01/02Result
1st ODI (D/N), India tour of South Africa at Durban, Feb 1 2018
India won by 6 wkts (27b rem)
Player of the Match
Virat Kohli
Virat KohliIndia
01/02Result
1st ODI (D/N), India tour of South Africa at Durban, Feb 1 2018
India won by 6 wkts (27b rem)
Player of the Match
Virat Kohli
Virat KohliIndia

END OF OVER:
50 | 5 Runs 2 Wkts | SA: 269/8 | RR: 5.38

  • Andile Phehlukwayo27 (33b)
  • Morne Morkel0 (0b)
  • Bhuvneshwar Kumar10-1-71-1
  • Jasprit Bumrah10-0-56-1

Kartik Krishnan: "With India's batsmen already been in South Africa for a month now they can I think hopefully chase this down. "

George: "@Sriram. And that review that Quinny didn't take cost them 200 runs. Or did it? Nobody knows? Let's try and stick to the present. "

Vasu: "272 is the second highest successful run chase here. SA's game to lose, this."

Pavan: "Chasing this target will very tough. Ball swings a lot under lights in South Africa. India has less chance of chasing down this target!"

WATCH - Du Plessis holes out in the final over (Available in the Indian subcontinent).
Watch the rest of the highlights here.

Kuldeep yadav: Feels good after coming back from a month's break. Wicket was good to bat on. Bit slow in the start, then it was good to bat on. I really enjoyed bowling here. I just varied my pace and length. Little bit of turn and the wrong'un was effective on this pitch. 269 is a good score. Hopefully we can chase in 45-46 overs.

4:46pm South Africa have managed to double their score from the point where they had lost half their batting. India's pacers struggled today, and once again that combination of Kuldeep and Chahal, with a supporting act from Jadhav, was needed to pull things back. And how they did it too. South Africa were completely strangled after a good start. But Faf du Plessis has brought out an innings he will probably rate as one of his best. Breezed through with QDK, repaired with Morris, then took the attack, and was forced to push on carefully again before the flourish at the end. As perfect an innings as it can get in this format. We'll bring you the chase soon.

49.6
1
Kumar to Phehlukwayo, 1 run, low full toss on leg stump, looks for the slog but it hasn't been his day. Gets it out to long-on and that'll be a tame end to the innings. Only five off the last over

Sriram: "@Sandy - That review that India did not take against Faf cost them 120 runs! just saying"

49.6
W
Kumar to Rabada, 1 wide, OUT, slower ball pushed wide and he can't get bat on it. But he does manage to get Andile on strike. Dhoni picks up and throws to the bowler who is ready at the non-striker's end to flick the bails off

K Rabada run out 1 (5m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 100.00

49.5
1
Kumar to Phehlukwayo, 1 run, yorker again. Taken on the full and driven out to long-off with the toe end of the bat. Kohli fumbles but recovers quickly enough

Match Coverage

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Kohli's centuries set

9

No. of countries in which Kohli has scored ODI centuries. He has played in 9 and has centuries in all of them.

Rahane's record run

5

No. of consecutive 50+ scores for Rahane in ODIs, including fifty today. Tendulkar and Kohli (twice) are the only to do it for India.

Rohit's SA woes

13.25

Rohit Sharma's average in ODIs in South Africa - his lowest in any nation playing 2 or more inns. His scores in 8 inns there has been: 11, 9, 23, 1, 5, 18, 19, 20.

Chahal-Kuldeep duo

5/79

Bowling figures of the wrist-spinners Kuldeep Yadav (3/34) and Yuzvendra Chahal (2/45) from their 20 overs. All other India bowlers picked up only 2 wickets and conceded runs at 6.23 per over in 30 overs.

Faf-Morris steady things

5.76

Run rate of the 74-run partnership for sixth wicket between Faf du Plessis and Chris Morris. After they lost 3 wickets within 8 overs, du Plessis and Morris batted for about 13 overs.

Brakes applied

39/3

South Africa's score in the 10 overs between 21st to 30th over. They were 99 for 2 in first 20 overs.

Difficult Durban

142

Average margin of defeat for India in last 3 ODIs in Durban, before this match. They lost by 134 runs in 2013, 135 runs in 2011 and 157 runs in 2006.

Top form at home

17

No. of consecutive ODIs won by South Africa at home, before this. Their last defeat was against England in Feb 2016. The streak includes 5-0 whitewashes v Aus and SL and 3-0 v B'desh.