When it comes to chases it’s either Virat Kohli or Cheetah: Shoaib Akhtar
Shoaib Akhtar expressed his hope to see youngsters taking inspiration from the Delhi batsman.
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Shoaib Akhtar expressed his hope to see youngsters taking inspiration from the Delhi batsman.
Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal shared five wickets between them to restrict South Africa to 269/8, a target which India overwhelmed with six wickets in hand to take a 1-0 lead in the six-match ODI series.
If not for skipper Faf du Plessis' ninth ODI hundred, South Africa could have folded for a lesser total yesterday.
Du Plessis feels the hosts were 60 runs short after electing to bat first on a Durban surface that progressively quickened up.
Virat Kohli's masterful knock in Durban completes a unique set of record for the 29-year-old as he now has an ODI century in every country he has played so far.
India registered their first victory over South Africa at Durban, and only their sixth overall in bilateral engagements here since 1992-93.
Du Plessis said that the conditions were a bit slower and suited the Men in Blue quite well as the batting line-up hammered away after the Proteas set up an easy target of 270 for the Virat Kohli led Team India.
Kohli said that the six-wicket victory in the first one-dayer against South Africa will give his side the momentum in the remainder of the six-match series.
The Indian skipper has often faced criticism for changing playing elevens in Test matches, but Brearley backed him, saying it was "extraordinary".
Kohli scored 112 off 119 balls with the help of 10 boundaries and put on 189-run stand for the third-wicket with Ajinkya Rahane (79 runs of 86 balls) as India chased down the target of 270 with 4.3 overs to spare.
The Indian captain notched up his 33rd ODI hundred and once again justified his tag of 'world's best chaser' with yet another superlative knock in the first ODI against South Africa in Durban.
The No 1 ODI batsman is now 16 centuries short of Sachin Tendulkar's record of 49 ODI hundreds.
Yuvraj last played for India in June 2017, in an ODI match against West Indies at North Sound.
In the seventh over of South Africa's innings, India skipper Virat Kohli hurt his left knee while fielding at mid-off. During the slide, Virat's knee got stuck into the dampish outfield.
India beat South Africa by six wickets in the first ODI to go up 1-0 in the six-match series at Kingsmead in Durban.
Markram, 23, will bat at number four for de Villiers who has been ruled out of the first three ODIs due to a finger injury.
India have only won five out of 27 ODIs they have played against South Africa on their home soil.
Kohli said that there is already a core group of players in place, and only the number four spot really needs to be sorted out.
On Wednesday, the pitch bore a brownish look ahead of the opening ODI, in keeping with the rainfall Durban has received of late.
According to Sehwag, middle-order batsman, Manish Pandey should get more changes ahead of the 2019 ICC World Cup.