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India captain Shikhar Dhawan admitted that his team leaked too many runs in the death overs and fielded poorly, leading to the nine-run defeat to South Africa in the rain-hit first ODI on Thursday. Opting to bowl in the rain-curtailed 40-over-a-side game, India had reduced South Africa to 110 for 4 in 22.4 overs but David Miller and Heinrich Klaasen powered the visitors to 249 for 4.
Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller hit unbeaten half-centuries to set up a nine-run win for South Africa in a rain-reduced opening one-day international against India on Thursday.
IND vs SA 1st ODI Live Score Updates: The covers have come off, toss to take place soon. The toss for the first ODI match between India and South Africa has been delayed due to rain at the Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow on Thursday. The start of the match was already delayed by half an hour earlier but the rain returned to further delay the start. After clinching the T20I series 2-1 against South Africa, the Indian team now faces the Proteas in a three-match ODI series. Notably, many players from India's main squad will miss the series as they have headed to Australia for the T20 World Cup that kicks off on October 16. Shikhar Dhawan will lead the Indian side with Shreyas Iyer being his deputy. On the other hand, South Africa will be led by their regular skipper Temba Bavuma. (LIVE SCORECARD)
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday confirmed that the match timings for the 1st ODI between India and South Africa have been changed due to rain. The game which was slated to start at 1:30 PM will now start at 2 PM. The toss will take place at 1:30 PM.
India and South Africa will be squaring off against each other in the first ODI of the three-match series on Thursday at Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. The hosts would be led by Shikhar Dhawan while Temba Bavuma is the captain of the Proteas. On Wednesday, on the eve of the match, India's practice session was cancelled due to rain, and there is some forecast for some more rain on Thursday so the question needs to be asked -- will the 1st ODI be spoiled by a downpour in Lucknow?
A second-string Indian side will square off against South Africa in the three-match ODI series beginning Thursday in Lucknow. The hosts would be led by Shikhar Dhawan and the squad has the likes of Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson, Rajat Patidar and Kuldeep Yadav in the squad. It would be interesting to see if the likes of Patidar and Mukesh Kumar are handed their maiden ODI caps in the series. In the first ODI, there are chances of rain so it would be interesting to see if the game gets truncated. The practice of the Indian team was cancelled on Wednesday due to downpour in Lucknow. As the second-string side gets ready to square off against South Africa, it is important to mention that the main side has left for Australia for the upcoming T20 World Cup.
Former Proteas skipper AB de Villiers has come out in full support of under-fire Temba Bavuma as the current limited overs national captain desperately searches for form ahead of the T20 World Cup, which takes place in Australia later this month.
Proteas batter Janneman Malan believes captain Temba Bavuma can easily find his form before this month's T20 World Cup in Australia.