India vs South Africa Live Score: vd Dussen hits 50; brings up 100-run stand with Bavuma in 1st IND v SA ODI

FIVE RUNS! FIFTY! OH DEAR 1The frustration builds up for India and this has a pretty bad look to it. Rassie bunts the ball to point for a single. The fielder has a shy at stumps but misses the stumps. The fielder converge in the deep in the leg side but the ball darts away to the fence.

FOUR! 

SA are 181-3 after 35 overs.

SA are 169/3 after 34 overs and Rassie vd Dussen and Temba Bavuma have brought up wonderful 100-run stand

8 off the over. SA are 163/3 after 33 overs.

The stand is nearing a 100. Runs have been kept in check but they are still being made to wait for the next wicket.

SA are 155/3 after 32 overs.

KL Rahul is trying everything possible to break this stand. Now, he brings on Bhuvi. 

SA are 151-3 after 31 overs

Change in the attack. Yuzvendra Chahal returns

FOUR! Full but too straight and Bavuma nonchalantly paddle-sweeps it to fine leg

SA are 148/3 after 30 overs.

EDGED AND FOUR! A rather wild hoick from Bavuma in response to a short ball by Bumrah that skidded onto him. The ball flies off the top edge and over the keeper for 4.

SA are 141-3 after 29 overs.

FOUR! A really poor delivery from Thakur to end the over. Strays down leg and van der Dussen accepts the gift by flicking the ball to fine leg for 4.

SA are 133/3 after 28 overs.

50 FOR BAVUMA OFF 76 BALLS. He’s come out with a positive approach, he stayed patient during a tough phase and then he has rebuilt very well with vd Dussen

A couple of close shaves and a couple of runs.

SA are 126/3 after 27 overs. This stand is now worth 58 off 58 balls.

KL Rahul and India are now desperate for a breakthrough as they know that the longer this partnership goes on, the worse it is for this side.

Hence, he recalls his premier pacer

After 26 overs, SA are 123-3

FOUR! Oh, the perils of being a leg-spinner. First, Chahal goes full and strays staight. Bavuma sweeps the ball for 4.

Next ball, a similar delivery but on middle and off, and he beats Bavuma’s edge.

FOUR! Floated outside off and Bavuma throws the kitchen sink it to find four through extra-cover.

50-RUN STAND! SA ARE 118/3 AFTER 25 OVERS.

SIX! IT’S OUTTA HERE! Another no-ball from Thakur. His first as to de Kock and the free-hit resulted in the batter being caught at mid-on. This time, vd Dussen clears his front leg and tonks the low-full toss over wide long-on for 6!

SA are 109/3 after 24 overs. 

Shardul Thakur is back into the attack

FOUR! The vd Dussen broom is out again! Chahal tosses it up and vd Dussen sweeps it through deep mid-wicket for 4.

 SA are 100/3 after 23 overs.

EDGED AND DROPPED! Tough chance for Pant as vd Dussen edges Ashwin to Pant, who couldn’t have any more than trying to get his gloves in position.

EDGED AGAIN! Ashwin has his hands on his head as the ball races past Pant through an empty slip cordon. Chahal does well at short third man to run to his left, dive and save a boundary.

SA are 92-3 after 22 overs.

FOUR! Lovely sweep shot from the lanky vd Dussen and he finds four through backward square leg. Pitched up from Chahal and vd Dussen is happy to play scoring shots.

SA are 86/3 after 21 overs.

4 off Ashwin’s next over. SA are 80/3 after 20 overs.

FOUR! A rather audacious way to get off the mark. Fetches the ball from leg stump line and reverse-sweeps it to backward point for 4.

SA are 76/3 after 19 overs.

DIRECT HIT! INDIA APPEAL AND UMPIRE SENDS IT UPSTAIRS! 

HE’S OUT! A silly risk from Markram, really, and he pays the price as debutant Venkatesh Iyer nails a direct hit from mid-off. He punched it straight to Iyer and he had a lot of time to catch Aiden well short of his crease. 

After a misfield resulting in a boundary in the 2nd over, Iyer redeems himself

SA are 68/3 after 17.4 overs.

Rassie van der Dussen is the new batter in.

SA are 70/3 after 18 overs.

Another neat and tidy over from Chahal. 

17 gone, SA are 66/2

BOWLED HIM AND THERE COMES THE BREAKTHROUGH! Ashwin cleans up Quinton de Kock on the very first ball after the drinks break. The ball pitched just outside off on good length. de Kock rocks onto the backfoot and looks to play the square cut. But the ball hurries onto him after pitching and slides under his bat to crash into the stump. He’s gone on 27.

SA are 58/2 after 15.1 overs.

Aiden Markram is the new batter in.

The players will have drinks after 15 overs. SA are 58/1

Yuzvendra Chahal is back into the attack AND back in Indian colours.

HOW’S THAT? UMPIRE GOES UPSTAIRS for a run-out review! Bavuma hit the ball towards mid-off and they wanted a run. But de Kock was asked to return and a direct hit from the region meant Indians were interested. The replay, however, showed de Kock was comfortably in. NOT-OUT!

SA are 53/1 after 14 overs

Some fans are beginning to gather outside the stadium premises, forcing the security personnel to go on alert. Unfortunately, due to the wretched virus, no spectators are allowed

SA are 52/1 after 13 overs and are going along nicely at 4 runs per over

DROPPED AND 50 UP FOR SA! Floated up high from Ashwin and de Kock bit the bait as he went hard at the drive. The ball flew to backward point off the edge and Iyer took two steps to his left and put in the dive. But he ended up going a little too far as the ball slipped through his arms.

SA are 52/1 after 12 overs.

First look of spin in this match and series. R Ashwin has been introduced, replacing Bhuvneshwar Kumar

FOUR! CRACKING SHOT! Fullish and outside off, de Kock frees his arms and drills the ball through extra-cover for 4.

SA are 46/1 after 11 overs

IN THE AIR… 2 RUNS! Bavuma decided to up the tempo as he shimmies down the track and he lofts the ball over mid-wicket. Doesn’t time so the ball stops quickly after landing and the batters run 2.

OFFICIAL WARNING! Umpire Marais Erasmus has a word with Bhuvneshwar who ran onto the danger area in his followthrough.

SA are 39/1 after 10 overs

HUGE APPEAL BUT NO-BALL! Well, you are assured of entertainment when Shardul is in the action. A wayward ball down the leg side. Quinton flashed hard at it and there was a loud appeal from cover. The umpire then gave the signal for the no ball.

FREE-HIT AND CAUGHT! de Kock fails to find the elevation and holes out to Bumrah. But it doesn’t matter. On we go!

SA are 35/1 after 9 overs.

First change in the attack. Shardul Thakur, right-arm medium pace, replaces Jasprit Bumrah

TENNIS BALL BOUNCE! With full face of the bat, de Kock punches the ball down the ground. It bounces over Bhuvneshwar and batters run 2

SA are 31/1 after 8 overs

The fact that the ball isn’t doing much after pitching and a thick edge, inside the first 10 overs, didn’t carry to the keeper shows the nature of the track. Now that India have had an early breakthrough, they would be keen to get rid of this pair. Quinton de Kock looks settled and Bavuma, who averages nearly 50 in his nascent ODI career, comes into the series on the back of a decent run in the Test

2 off the over. SA are 26/1 after 7 overs

EDGED AND…IS THAT TAKEN? Umpires sent it upstairs with the soft signal being not-out! Bhuvneshwar Kumar finds the outside edge of Bavuma but the ball dips sharply after crossing him. Pant does well to dive forward and complete a probably catch. 

NOT-OUT! The replay showed that the ball bounced before Pant pouched it

SA are 24/1 after 6 overs

FOUR! OH MY WORD! THAT IS SOOO GOOD TO WATCH! Full outswinger from Bumrah and Bavuma shows his class by creaming the ball through covers for 4.

SA are 23/1 after 5 overs.

EDGED AND GONE! A faint tickle to the wicketkeeper off Bumrah and Malan has to go back for 6.

SA are 19/1 after 4.2 overs

Temba Bavuma, the skipper, is out at no.3.

FOUR! SLOPPY MIS-FIELD! Malan rocks onto the backfoot and guides the ball straight to backward point. But the ball pitches, sets off a puff of dust and then squeezes through the legs of debutant Venkatesh Iyer.

SA are 19/0 after 4 overs

FOUR! WELCOME BACK, QUINNY! Just short of length and angling away from the left-hander. Quinton de Kock punches it through left of point for 4.

SA are 14/0 after 3 overs.

HOW’S THAT? NOT-OUT! NO REVIEW! Ball jags back in sharply from back of a length and stikes Quinton high on the back leg. Umpire gives it not out and India do the right thing by not reviewing it as the ball had pitched just outside leg.

SA are 9/0 after 2 overs.

Welcome back, Bhuvneshwar Kumar. He is sharing the new ball

FOUR LEG-BYES! After bowling a wide down the leg side, Bumrah strays wayward again and the ball races off de Kock’s pads and past Pant for 4.

SA are 6/0 after 1 over

And the action is GO at Boland Park!

Jasprit Bumrah is opening the attack while Quinton de Kock and Janneman Malan are opening for the hosts!

FASTEN YOUR SEATBELTS!

“Go well, Venkatesh Iyer”

The players have lined up for the national anthems. India’s first followed by South Africa’s

So far, the two sides have played 84 ODIs.

IND wins- 35

SA wins- 46

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The hosts have lost 3 of their last 5 matches. They lost 2 out of 3 in Sri Lanka. Against Ireland, South Africa won and lost a game each

India have won three of their last 5 ODIs. Won 2 out of 3 against Sri Lanka in July 2021. Before that, they won the final 2 ODIs at home against England

INDIA: KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli(c), Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant(w), Venkatesh Iyer, Shardul Thakur, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal

SOUTH AFRICA: Quinton de Kock(w), Janneman Malan, Aiden Markram, Rassie van der Dussen, Temba Bavuma(c), David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Tabraiz Shamsi, Lungi Ngidi

“Would’ve wanted to bat first. We’re always ready to do both things. Looks a little bit dry. Have some quality spinners in our attack. With Bumrah and Bhuvi starting, hopefully they’ll get a couple early with the swing. Venkatesh Iyer debuting, Shreyas Iyer to bat at four. Last couple of days and right after Tests there was a lot going on. Emotional for the team. Lot of us have debuted under Virat. Obviously he’s still with us and integral part of the team. Just want to try out few things in terms of tactics and strategies. Personnel will not change much. Want to give them a good run. Expermentation doesn’t mean we’ll go in and start hitting from ball one.”

“Wicket looks a bit dry. Would like to make use of the best of the batting conditions. Hopefully it slows up and the slower bowlers can get in the game. Hard to get away from the high of the Tests. But will have to focus on today, different format, have to ensure our basics are in touch. Opportunity for us as a one-day team to get our game in order. Have got a standard team. Marco comes in, obviously we don’t have KG available. Two spinners.

South Africa have won the toss and opted to bat

Much has happened behind the scenes. Time to focus on the game now and get off to a good start.

“Under Virat, team India have done some phenomenal things. We’ve won series outside India, something that hasn’t been done before. We’ve gone to every country and won a series. He has done a lot of things right and set a standard for all of us and team India. As a team, and for me, it’s all about building on that. We obviously know what it takes to be a champion team. We’ve got to keep improving and stay as disciplined and as determined as that, and go out and enjoy our cricket. Virat had this amazing ability to get the best out of everybody. He pushed everybody and made us believe that we could do special things. That’s something that I’ve learned from him and hopefully I can do that with the team as well.” – KL Rahul 

“Quinton and Janneman have done fairly well so I don’t see that changing. I come back into the picture at No.3. Then it’s the middle order – whether we want to go with an extra batter or an allrounder at No. 6. That’s the real conversation that needs to happen.” – Temba Bavuma 

Here is our Predicted XI:

Kl Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Venkatesh Iyer, Shardul Thakur, R Ashwin, Deepak Chahar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah

Quinton de Kock, Janneman Malan, Temba Bavuma (C), Rassie van der Dussen, David Miller, Wayne Parnell, Andile Phehlukwayo, Keshav Maharaj, Sisanda Magala, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi

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