In the 1st ODI of the three-match series between India and South Africa, the hosts won the toss and elected to bat first at the Boland Park in Paarl. The hosts had a disappointing start to the series opener as they suffered the loss of their opener, Janneman Malan for six runs in the fifth over of the innings.
However, the Proteas captain, Temba Bavuma, and Quinton de Kock made a decent partnership of 39 runs for the second wicket before the latter fell to R Ashwin in the 16th over. After R Ashwin got the crucial wicket of Quinton de Kock, Virat Kohli came towards the off-spinner and was seen hugging him tightly to express the happiness of the moment.
WATCH – Virat Kohli Lifted R Ashwin After The Wicket Of Quinton de Kock
The South Africa opening batsman, who was looking in a good touch was clean bowled by R Ashwin with a peach of a delivery that knocked off the off-stump. Later, Aiden Markram (4), who walked out to bat after the dismissal of de Kock was run out by Venkatesh Iyer with a direct hit at the stumps.
Here is the video of the run-out:
Aiden Markram wicket !! #SAvsIND #venkateshiyer pic.twitter.com/H3RlkwZHEl
— Jalaluddin Sarkar (Thackeray) 🇮🇳 (@JalaluddinSark8) January 19, 2022
With another wicket down, India had the chance of getting into the South African middle-order, having them at 68/3 and they had to apply more pressure and restrict them to a reasonable score that can easily be chased down by KL Rahul and his men.
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However, South African skipper Temba Bavuma staged a revival alongside Rassie van der Dussen to cross the 200-run landmark as they have already made the partnership of more than 150 runs. They will hope to build on this and post a challenging total on the board.
South Africa Playing XI: Quinton de Kock (wk), Janneman Malan, Aiden Markram, Temba Bavuma (c), Rassie van der Dussen, David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi
India Playing XI: KL Rahul (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Shardul Thakur, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal
