India vs South Africa 1st One Day Photos, Images, AB de Villiers - Man of the Match

South Africa easly beat India by a huge amount with 135 runs win in the1st ODI thanks to good show by batsman and bowlers. AB de Villiers got Man of the Match award for his 76 runs.

IND v SAF 1st ODI Result - Amla, ABD & Duminy stars in South Africa's huge win

In an one sided 1st one day, host South Africa crushed India by 135 runs and takes the 1-0 lead in the 5 match series on Wednesday, 12th January, 2011 at Durban. SAF made 289/9 in 50 overs and IND all out on 154runs in 35.4 overs.

South Africa won the toss lost 2 wickets early but Amla hit 36 balls 50 runs and then AB de Viiliers and JP Duminy put 131 runs in 22 overs made 76 and 73 runs respectively and Guided them to a tough total of 289/9. India then lost openers early but lost wickets regularly due to good bowling by Morkel (2-12), Steyn (2-29) and Tsotsobe (4-31) bowled out visitors cheaply on 154 runs even though Kohli fight with 54 runs.

AB deVilliers got Man of the Match for his 69 balls 76 runs with 7 fours and a six.

Match Summary:

South Africa - 289/9 in 50 overs (Amla 50, ABD 76, Duminy 73, Rohit 2-30)

India - 154 all out in 35.4 overs (Kohli 54, Tsotsobe 4-31, Morkel 2-12)

Toss - South Africa, who chose to bat first.

Man of the Match - AB de Villiers (South Africa)

Result - South Africa won by 135 runs

Series - South Africa led the 5 match series by 1-0

India vs South Africa First One Day Live Score Card at Durban - INd v SAF 1st ODI Live Commentary

Watch and enjoy the live scorecard with ball by ball commentary of the first one day match between India and South Africa on Wednesday, 12th January, 2011 at Durban, in a day-night game will start from 6.00 PM IST.

India vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Score with ball by ball Commentary:

IND vs SAF 1st ODI Preview at Durban - India v South Africa First One Day Teams

After fighting longest version and one sided shortest versions, its now time for limited over series as first One Day of the 5 match series between host South Africa and India will be played on Wednesday, 12th January, 2010 at Kingsmead, Durban in a day-night game and timing will be 12:30 GMT, 14:30 local, 18:00 IST.

India is high in confidence after winning the only T20 comfortably and they will definitely miss Sehwag and Gambhir but the return of Zaher Khan and Tendulkar, who is playing first one day after scoring record breaking double century in Gwaliar against South Africa only will boost them to take lead in the series. R Ashwin and Munaf Patel will fight for the final spot depending upon the pitch.

South Africa will try to do well as Graem Smith again going to lead and hope the forms of Hashim Amla and de Villiers continues along with Duminy. Colling Ingram will replace injured Jacques Kallis. All eyes will be new bolwer Imran Tahir if included in the playing 11.

India playing 11 for 1st ODI at Durban:

Sachin Tendulkar, M Vijay, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Harbhajan Singh, R Ashwin/Munaf Patel, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra

South Africa playing 11 for 1st ODI at Durban:

Graeme Smith (capt), Hashim Amla, Colin Ingram, AB de Villiers (wk), JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis/Robin Petersen, David Miller, Johan Botha, Dale Steyn, Wayne Parnell/Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Morne Morkel