it clear that he wouldn’t mind standing behind the stumps when the ‘Boxing Day’ Test against South Africa comes calling in just over a week’s time.

Leading the ODI team after regular skipper Rohit Sharma took a break from the white ball leg of the South Africa tour, the stylish right-hander also gave enough hints that Rinku Singh is all set to be rewarded with an ODI debut after displaying impressive technique, sound temperament and commendable game awareness in the T20 series.

Asked whether he will keep wickets in the ODI series starting on Sunday, Rahul answered in affirmative. “Yes, I will I be keeping wickets and batting in the middle-order and after that I would be happy to keep wickets in Test matches,” Rahul told mediapersons during the pre-series interaction.