India beat South Africa by 8 wickets in 1st ODI Match of the series.
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The 1st ODI Match of the India tour of South Africa, 2023-24 was played yesterday at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg. In which India beat South Africa by 8 wickets.
TOSS- South Africa won the toss and opted to bat.
South Africa Innings- South Africa batted first after winning the toss and started the inning very poorly, the entire team was dismissed just for 116 runs in the third ball of the 28th over. Andile Phehlukwayo scored 33 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 3 boundaries in 49 balls, Tony de Zorzi scored 28 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 2 boundaries in just 22 balls,
Aiden Markram 12 runs in 21 balls, and Tabraiz Shamsi remains unbeaten for 11 runs in 8 balls, apart from this, no batsman could touch a figure out of 10 runs, Nandre Burger was dismissed just for 7 runs in 32 balls, Heinrich Klaasen 6 runs in 9 balls, Keshav Maharaj 4 runs in 7 balls, Reeza Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen, and Wiaan Mulder dismissed without scoring. In this way, the entire team was dismissed just for 116 runs in 27.3 overs and set a target of 117 runs in front of India.
Indian bowlers- Arshdeep Singh and Avesh Khan performed very brilliant bowling, Arshdeep Singh took 5 wickets just for 37 runs in his spell, Avesh Khan 4 wickets just for 27 runs in 8 overs, Kuldeep Yadav 1 wicket for 3 runs in 2.3 overs, and Mukesh Kumar was wicketless for 46 runs in 7 overs.
India inning- India chasing 117 runs in the second inning achieved the target very easily for losing just 2 wickets in the fourth ball of the 17th over and won the match by 8 wickets. India started the inning very well, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Sai Sudharsan came to start the inning and gave a good start, the first wicket was dismissed for 23 runs in 3.4 overs, Ruturaj Gaikwad dismissed just for 5 runs in 10 balls, and next batsman Shreyas Iyer came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant half-century partnership of 88 runs with Sai Sudharsan, the second wicket has dismissed for 111 runs in 15.5 over, Shreyas Iyer dismissed after playing a brilliant half-century inning of 52 runs with the help of 1 six and 6 boundaries in just 45 balls, followed by Tilak Varma came to bat and he remained unbeaten for 1 run in 3 balls with Sai Sudharsan, and Sai Sudharsan played a brilliant unbeaten half-century and a victory inning of 55 runs with the help of 9 boundaries in just 43 balls. In this way, India chased the target very easily for the loss of just 2 wickets in just 16.4 overs and won the match by 8 wickets.
South Africa bowlers- Wiaan Mulder got 1 wicket for 26 runs in 4 overs, Andile Phehlukwayo 1 wicket for 15 runs in 1 over, Nandre Burger was wicketless for 35 runs in 5.4 overs, Keshav Maharaj wicketless for 19 runs in 3 overs, and Tabraiz Shamsi also wicketless for 22 runs in 3 overs.
PLAYER OF THE MATCH- Indian bowler Arshdeep Singh was selected as the player of the match, he performed very brilliant bowling took 5 wickets just for 37 runs in his spell.
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