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Live, IND vs SA, First ODI: India on the attack, bowlers charged up
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Having been outplayed in the shortest format, there will be added pressure on captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni to perform and lead India from the front against a formidable South African unit in the five-match ODI cricket series that begins on Sunday. South Africa\'s ODI skipper AB de Villiers has won the toss and elected to bat.
Having been outplayed in the shortest format, there will be added pressure on captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni to perform and lead India from the front against a formidable South African unit in the five-match ODI cricket series that begins on Sunday. South Africa's ODI skipper AB de Villiers has won the toss and elected to bat.
It's time for Dhoni to answer his critics as more and more questions are being raised against his captaincy at a juncture where heir apparent and Test captain Virat Kohli is waiting in the wings.
He enters his 'litmus test' having lost the T20 series and an unexpected loss in Bangladesh in June, after which he went out of action for three months.
Watch: Tough to play Rahane in current scenario, says MS Dhoni
On the face of it, India appear to have a well-balanced side but it will have anything but easy against the South Africans, who are high on confidence after an emphatic T20 series win. The tourists could not have asked for a better start to their long and arduous tour that culminates in December.
Here’s the playing XI
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Live Score: SA 82-1 (17.2 overs)
WICKET! South Africa were looking dangerous, the Indian pacers not creating much of a problem for the visitors. But in came in Ravichandran Ashwin and struck in his first over itself sending Quinton de Kock for 29. A perfect off spin to a left-hander did the trick for the Chennai offie leaving Suresh Raina take a good low catch at slip.
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