Ind vs SA 1st ODI: Deadly bowling by Arshdeep, Avesh, defeated South Africa by such a huge margin

johannesburg (Uttam Hindu News): India defeated South Africa in the first match of the three-match ODI series on Sunday, thanks to the lethal bowling of Arshdeep Singh by five wickets and Avesh Khan by four wickets and Sai Sudarshan’s unbeaten 55 runs and Shreyas Iyer’s half-century of 52 runs. Africa has been defeated by eight wickets.

Chasing the target of 117 runs, the opening Indian pair of Rituraj Gaikwad and Sai Sudarshan could add only 23 runs for the first wicket when Mulder gave the first blow to India by LBWing Gaikwad for five runs on the fourth ball of the fourth over. After this, Shreyas Iyer, who came to bat, made a strong partnership with Sudarshan for the second wicket and ensured the victory of the Indian team. Phehlukwayo got Schreyer caught out by Miller for 52 runs in 15.5 overs. At that time the team’s score was 111 runs. Sudarshan remained unbeaten on 55 and Tilak Verma remained unbeaten on one. India won the match by scoring 117 runs in 16.4 overs. With this win, India has taken a 1-0 lead in the series. For South Africa, Vian Mulder and Andile Phehlukwayo took one wicket each.

Earlier today, after winning the toss and coming to bat first, none of the batsmen of the South African team could stand against the Indian fast bowlers and returned to the pavilion on the lines of ‘Tu Chal Main Aaya’. South Africa had a very bad start and lost two wickets for three runs. After this, there was a partnership of 39 runs for the third wicket, but after the fall of the third wicket, the South African batsmen collapsed like a pack of cards.

Phehlukwayo scored the highest score of 33 runs for the team. Tony de Jorzi scored 28 runs, Aiden Markram scored 12 runs and Tabraiz Shamsi remained unbeaten on 11 runs. Apart from this, seven South African batsmen could not cross the double figures. Three batsmen were out for zero. The entire South African team was all out for 116 runs in 27.3 overs. For India, Arshdeep Singh took five wickets for 37 runs and Avesh Khan took four wickets for 27 runs. Apart from this, Kuldeep Yadav got one wicket.