India's Sanju Samson, second left, watches as South African players greet each other after their win in the first one day international cricket match between India and South Africa, in Lucknow, India, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Surjeet Yadav)India vs South Africa 1st ODI Highlights: India suffered a nine-run loss to South Africa in the rain-curtailed first ODI here on Thursday. Invited to bat, South Africa posted 249 for 4, riding on fifties from David Miller (75 not out) and Heinrich Klaasen (74 not out) and Quinton de Kock’s 48 after the match was reduced to a 40-over-a-side affair due to wet outfield.
In reply, India slipped to 51 for 4 in 17.4 overs but Sanju Samson took the chase deep with a 63-ball 86 not out but it was not enough as they ended at 240 for 8. While Samson was the top-scorer for the hosts, Shreyas Iyer hit 50 off 37 balls. Shardul Thakur (33 off 31 balls) also played some lusty blows but Lungi Ngidi (3/52) took two wickets in the 38th over to stop India in their tracks. Kasigo Rabada (2/36) also took two wickets.
Among the Indian bowlers, Shardul Thakur took two South African wickets, while Ravi Bishnoi and Kuldeep Yadav got one each.
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249/4 (40.0)South Africa beat India by 9 runs
Last over and Shamsi to bowl this one. India need 30 from 6 runs. Sanju in strike. And it's a wide to start. And the first ball is dumped over midwicket for a six!!! He can't, can he? Again short and that's raced to the boundary!! What a pull!!! Te next ball is hit straight and that finds the boundary as well!!! Shamsi in a world of pressure now. 15 required from 2 now. And another four!! All over. SA win by 9 runs
Penultimate over of the innings now. Rabada to bowl. 2 dots to start as Avesh swipes and misses. Great effort in the field as Avesh takes 2 runs. Not sure why they have run 2 though. India need Sanju on strike. Another dot follows.And Avesh is dismissed. Good catch for Bavuma. IND 215/8 after 38.5 overs
Kuldeep Yadav chips and that has found the palms of Bavuma. That's 2 wickets in 2 balls for Ngidi. India rocked again. IND 211/7 after 37.4 overs
The 38th over now. Ngidi to bowl and the first ball is pulled for a four!! Sanju going ballistic here. And Shardul Thakur is gone. Huge breakthrough for the Proteas. IND 211/6 after 37.3 overs
Sanju ended the last over with 2 boundaries. Can he guide India to victory? And that's over mid on and a four. Shardul this time. Next one is cut away and Samson comes in to strike. One more single. And again!! Another boundary for Shardul. The next ball is sent straight over the bowler's head for another four. IND 205/5 after 37 overs
The 36th over now and Sanju Samson is just a couple of runs from his 50. Shamsi in to bowl. And that's 50 for Sanju samson. Excellent knock, peppered with some magnificent strikes. IND 180/5 after 35.2 overs
The 33rd over now and samson has broken free. Parnell's second ball is clubbed for a four and the 4th ball gets te same treatment. IND 164/5 after 33 overs
Shamsi in to bowl the 32nd over. India still need a bit of work from the batters. Four runs from the first 3 balls, including a wide. The Men in Blue need boundaries at this juncture. Huge appeal for LBW but South Africa have no reviews left. IND 154/5 after 32 overs
Ngidi with the crucial breakthrough for South Africa. Shreyas Iyer was being stifled by dots so he tries to break the shackles but ends up holing out to Rabada. IND 118/5 after 26.4 overs
We are on to the 26th over now and the Iyer-Samson pair has given India a bit of stability. Maharaj in to bowl this one and thec 3rd ball is smashed for a four by Iyer. And that's 50 for Iyer. IND 118/4 after 26 overs
Iyer and Samson are taking it to the South Africa bowlers now with boundaries coming at regular intervals. 3 fours from this over as India relieve some pressure. IND 90/4 after 21 overs
And another. Keshav Maharaj strikes this time as the ball kisses Ishan Kishan's gloves and it's taken by Malan in the slips. India in a fix now. IND 51/4 after 17.4 overs
Oh well done. What quick hands by QDK. That was a difficult stumping but he pulls it off. Ruturaj missed the flight of the ball, comes forward and gone. IND 48/3 after 16.4 overs
Gaikwad with a four to start the over right after the drinks break. Ngidi does not do much wrong here. It was just a superb shot. Kishan latches on to the fourth ball and sends it to the boundary. Run out chance but needed a direct hit. Gaikwad survives. IND 45/2 after 15 overs
Ngidi and Maharaj are keeping it tight at the moment to follow up that all dominating Rabada-Parnell spell. Kishan and Gaikwad still finding their feet against the Proteas bowling attack. Good test for the duo against a GOOD pace attack. India 30/2 after 12 overs.
Just as Kuldeep Yadav did, Keshav Maharaj has found turn on this wicket. Good first over for him (3 runs conceded). Kishan and Gaikwad clearly not in a hurry here, but sooner rather than later something will have to give in. Especially with Kishan. India, 24/2 after 10 overs.
India finish at 18/2 after eight overs. Ishan Kishan (9 off 12) and Ruturaj Gaikwad (1 off 13) in the middle. Both Parnell and Rabada have brilliant with the ball so far and it looks like captain Temba Bavuma wants more of it. Rabada into his fifth over with the field restrictions being lifted.
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South Africa look on top here. First runs for India after 25 deliveries. Dhawan was played on earlier in the over. Ishan Kishan gets off the mark after squeezing a gap through the point region. India, 12/2 after six overs.
Parnell follows a 'no run' (Marnus Labuschagne looks curious) over with another no run over. India under a bit of pump having lost Gill early on, Dhawan plays it safe against Parnell in the fourth over. The left armer has found movement in both directions in both his overs. India are 8/1 after four overs.
First wicket for SA courtesy Kagiso Rabada. Gill gets an inside edge to crash onto the leg stump. India are 8/1 after three overs.
And he does make the ball move. Shikhar Dhawan was left second guessing on multiple occasions in Wayne Parnell's first over as he made the ball go both ways after pitching. Just a little but effective enough to deceive the india captain. Just three off the over. India are 8/0 after two overs.
Dhawan and Gill accumulate 5 off the first over. No movement from Rabada, a typical hit the deck bowler. But that should change now as Wayne Parnell comes in to bowl from the other end.
The Proteas XI are in a huddle as Shikhar Dhawan and Shubman Gill make way into the middle for the chase. South Africa have a first choice pace attack to defend 250 against an Indian batting lineup that would look to prove its worth in the absence of the big names having flown to Australia for the World Cup. Should be fun. Here. We. Go.
Nine runs off the last over. Good comeback from Siraj in the last over after being smacked for a maximum off the first ball. Miller (75 off 62) and Klassen (74 off 65) finish with an unbeaten partnership off 139 off 109 deliveries. South Africa finish with 249/4.
Not the record Ravi Bishnoi was expecting to take home. The most expensive bowling figures from an Indian ODI debutant. 1/69 in his quota of eight overs. SA finish the 39th over with 240 runs at the loss of four wickets.
India's T20 World Cup squad has left the country for Australia but their fielding woes haven't. Two dropped catches off two balls from that Avesh Khan over. Mohammed Siraj probably had the better opportunity but both looked catches that could've, should've been held. To add salt to the wound, Miller goes after Avesh off the next two deliveries, a four and a six. And when a catch is finally held, it is on the other side of the boundary rope. SA are 231/4 after 38 overs.
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Klassen and Miller cross the 100 partnership mark. Such good batting from the two of them bailing the Proteas ship after four wickets were lost. South Africa are 215/4 after 37 overs.
Avesh Khan to bowl the 36th over and these two South African batters are standing strong in the middle. A single by Miller to reach his half century. Now Klaasen also reaches his half century. SA 207/4 after 36 overs
Kuldeep Yadav in to bowl the 33rd over and that's a top edge by Klaasen. Fall in no man's land though. Good stop from Iyer to save a couple of runs. SA 184/4 after 33 overs
Shardul in to bowl the 31st over. The South African duo of Miller and Klaasen have kept the Proteas steady. Ends this over with four more. India need a breakthrough and need it fast. SA 173/4 after 31 overs
Klassen pulls it for four in the deep midwicket region and completes the 150 for the Proteas. Him and Miller will look to amp things up going into the last 10 overs. After 29, SA are 155/4.
Miller has been on the lookout for boundaries from the moment he stepped foot on the crease today but Kuldeep Yadav has been making the ball turn pretty good today. Another super economical over from him with just a single conceded. The Proteas are 146/4 after 28 overs.
Miller picks up from where he left in the T20I series. Three boundaries in each of the three overs he has batted so far. 20 off 13 deliveries now. That last maximum off Ravi Bishnoi was special. Lofted over mid off. After 25 overs, South Africa are 134/4.
David Miller gets off the mark with a boundary, he's not going to miss out on full trackers like the one Bishnoi provided him with. After 23 overs, South Africa are 116/4.
Quinton de Kock (48) has to walk back following an unsuccessful attempt at reverse sweep that ends up with a lbw dismissal. South Africa, 110/4.
Four overs bowled, 17 runs conceded, one wicket taken. Kuldeep Yadav has looked good in the middle today. That perfect dismissal of Aiden Markram and its setup showed how he has kept the length tight while flowing with his line. After 22 overs, South Africa are 108/3.
The first 10 overs brought no success for India in terms of the wickets but they were crucial in holding South Africa from taking the advantage by scoring big early on. The next 10 overs have extended on that with three wickets. After 20 overs, the Proteas are 92/3.
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The three wickets have come off inside four overs. South Africa in desperate need of a partnership at the moment. After 18 overs, the score is 80/3.
What a beautiful bowl, perfect off cutter from a left armer to a right hander. Pitches outside off and cuts in to affect the top of off stump. SA, 71/3 after 16 overs.
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Another one for Thakur. Scrambled seam deceives the Proteas skipper and affects the off stump. After 15 overs, SA are 70/2.
Shardul Thakur provides India with their first breakthrough. Malan caught by Shreyas Iyer. South Africa 49/1 after 12.1 overs.
Ravi Bishnoi's first over in ODI for India and Quinton de Kock went after him on ball 1. Picks the googly outside off and just places it well past Shikhar Dhawan at first slip. Gets another boundary a delivery later as he stays low to swat it on the leg side for four. After 10 overs, South Africa are 41/0.
South Africa openers would perhaps feel a bit itchy at the moment. Not exactly the powerplay they would've expected but hey, they are still in the middle at the end of it. Barring not having been able to take a wicket, this has been a good start with the new ball for Mohammed Siraj and Avesh Khan. 28/0 after eight overs.
Another good couple of overs from India's new ball bowlers. Mohammed Siraj and Avesh Khan have kept the Proteas openers at bay, but they haven't found a breakthrough yet. The boundaries have come few and far in between the dot balls. After six overs, South Africa are 20/0.
10 dot balls in the third and fourth over for India. Just the one boundary for South Africa. Siraj finding some movement early on and Janneman Malan seems unsure of his footings early on. After four overs, SA are 13/0.
De Kock with a standstill punch, beats mid off, brings up the first boundary of the innings for South Africa. 8/0 after two overs.
Second ball of the innings and Siraj thought he had Janneman Malan trapped leg before wicket. No interest from the umpire and India went for a review. Umpire's call. Malan would have been back in the pavilion had the first umpire's nodded to Siraj's appeal. But he survives and on we move. 2/0 after one over.
Janneman Malan and Quinton de Kock take centre stage. Mohammed Siraj has the new ball. First ball of the innings in Lucknow.
Temba Bavuma: 'We would have liked to bowl first as well. We have a job to do with the bat and we need to adapt accordingly after the first few overs. You gotta be able to adapt to different formats quickly and we still want to keep those T20 skills in check. Every game for us is a big opportunity.'
Shikhar Dhawan: 'There is a bit of moisture on the wicket and we want to exploit that. We got 6 batters and 5 bowlers playing. Ruturaj is making his debut today. 2 spinners and 3 pacers.'
India: Shikhar Dhawan(c), Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson(w), Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Siraj, Avesh Khan
South Africa: Janneman Malan, Quinton de Kock(w), Temba Bavuma(c), Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Wayne Parnell, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi
40 overs per-side contest. Maximum 8 Overs Per Bowler. Powerplay 1 - 8 overs. powerplay 2 - 24 Overs, powerplay 3 - 8 Overs.
India win the toss and elect to field first.
New update coming from Lucknow is that the toss has been scheduled for 15:30 local time. Play is expected to start at 15:45 and it will be a 40-over match.
The rain has stopped and the covers are off. The players are warming-up, it does look good for the toss, but we might lose a few more overs now.
Shubman Gill: "Yes, I am enjoying this format, ODIs are something that I have always loved playing. It is a lot of fun opening with him (Shikhar), he has so much experience and he guides me through the innings, how to deal with certain bowlers. I don't think there is any pressure, the World Cup is here, we have grown up playing in these conditions, but yes I have to do well."