World Cup 2015: South Africa earn hard fought win against Zimbabwe

Centuries from JP Duminy and David Miller saved South Africa the blushes against a spirited Zimbabwe team. (Source: AP)

The Proteas fans were out in force as South Africa started their World Cup campaign against minnows Zimbabwe. (Source: Reuters)

Zimbabwe were rampant early on as South Africa crumbled to a troubling score of 83 for the loss of 4 wickets. (Source: Reuters)

Opener Hashim Amla and Quinton De Kock departed for 11 and 7 respectively. (Source: Reuters)

The partnership of David Miller (138) and JP Duminy (115) steadied the ship and helped South Africa post 339/4 (Source: AP)

Chamunorwa Chibhabha gave Zimbabwe a good start with a decently paced 64. (Source: Reuters)

Hamilton Masakadza carried the momentum forward with a well timed 80 of just 74 deliveries. (Source: Reuters)

Imran Tahir took the wind of Zimbabwe's sails by dismissing the in-form Hamilton. (Source: Reuters)

The game slipped away from there as Zimbabwe lost wickets at regular intervals and in the end fell short by 62 runs. (Reuters)

South Africa won their opener at the World Cup but were far from convincing against a hungry Zimbabwe outfit but will now face defending champions India on the 22nd. (Source: Reuters)