Team India’s crushing defeat in the first ODI, Africa beat by 31 runs
India had to face defeat by 31 runs in the first ODI against South Africa. Chasing the target of 297 runs, the Indian team could only manage 265 runs for eight wickets. Apart from Shikhar Dhawan (79) and Virat Kohli (51) and Shardul Thakur (50 not out), none of the batsmen could stay at the crease.
▪️1st ODI match between India and South Africa
▪️Both teams were face to face at Boland Park in Paarl
▪️IND got the target of 297 runs
▪️SA won the match by 31 runs
Earlier, batting first after winning the toss, South Africa scored 296 runs for four wickets in 50 overs. Rassi van der Dussen scored an unbeaten 129. While captain Temba Bavuma contributed 110 runs.
🚨 RESULT | #PROTEAS WON BY 31 RUNS
— Proteas Men (@ProteasMenCSA) January 19, 2022
A commanding team performance with bat and ball sees Temba Bavuma's men take a 1-0 series lead in the #BetwayODISeries👏 #SAvIND #BePartOfIt | @Betway_India pic.twitter.com/sWZMz6e2rI
Team India has suffered a crushing defeat in the first ODI against South Africa. After losing the Test series 1-2, it was expected that the losing streak in the ODI series would end, but in the very first match, both the bowling and batting of the Indian team failed. Indian batsmen failed to chase the target of 297 runs given by South Africa and Team India lost the match by 31 runs.
South Africa- 296/4
India- 265/8
Man of the Match – Rassie Dussen (129 runs)
All failed except Dhawan-Kohli
Shikhar Dhawan scored the highest 79 runs for Team India, while former captain Virat Kohli was dismissed after scoring 51 runs. There was a partnership of 92 runs between the two players, but as soon as Shikhar Dhawan was out, Team India’s rhythm has deteriorated and wickets kept falling one after the other. Virat Kohli was also seen in color before getting out, but once again he missed to score a century.
South Africa complete a 31-run win 👏🏻
— ICC (@ICC) January 19, 2022
The hosts go 1-0 up in the three-match ODI series 🎉
Watch the series live on https://t.co/CPDKNxoJ9v (in select regions)#SAvIND | https://t.co/P4UbRkIzIW pic.twitter.com/LofDcqnBMa
Apart from these two batsmen, captain KL Rahul (12 runs), Rishabh Pant (16 runs), Shreyas Iyer (17 runs), Venkatesh Iyer (2 runs) proved to be unsuccessful. If the captain did not play in the opening, then the middle order also proved to be a complete failure. This was the reason why Team India did not even seem to be approaching such a big score.
In the end, Shardul Thakur did try to exert some force on his own. Shardul played an innings of 50 runs in 43 balls, during which he hit five fours and hit a six. However, in the end, Shardul could not lead his team to victory.
Bowlers looted runs
Jasprit Bumrah had given Team India the best start, but after that the Indian bowlers laid down their arms. Ravichandran Ashwin also took a wicket and on seeing Africa’s three wickets fell for 68 runs. But after this there was such a partnership between Temba Bavuma (110), Rassi Dusen (129) that the bowlers of Team India were seen asking for water. Both the players scored a century and shared a partnership of 204 runs in 184 balls.
For Team India, Jasprit Bumrah took two and Ravichandran Ashwin took one wicket, while one wicket was found by run out. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal and Shardul Thakur did not get a single wicket, while all three looted runs. After the match, captain KL Rahul also admitted that we have given about 20 more runs.
