Watch: Shreyas Iyer' Bat Goes Flying To Square-Leg, Incident Sparks Meme Fest

Shreyas Iyer scored a flamboyant half-century to guide India to victory over South Africa in the first ODI encounter on Sunday but a hilarious incident during his stay at the crease left everyone in splits. During the 9th over of the Indian innings, Iyer was facing Nandre Burger and while trying to play a pull shot, he lost his grip on his bat and it went flying towards square-leg. It landed ahead of the square-leg umpire and was returned by South African fielders as all of them shared a laugh. The video of the incident has gone viral and social media users have come up with their posts and memes.

Pace bowlers Arshdeep Singh and Avesh Khan set up a convincing eight-wicket win for India in the first one-day international against South Africa at the Wanderers Stadium on Sunday.

Left-arm pacer Arshdeep took five for 37 and Avesh claimed four for 27 as South Africa crashed to 116 all out.

Sai Sudharsan and Shreyas Iyer hit half-centuries as India needed just 16.4 overs to reach the target.

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Indian captain KL Rahul said he had expected India's spinners to play a prominent role on the same pitch on which spin had prevailed in a Twenty20 international on Thursday.

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"It was completely different to what we expected," Rahul said at the post-match presentation.

Perfectly natural place for Shreyas Iyer's bat to end up after that pull shot!#SAvIND pic.twitter.com/8VQSck6915

"There was a lot of help in the wicket and the boys bowled really well."

Ohhooo, Shreyas Iyer bat flying out of his hand and ball goes other side #INDvsSA #SAvIND #RohitSharma #AUSvsPAK #RuturajGaikwad #Rinku #MSDhoni #KLRahul #ArshdeepSingh #AveshKhan #KuldeepYadav #ShreyasIyer