India vs South Africa Cricket Score, 1st ODI Scorecard in Ranchi: India Beat South Africa By 17 Runs In First ODI

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India vs South Africa Live Score: India won the match against South Africa by 17 runs.

India vs South Africa Live Score: Crowd goes crazy as Rohit Sharma takes the catch.

India vs South Africa Live Score: Bosch’s innings has kept South Africa alive.

India vs South Africa Live Score: Nandre Burger departs.

India vs South Africa Live Score: Bosch and Burger have kept South Africa alive in the game.

India vs South Africa Live Score: SIX! Jadeja drops that a touch short and Bosch throws a kitchen sink on it. That’s a maximum.

India vs South Africa Live Score: WICKET! Kuldeep picks up one more. Subrayen goes. Wrong-un from Kuldeep and the batter tried to hit that over mid-wicket, miscued it and KL Rahul completed a good catch

India vs South Africa Live Score: SIX! Subrayen hits that in the air and it goes the distance. 

India vs South Africa Live Score: WICKET! Another one for Kuldeep. Breetzke departs. The spinner tosses it up and Breetzke takes the aerial route but plays it straight to Virat Kohli stationed at long on

India vs South Africa Live Score: WICKET! Finally, India get the wicket they needed. Kuldeep sends Jansen packing. A bit of back of the length, Jansen pulled that one but didn’t time it well and caught in the deep for 70 off 39 

India vs South Africa Live Score: It has been a very important partnership for South Africa and especially Jansen has done a terrific job so far. He has been taking on the bowlers and scoring runs quickly. India need a breakthrough now

India vs South Africa Live Score: Marco Jansen notches up a fifty now. He has been playing a brilliant hand for South Africa right now keeping them in the chase

India vs South Africa Live Score: SIX! Marco Jansen is taking on Kuldeep Yadav now. Two fours and now a maximum. Kuldeep bowls it full and Jansen just smashes that over long on

India vs South Africa Live Score: Harshit Rana takes the perfect revenge. Brevis has been caught at the sweeper cover and South Africa are now 5 down. 

India vs South Africa Live Score: Brevis takes on Rana now. The pacer bowls it full, into the pads and Brevis hammers it out of the park

India vs South Africa Live Score: Brevis welcomes Jadeja with a maximum. Tossed up from the spinner and Brevis hammers straight back over his head to bring up 100 runs for SA

India vs South Africa Live Score: Big Appeal from Kuldeep and KL from behind. The umpire turns in down and Rahul takes the review. Pitched at length, went straight and hit Zorzi’s front pad. All three reds and the batter has to depart, India get the fourth one now

India vs South Africa Live Score: South Africa have been able to stitch a partnership here but the Indian bowlers have kept the side in driver’s seat.

India vs South Africa Live Score: Matthew Breetzke and Tony de Zorzi are showing some resistance now. South Africa have been in trouble in this run chase and they a partnership to stay in the race

India vs South Africa Live Score: FOUR! Two back to back boundaries for Matthew Breetzke to start the over. The ball isn’t doing much now, there isn’t any real movement. 

India vs South Africa Live Score: South Africa need to build a partnership from here on. They are in a spot of bother and Indian bowlers have been absolutely brilliant so far

India vs South Africa Live Score: WICKET! Arshdeep joins the party as he sends the Stand-in captain Aiden Markram back. Touch fuller from the left-handed bowler and Markram edges it back to KL Rahul

India vs South Africa Live Score: WICKET! Another one bites the dust. Quinton de Kock has edged that one and KL Rahul grabs an easy catch behind the wickets. Harshit Rana has second one in the same over

India vs South Africa Live Score: India draw first blood. Harshit Rana cleans up Rickelton for 0 off the very first delivery. South Africa are 7/1

India vs South Africa Live Score: FOUR! Fuller one from Arshdeep and Markram just drives that through the covers for a boundary. ELEGANCE! 

India vs South Africa Live Score: We are all set as South African openers take the guard. The Proteas need 350 to win. Ryan Rickelton and Markram will open for the vsistors. Arshdeep will bowl the first over for India. He has had a good time against South African team.

India vs South Africa Live Score: 401/3 – Gwalior, 2010
349/8 – Ranchi, 2025
331/7 – Cardiff, 2013 CT
326/5 – Kolkata, CWC 2023

India vs South Africa Live Score: That brings us to the end of the innings. India have posted a massive 349/8 in 50 overs after Virat Kohli’s brilliant hundred.

India vs South Africa Live Score: One brings two for Bosch. He cleans up Arshdeep Singh for 0 off 1 with a perfect yorker. India are 8 down now with one ball to go and he will be on a hattrick

India vs South Africa Live Score: WICKET! Ravindra Jadeja finds a fielder in the defeat as he goes aerial. The left-hander has been dismissed for 32 off 20

India vs South Africa Live Score: WICKET! KL Rahul has to walk back. He hit a six of a reverse ramp shot on the previous and tried that again but fails to execute the stroke. He feathers one straight to the wicket-keeper behind. The Stand-in skipper is out for 60 off 56.

India vs South Africa Live Score: With over 2 overs left in the innings, India would be eyeing somewhere around 340. They have wickets in hands and would look to take full advantage.

India vs South Africa LIVE Score: KL Rahul has started to push the paddle now while Ravindra Jadeja has been looking to score runs quickly right from the word go. India have gone past the 300-run mark. 

India vs South Africa LIVE Score: Virat Kohli has to walk back after a stunning knock of 135. He hits one in the air but miscues the shot and Rickelton takes a good catch around the long off area off Burger. Burger has been doing a good job today. 

India vs South Africa LIVE Score: 100! Virat Kohli brings up another ODI hundred. He has looked in top form today. Began the proceedings in a brisk manner and then showed resistance when wickets went down around him. 

India vs South Africa LIVE Score: The scoring rate has dropped after India lost Gaikwad & Sundar in quick succession. Kohli is into the 90s while KL has just walked in. The hosts need to push the paddle after 2-3 overs. 

India vs South Africa Live Score: WICKET! India are in a spot of bother now as Washington Sundar departs. He has been caught at mid off by Bosch.

India vs South Africa Live Score: BLINDER! Ruturaj Gaikwad has to walk back. It’s not his fault, though. That’s just brilliance from Brevis who grabbed a stunner diving to his right. Gaikwad is gone for 8

India vs South Africa Live Score: BREAKTHROUGH! Marco Jansen provides the wicket that South Africa needed very badly. Rohit Sharma has to depart for 57. Jansen comes around the wicket, length delivery that kept low and Rohit tries to pull it but completely misses. He has been trapped in front of the stumps

India vs South Africa Live Score: Now Rohit Sharma gets to his half-century with a single. India are 146/1 in 17 overs. 

India vs South Africa Live Score: Virat Kohli hits a maximum and brings up his fifty in style.

India vs South Africa Live Score: Rohit Sharma hits his 350th maximum in ODI cricket and then follows it with another one. The former skipper has shifted gears now. 

India vs South Africa Live Score: Virat Kohli has done the heavy lifting so far while Rohit Sharma has been playing the anchor’s role at the moment. The two are looking in good touch.

India vs South Africa Live Score: Virat Kohli took on Nandre Burger in the previous over scoring a maximum and following it with a boundary. India are scoring at a brisk pace

India vs South Africa Live Score: Rohit Sharma joins the party now. Punches one through the off side for a boundary. India lost an early wicket but the scoring rate has been in control

India vs South Africa Live Score: Yashasvi Jaiswal has to depart. He edges one back to the wicket-keeper off Nandre Burger. Length delivery, touch outside off and he edges one back. First wicket down for India for 25 and that brings Kohli in the middle

India vs South Africa LIVE: Yashasvi Jaiswal is on fire at the moment. He smashes one out of the park off Jansen. Short one from the pacer and Jaiswal pulls that one with brilliant timing

India vs South Africa LIVE: The hosts are off to a brisk start as India are 10/1 after 1 over. Yashasvi Jaiswal is looking in aggressive touch

India vs South Africa LIVE: FOUR! India begin the proceedings with a boundary. Yashasvi Jaiswal gets off the mark in style as he throws a kitchen sink on the short and wide delivery from Marco Jansen.

India vs South Africa LIVE: South Africa have rested Temba Bavuma and Keshav Maharaj and coming into this game with four seamers. India, on the other hand, have three pacers and as many spinners in the line up

India vs South Africa LIVE: Teams-

South Africa (Playing XI): Ryan Rickelton, Quinton de Kock(w), Aiden Markram(c), Matthew Breetzke, Tony de Zorzi, Dewald Brevis, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Prenelan Subrayen, Nandre Burger, Ottneil Baartman

India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Washington Sundar, KL Rahul(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna

India vs South Africa LIVE: South Africa have won the toss and have opted to field

Aiden Markram – We’ll bowl first. Spent a couple of evenings, dew at night time and it’ll be slightly easier to bat at night. Different personnel, the dressing room is at a good place with a lot of energy and fun. It’s an important series, the end role the 2027 WC, still a bit of time, but we’re up against one of the best teams in the world. Just one spinner in Subrayen, I will bowl a bit – Temba and Maharaj have been rested, four seamers for us today.

KL Rahul – We would have bowled first as well. The preparation has been good, the energy is there with a lot of players coming back, we want to enjoy ourselves in the middle. That’s what the chat has been, we need to use every opportunity we get in the ODI team, this is a great chance to challenge our skills against a very good team. Three spinners and three quicks for us today. 

Fans line up at JSCA International Stadium to watch hosts India take on South Africa in the first match of the three-match ODI series.

Indian fans gather outside The JSCA International Stadium in Ranchi to witness the 1st ODI between India and South Africa.

Ahead of the 1st ODI in the three‑match series between India and South Africa, both teams arrive at JSCA International Stadium, Ranchi. 

 Ahead of the 1st ODI of the three-match series between India and South Africa, Team India leaves the hotel for the match at JSCA International Stadium, Ranchi.

Ranchi: Ahead of the 1st ODI in the three‑match series between India and South Africa, Indian cricket team fan Sudhir Chaudhary says, “I am disappointed we lost the two Test matches against South Africa, the current World Champion (in Tests). Now we should clean sweep them in the ODI series in the city of Mahi Bhai. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are playing, and India will win all three matches.”

KL Rahul has led India in 12 ODI matches to date, guiding the team to victory in 8 of them. In his most recent stint as ODI captain, he oversaw India’s 2–1 series win against South Africa. 

The toss for the first ODI between India and South Africa will take place at 1:00 PM IST. It will be held thirty minutes before the match begins.

Squad:  Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul(w/c), Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Varma, Dhruv Jurel, Kuldeep Yadav

Squad: Aiden Markram, Quinton de Kock(w), Temba Bavuma(c), Matthew Breetzke, Dewald Brevis, Rubin Hermann, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Keshav Maharaj, Nandre Burger, Lungi Ngidi, Ryan Rickelton, Ottneil Baartman, Tony de Zorzi, Prenelan Subrayen

The India vs South Africa – first ODI Match is all set to take place at JSCA International Stadium, Ranchi. 

According to the schedule, the match is all set to start at 1.30 PM IST. 

Toss at 1 PM IST.

The first ODI between India and South Africa will be available for live streaming in India. Fans can watch the match on the JioHotstar app as well as the website. The live stream will cover all the action from the opening game of the series.
Viewers can follow every ball, run, and wicket in real-time on JioHotstar.