India vs South Africa, 1st ODI

South Africa won by 5 runs

Series: South Africa tour of India, 2015Venue: Green Park, Kanpur

    South Africa won by 5 runs

So that concludes a really shut game. Overall, sensible recreation for a cricket fan on a Sunday. Eventually, South Africa captured key moments and tight the sport. therefore rather like the T20I series, the ODI series is off to an excellent begin additionally. The Pro teas have outdone 2 of Rohit Sharma's lots of already on this tour. each groups currently head to Indore for the second ODI. it is a day-nighter on weekday. wanting forward to your company then. 

    AB de Villiers is that the Man of the Match for his 104 from 73 balls.

De Villiers: "I thought it had been a tremendous game of cricket. shut games like these bring the fans tothe sport. Credit to India additionally for enjoying well. i'm terribly happy that we tend to came out on high. The momentum modified quite few times these days. i assumed Imran Tahir's over initial of all modified the sport on its head and gave America an opportunity after we were out of it. The child(Rabada) is proving to be one or two and he features a bright future. it is a sensible begin to the ODI series, however the momentum will amendment in an exceedingly matter of seconds. therefore we are going to take one game at a time."

MS Dhoni: "The outcome wasn't nice for us, there have been quite few things that went wrong,however i feel we tend to showed nice character to fight on this wicket. we must always have won the sport. it had been unfortunate that we tend to lost Ashwin. He was bowling well. i used to be defeated with the quick bowlers within the slog overs as there was lots of reverse swing. Our batters created it look as if it had been straightforward. i assumed that partnership between Rohit and Rahane was excellent. it had been to a small degree troublesome to bat out there because it didn't return on nicely if the ball was banged short. we tend to lost to a small degree of momentum from the thirty fourth or the thirty fifth over to the fortieth or the forty first over. there have been runs on provide,however we tend to did not hit the gaps. If we've got 2 set batsmen towards the tip, it becomes straightforward to place pressure on the opposition. it had been an amazing innings from Rohit. As I said, it was not easy and the fast bowlers were getting reverse swing and he made it look easy."

Rabada: "I cannot say that i used to be the match winner. the entire team contend well. I born Rohit on the boundary, it might have clad badly another day. i used to be slightly nervous as there was MS Dhoni on the opposite facet. i have been observation him for a short while currently and that we all savvy harmful he's. The pitch was slow, therefore i made a decision to bowl back of a length because it was troublesome to play the shots."

For South Africa, AB American state Villiers contend a captain's innings. He upped the tempo at the proper time and cracked a series of pleasant strokes to compose his twenty first ODI ton. de Villiers reached his century off the ultimate ball of the innings by thwacking Umesh Yadav for a six. Faf du Plessis, Behardien and Hashim Amla compiled helpful knocks. Amit Mishra and Umesh Yadav picked up 2 wickets every. sadly, Ashwin abraded himself whereas fielding off his own bowling and is unsure for the remainder of the series. The second ODI of the series are contend at Holkar Cricket structure on ordinal of October.
Earlier, Rohit looked to play himself in before gap up his shoulders to crack a flurry of shots. Rohit's fluid run-making ability will be exemplified by the method he lofted Imran Tahir for a four and a six within the thirtieth over of the innings. Even when Rohit have to be compelled to his century, he continuing to gather runs at a brisk pace and completed his a hundred and fifty. However, his elegant knock went vainly. One conjointly has got to offer credit to Rahane, World Health Organization was a personification of calmness at the crease, as he sewn a 149-run represent the second wicket with Rohit.

Despite Rohit Sharma's sizzling century, the hosts have slipped towards a gut-wrenching defeat. it had been Imran Tahir, World Health Organization turned the sport on its head by prising out each Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma within the forty seventh over. It revived South Africa's hopes of returningwithin the game. MS Dhoni, for the ordinal time in his career, looked to steer India home, howevereventually they lost a nonpareil by a mere 5 runs. Kagiso Rabada, the child, conjointly showed hiscourageousness by taking the prized scalp of Dhoni within the final over.

Rabada pumps his manus in joy and every one the South African players area unit joyful. One should provides a heap of credit to young Rabada. With the ball not drawing close nicely to the bat, heunbroken touch the rear of a length region and even Mahendra Singh Dhoni, World Health Organization is one in all the best finishers of the sport, might do nothing regarding it