KL Rahul: I am happy. Good to have a win under the belt. Completely different to what we expected. The plan was to get the spinners in the game. The boys did really well. The boys did well to stay disciplined.
Arshdeep Singh, Player of the Match: I feel little sore. Loving this moment. Thank God and the team management. It is a little different than normal grounds as I was running out of breathe.
Aiden Markram:
Stats by Shashikant Singh
Biggest ODI defeat for South Africa in terms of balls remaining 215 vs ENG, Nottingham, 2008 200 vs IND, Johannesburg, 2023* 188 vs AUS, Sydney, 2002 185 vs IND, Delhi, 2022
Biggest ODI wins for India in terms of balls remaining 263 vs SL, Colombo RPS, 2023 * 231 vs KEN, Bloemfontein, 2001 211 vs WI, Thiruvananthapuram, 2018 200 vs SA, Johannesburg, 2023*
-- Sai Sudharsan is the 17th Indian to score 50+ runs on their ODI debut.
Indian openers to score 50+ runs on ODI debut 86 - Robin Uthappa vs ENG, 2006 100* - KL Rahul vs ZIM, 2016 55* - Faiz Fazal vs ZIM, 2016 55* - Sai Sudharsan vs SA, 2023*
14:15 Local Time, 12:15 GMT, 17:45 IST: India go 1-0 up. They have put up a blockbuster show. This is what you call a shellacking.
16.4
Nandre Burger to Tilak Varma, 1 run, back of a length delivery, climbs on top of it and nudges the ball down to fine leg for a single. India win by 8 wickets to hand SA a hammering...
16.3
Nandre Burger to Tilak Varma, no run
16.2
Nandre Burger to Sai Sudharsan, 1 run, the scores are level.
16.1
Nandre Burger to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR, to long-off
Nandre Burger [5.0-1-29-0] is back into the attack
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