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India won by 8 wickets with 200 balls remaining. KL Rahul-led India scored 117/2 and South Africa scored 116 runs in 27.3 overs.
Sai Sudharsan is the 17th Indian to score 50+ runs on their ODI debut.
Arshdeep Singh in his debut ODI match took a five-wicket haul while Avesh Khan took four as South Africa crumbled to a record low score of 116. It is the lowest score for South Africa at home in an ODI match.
– Avesh took two back to back wickets off the first two balls, leading to South Africa losing their top six in just over 10 overs – Andile Phehlukwayo provided some resistance – Avesh picked four and Arshdeep picked five wickets
Debutant Sai Sudharsan's (55*) and Shreyas Iyer's (52) explosive knocks saw the visitors go 1-0 up in the series with a facile eight-wicket victory.
India is set to play against South Africa in the second match of the on-going ODI series. The match will take place on December 19 and will begin at 4:30 pm.
India will play its third match against South Africa on December 21.
Wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan was ruled out of the upcoming 2-Test series against South Africa, starting December 26. The Mumbai Indians star was released and was replaced by KS Bharat. Rohit Sharma will lead the team.
Deepak Chahar was ruled out of the ODI series after he requested leave to be with his ailing father back in India. And pacer Mohammed Shami was ruled out of the Test series due to injury concerns.