🏏S A tour of India, 2025: India vs South Africa,1st ODI-- Ranchi🏏 - Page 3

IND-SA Head-To-Head In ODIs

Most wins: South Africa (51)

Highest total: 438/4 in 50 overs by South Africa at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on October 25, 2015.

Lowest total: 83/10 in 27.1 overs by South Africa at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on November 5, 2023.

Biggest win (by runs): India beat South Africa by 243 runs at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on November 5, 2023.

Biggest win (by wickets): South Africa beat India by 10 wickets (189-run target) at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on November 25, 2005.

Smallest win (by runs): India beat South Africa by 1 run (191-run target) in Johannesburg on January 15, 2011.

Smallest win (by wickets): India beat South Africa by 2 wickets (221-run target) in Cape Town on January 18, 2011.

Thanks for the tag 💙. Hope they win with RO KO s help.

At least here we can hope for a fight from India instead of a complete whitewash

Thanks for the tag, Madhuri!

All the best boys

I think india will win this..kohli and rohit are hungry to prove themselves and confirm their spot in team..

Thanks for the tag Madhu. May the best team win.

All the best to both teams.

Cheers..

Pitch report: From the South end, the fine boundaries are short. Straight boundaries are long. Square boundaries are in between (65 and 67 metres). Shaun Pollock says it looks a really good pitch. There are cracks and a grass covering to keep it together. When you go down and knock it, it's pretty hard. Gotta see if it crumbles a bit. For an ODI, it's good enough.

AGM: "So South Africa should bat first… no chance India wins the toss, right? @StatsSampath or my fellow stats folk, what's the latest on India's toss win ratio?" Mr Bandarupalli fulfils the request on demand - "They have lost each of their last 18 tosses in ODIs"

There is nothing new.

1pm Ravi Shastri gives out an MS Dhoni mention to start the toss. Calls Ranchi Dhoniland too. KL will spin the coin, tails is the call. It's tails. South Africa win the toss and bowl. Big cheers

12:57pm Aiden Markram and KL Rahul are kitted up. Is that a giveaway from the SA side? Yes. Markram and KL hug each other, looks like Markram will captain SA.

Rahul would've bowled too. They've practiced and seen dew. Prep has been good, energy in the dressing room is good too. Players are excited to play ODIs. We need to use every opportunity we get to gel as a team, test ourselves and challenge our skills. SA is a good team, with confidence, good challenge for us. Jaiswal will open with Rohit. He reels off the whole squad - three spinners and three quicks.

Markram says conditions in the evening are the basis for the call. Dew too. Boys are full of energy, calls the series an important and exciting one. ODI WC is the build-up, main goal. Lots of time to go, but playing India is big. Keshav and Temba are being rested. Four seamers, one spinner

Jay: "I think tosses against India should be banned.. Stop killing the time.Let the other team decide what to do."