Klaasen and Miller unbeaten power South Africa beats India by 9 runs in 1st ODI match of the series.

The 1st ODI Match of the South Africa tour of India, 2022 played yesterday at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow. In which South Africa beats India by 9 runs.

The match was reduced to 40 overs per side instead of 50 overs due to rain, India won the toss and elect to bowl first, South Africa batted first, started the inning very brilliantly, Janneman Malan and Quinton de Kock came to start the inning and gave a brilliant start with a partnership of 49 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket has gone for 49 runs in first ball of the 13th over, Janneman Malan dismissed after scoring 22 runs in 42 balls, next batsman Temba Bavuma came to bat and he good strike rotate with Janneman Malan, the second wicket second wicket has gone for 70 runs in last ball of the 15th over, Temba Bavuma dismissed just for 8 runs in 12 balls, next batsman Aiden Markram came to bat and he dismissed very quickly without scoring as third wicket in last ball of the 16th over, the team score was 71 runs, followed by Heinrich Klaasen came to bat and handled the inning with Quinton de Kock, the fourth wicket has gone for 110 runs in 22.2 over, Quinton de Kock dismissed after playing a very brilliant inning of 48 runs with the help of 5 boundaries in 54 balls, next batsman David Miller came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant unbeaten half-century inning of 75 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 5 boundaries in just 63 balls with Heinrich Klaasen, and Heinrich Klaasen also played a very brilliant unbeaten half-century inning of 74 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 6 boundaries in just 65 balls. In This way, South Africa scored 249 runs for losing just 4 wickets in stipulated 40 overs, and set a target of 150 runs in front of India.