India vs South Africa, 1st ODI

South Africa skipper AB de Villiers won the toss and decided to bat first.

Virat Kohli hit the stumps on the direct but Quinton de Kock was just in.

Quinton de Kock batted positively and put on a good stand with Hashim Amla.

R Ashwin ended the opening partnership by dismissing Quinton de Kock.

Hashim Amla and Faf du Plessis put on a good partnership to help South Africa forward.

Hashim Amla and Faf du Plessis extended their partnership past fifty to put South Africa in a good position.

Amit Mishra bowled a superb delivery to send back Hashim Amla.

Ravichandran Ashwin, struggling with a side strain, left the field in pain.

Umesh Yadav trapped Faf du Plessis in front.

Amit Mishra picked up his second wicket when David Miller was out stumped.

AB de Villiers registered a fine fifty to help South Africa forward.

Umesh Yadav picked up his second wicket by dismissing JP Duminy.

AB de Villiers' 21st ODI ton powered South Africa past 300.

Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma got India off to a steady start.

Morne Morkel ended the opening stand by dismissing Shikhar Dhawan.

Ajinkya Rahane and Rohit Sharma put on a good stand to keep India on track.

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The Mumbai lad fought fatigue and played some exquisite strokes to bring up his 150.

India were further rocked as Tahir got rid of Suresh Raina in the same over.

India were on course until Imran Tahir removed Rohit Sharma in the 47th over.

The onus of the run-chase was on Rohit's shoulder who was starting to show signs of fatigue in his long essay.

Batting at number 4, Virat Kohli never looked comfortable and fell for just 11 off 18 balls.

With Dhoni in the middle, India were still in contention.

However, Kagiso Rabada bowled a superb final over to help the Proteas take a 1-0 lead with a five-run victory.