The first One Day International match has played between Ind vs SA at Kingsmead, Durban on January 12 2011. South Africa won the toss and chose to bat first. The South African batsmen have batted aggressive & extremely well. SA made a very good score 289/9 ( Hasim Amla scored 50 runs in just 36 balls & Most successful partnership was between AB De Villiers and JP Duminy 131 runs). Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel and Rohit Sharma took two wickets each.
India while batting started a very shaky way by losing continuous wicket .Within 43 runs they lost four valuable wickets ( Sachin, Vijay, Rohit & Yuvraj ).India then went on losing wickets at regular intervals and were all out for just 154 runs. India lost this Match by 135 runs. Only Kohli ever offered enough resistance, with a battling 54. Raina contributed with 32, but no one else did nearly enough
Fall of Indian Wickets :1-3 (Murali Vijay, 0.4 ov.), 2-13 (Sachin Tendulkar, 3.3 ov.), 3-41 (Rohit Sharma, 10.1 ov.), 4-43 (Yuvraj Singh, 10.5 ov.), 5-95 (MS Dhoni, 22.5 ov.), 6-128 (Virat Kohli, 29.3 ov.), 7-129 (Harbhajan Singh, 30.2 ov.), 8-148 (Suresh Raina, 33.2 ov.), 9-153 (Ashish Nehra, 35.2 ov.), 10-154 (Zaheer Khan, 35.4 ov.)
South Africa Team: Graeme Smith (C), Hashim Amla, Collin Ingram, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, David Miller, Johan Botha, Warne Parnell, L Tsotsobe, Morne Morkel, Dale Steyn.
Result: South Africa beat India by 135 runs
Man of the Match: Lonwabo Tsotsobe ( 4/31 in 8.4 overs )
We hope that you have enjoyed it and hope you can join us for the second ODI in the series on Saturday, 15 January, 1230 GMT (1800 IST). We are hoping for a more competitive match! Take care!.
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