South Africa Beat India in 2nd ODI Match in series,2015

South Africa was scheduled to play a 5 Match ONE DAY International Series in India in 2015. Both teams have great players and all rounder’s and match winners and it would be interesting to see them battle in this series. The 1st ONE DAY international match was to be played on Green Park, Kanpur, India on 11th Oct, 2015.

South Africa won the toss and opts to bat first; this is how South Africa team and 11 was looking like in this 1^st ONE DAY international Match: Jean Paul Duminy, Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers (C), David Miller, Imran Tahir, Faf du Plessis , Q De Kock (wk), Farhaan Behardien, Chris Morris, Kyle Abbott, Kagiso Rabada

And Indian team and 11 was looking like this in this 1^st ONE DAY international Match: MS Dhoni (c & wk), Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, A Rahane, Ambati Rayudu, Mohit Sharma, Axar Patel.

South Africa batted very well and aggressively and was able to post total of 303 runs in 50 over’s at the loss of 5 wickets and with top scores of Skipper Ab De Villiers who made 104 runs in 73 balls with 5 4’s and 6 six at the strike rate of 142 runs in 100 balls and F De Plessis who made 62 runs in 77 balls with 5 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 81 runs in 100 balls.

India was needed to score 304 runs in 50 over’s to win this match and take 1-0 lead in this 5 match one Day international Series.

India started well and aggressively but lost its way in the middle and end over’s and was only able to make 298 runs in 50 over’s at the loss of 7 wickets and top scored by R Sharma who made 150 runs in 133 balls with 13 4’s and 6 six at the strike rate of 113 runs in 100 balls.

South Africa won the match by 5 runs and takes 1-0 lead in the series.

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