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India vs South Africa Scorecard, 1st ODI, South Africa vs India 2023/2024
Result · Dec 17 2023, Sun - 01:30 PM (IST)
SOUTH AFRICA116
INDIA117/2
India won by 8 wickets
CRR:7.02
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | India in South Africa 2023/2024 |
| Date: | Dec 17 2023, Sun - 01:30 PM (IST) |
| Country: | South Africa |
| City: | Johannesburg |
| Venue: | DP World Wanderers Stadium |
| Toss: | South Africa won the toss and elected to bat. |
| South Africa Playing XI: | Tony de Zorzi, Reeza Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen (wk), David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Andile Phehlukwayo, Keshav Maharaj, Nandre Burger, Tabraiz Shamsi |
| India Playing XI: | Lokesh Rahul (c) (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sai Sudharsan, Shreyas Iyer, Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar |
- India have won their last three men’s ODIs against South Africa, as many as they won across their eight meetings in the format prior to that span (W3 L5).
- South Africa have lost two of their last three men’s ODIs including a three-wicket loss to Australia in their most recent fixture; they had lost only one of their previous 10 games in the format.
- India lost their most recent men’s ODI (19 November 2023 v Australia), snapping a 10-match winning run in the format; they will be looking to avoid back-to-back defeats for the first time since March 2023.
- South Africa have won 12 of their last 14 men’s ODIs at The Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg (L2), including each of their last four; their only defeats in that span were a two-wicket loss against England (9 February 2020) and an eight-wicket loss against Pakistan (27 January 2019).
- India (44) and South Africa (40.6) have the best batting averages of any Test playing countries in men’s ODIs in 2023; indeed, no other team has logged an average of 40+ in this category.
- South Africa have a batting strike rate of 108.1 in men’s ODIs in 2023, the best of any Test playing country this year; only Australia (58%) have scored a higher percentage of their runs from boundaries than the Proteas (55%) in the format this year.
- Ruturaj Gaikwad (India) has a batting false shot rate of 17% from 103 balls faced in men’s ODIs in 2023, the second best of any player (min. 70 balls faced) from a Test playing country this year (Shubman Gill – 16% from 1,502 balls faced).
- Heinrich Klaasen (South Africa) has a batting strike rate of 143.3 from 628 balls faced in men’s ODIs in 2023, the second best of any player (min. 80 balls faced) from a Test playing country this year (Glenn Maxwell – 145.9 from 283 balls faced for Australia).
- Kuldeep Yadav (India) has scored 67% of his 61 runs from singles in men’s ODIs in 2023, the highest rate of any player from a Test playing country this year (min. 35 runs scored).
- Mukesh Kumar (India) has induced a batting false shot rate of 41% from 90 balls bowled in men’s ODIs in 2023, the best of any player from a Test playing country this year (min. 65 balls bowled).