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South Africa vs India, 1st ODI - Live Cricket Score, Commentary


RSA 269/8 (50.0 Ovs)IND 270/4 (45.3 Ovs)India won by 6 wktsPLAYER OF THE MATCH
Virat Kohli

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So, Kohli's first ton in ODIs against South Africa in South Africa has paved the way for a comfortable win for the Indians. Both the skippers got tons but Faf never had the Man Friday that Kohli had in the form of Rahane. He looked in complete control and sailed through for most of his 79 runs playing seamers and spinners with astute footwork. India have broken South Africa's string of 17 wins in ODIs at home as well. The South African think tank will have to turn it around quickly. How quickly, we will figure out soon. Our rhetoric team of writers take a leave. I have been Kumar Abhisekh Das and have found immense pleasure in the company of MS Ramakrishnan, Akshay Maanay, Abhinand, Varun Dixit and our scorer Vinod.

Both captains scoring 100s in the same ODI:
Porterfield - Morgan, 2013
Kohli - Rahim, Fatullah, 2014
Kohli - Mathews, Ranchi, 2014
Kohli - Du Plessis, Durban, 2018*
Highest stands for India vs SA in SA
193 Tendulkar - Ganguly, Joburg, 2001 (1st wicket)
189 KOHLI - RAHANE*, Durban, 2018 (3rd wicket)
117 Ganguly - Dravid, East London, 1997 (1st wicket)
Most 100s as ODI captains:
22 R Ponting
13 AB de Villiers
11 S Ganguly/ V KOHLI
10 S Jayasuriya
Highest third wicket stand for India vs SA:
189 KOHLI - RAHANE*, Durban, 2018
158 Tendulkar - Dravid, Belfast, 2007
125 Dhawan - Rahane, MCG, 2015

- Rahane's last five ODI innings: 55, 70, 53, 61, 79. His last five innings at #4: 45, 87, 89, 50, 79.
Rakhee says: Kohli, an ultimate chase master giving it back to the Proteas in their den (breaking their home winning streak in ODIs).
devakrishna says: What would be going through Shreyas Iyer and Manish Pandey's mind? Will they be happy for anchoring role of Rahane which took India home or will they be bothered about their no.4 spot? -- For now, they will celebrate a fine win.
Virat Kohli, Man of the Match: Yeah it was quite special. We wanted to take the confidence from Jo'Burg to here. We wanted one good partnership. Very very happy for Jinks as well. It is easier to break down the total when you have a number on the board. I like to understand the game. I had never scored an ODI hundred in South Africa. Thus, the celebration. It was my knee but my groin took the impact(talking about his injury when India were fielding). The outfield for me was quite dangerous. I am ok now. Bhuvi and Bumrah again, we bank on them. The two wrist spinners have been making the difference for us. Having two wrist spinners I mentioned in the press conference is a huge advantage. It augurs well for the team when you have two fearless youngsters. They set their own field as well. They will have to keep this going for the rest of the series. Jinks has a good technique and he took the confidence from the last game and never had doubts in his mind. He batted positively and I could solidify the situation from the other end. Hats off to him, he was outstanding.
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