LIVE Cricket Score, India vs South Africa 1st ODI: Virat Kohli departs for 135, IND 315/5 vs SA in Ranchi

IND vs SA 1st ODI Live Cricket Score, India vs South Africa Today Match Live Score Updates: KL Rahul and Virat Kohli take India to 284/5 after the 44 overs against South Africa in the 1st ODI at Ranchi on Sunday

India vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Cricket Score Updates: Nandre Burger picked Virat Kohli for 135. Earlier India has managed to score 80/1 in the first powerplay after South African skipper Aiden Markram won the toss and opted to bowl first against KL Rahul’s India in the first of the three match ODI series at the JSCA International Stadium Complex in Ranchi on Sunday.

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In his previous ODI in Sydney last month, Rohit proved the doubters wrong with a scintillating century and despite a couple of blobs, Kohli bounced back with a masterful half-century.

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While they will have their task cut out, so will their head coach, Gautam Gambhir, who oversaaw a shambolic surrender of the Test team against the potent South Africans earlier this week.

Teams:

South Africa (Playing XI): Ryan Rickelton, Quinton de Kock(w), Aiden Markram(c), Matthew Breetzke, Tony de Zorzi, Dewald Brevis, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Prenelan Subrayen, Nandre Burger, Ottneil Baartman

India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Washington Sundar, KL Rahul(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna

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Nov 30, 2025 05:02 PM IST
IND vs SA 1st ODI LIVE Score: Rahul is key

KL Rahul is the key man here. He has played it quite smartly. He has spent time in the crease while Kohli was going through the gears. Now, with a six in that previous over, he has reached the strike rate of 100. It has been a subtle knock from him if he manages to get around 70, India might be looking at the 340-350 mark which might not be a bad score, but for that to happen, Ravindra Jadeja needs to help him out. Again, like the batters before it is not going to be easy for Jadeja either, but he has to make sure that at least he doesn't play too many dots.

Nov 30, 2025 04:51 PM IST
IND vs SA 1st ODI LIVE Score: Burger gets Kohli

Well, Virat Kohli's marathon innings has come to an end here, and it is Nandre Burger who has got the wicket. It was a slower one dug into the surface, and Kohli, although he did charge down the track to create some pace with the momentum of his inertia, was deceived by the line and could not get the timing right. Ryan Rickelton, who was at cover did took a lovely catch around the mid-off area. Ravindra Jadeja has walked into the middle, and he, alongside KL Rahul, needs to have a clear target in mind that India wants to get.

Nov 30, 2025 04:39 PM IST
IND vs SA 1st ODI LIVE Score: How many should India get?

Now that the landmark stuff is sorted, the question for India is how much they think is enough to win this game. Anything around 330 must be a good total, but with the dew to play a part, the wicket will be quite easy for South Africa to bat on. In the first innings, though, things have been quite different. The way Rahul has batted today is indicative of how this pitch has been playing. Apart from Kohli and Rohit, none of the other batters have looked good; hence, if India were to maximise these final overs, it is important that Kohli bats through.

Nov 30, 2025 04:29 PM IST
IND vs SA 1st ODI LIVE Score: Overdrive

Well, immediately after that, ton Kohli celebrated his century by slamming Subrayen for 21 runs. There were some loose balls sprayed from the off-spinner, which he slammed nicely into the stands. Now the crowd is getting moving after being silenced for a bit in those middle overs when it seemed like South Africa where pulling things back. Now the master of ODIs has taken control of the innings, and he is flying. He is all over the South African bowling and seems like from a safe speed, Kohli has gone into overdrive mode quite quickly.

Nov 30, 2025 04:24 PM IST
IND vs SA 1st ODI LIVE Score: Kohli gets 52nd ODI 100

Virat Kohli guides one through the third-man region for a boundary to get his 52nd ODI ton. That is a brilliant innings experience class not brought in the market, reckoned Kohli, which is true. This innings has shown two different sides of Kohli. Initially, when he came in, he played his shots, and once the going got tough, he adjusted the gears nicely and played accordingly. Regardless of what people might say he the King of this format is Kohli. Both Rohit and the centurion in this game have silenced their critics quite strongly and are making a strong case for the 2027 ODI World Cup.

Nov 30, 2025 04:08 PM IST
IND vs SA 1st ODI LIVE Score: Runs dried up

In addition to the drying of runs, one thing that has changed in the last 30 minutes or so is that Kohli has lost strike and lost momentum through his innings as well. There was a point in that knock of his where he was scoring at T20 strike rate, but now it looks more like an ODI innings. Batters who have walked into the middle, Washington Sundar, especially, have deprived Kohli of a strike quite a bit, and even Rahul now is finding fielders too often. Having said that, Kohli in his long career would have seen many situations like this, and the need of the hour for him must be to just be a bit calm and try not to do anything silly.

Nov 30, 2025 03:59 PM IST
IND vs SA 1st ODI LIVE Score: KL Rahul scores boundary

KL Rahul plays one shot through mid-wicket and gets the boundary, which breaks the boundary drought which has been going on for the last four overs. This has been a good spell of bowling from South Africa. Markram just kept his pacers going from one end, giving them short, sharp bursts, and once the ball has gotten older in the last few overs, they have resorted to clever variations which are doing the trick for them. For India, though, when they are bowling, this might not be the case with all the dew which is expected to fall.

Nov 30, 2025 03:49 PM IST
IND vs SA 1st ODI LIVE Score: Sundar falls

Baartman has picked up another wicket here. It was a fuller one which Sundar tried to hit over mid-off and got caught by the fielder there, Bosch, who took a lovely catch diving upwards. India has now lost three quick wickets in quick succession altough it is important to keep up the scoring rate it is also important to preserve the wickets for the final overs and for that right now the need of the hour is to build partnership and two capable men who can do that are in the middle right now for India in Rahul and Kohli.

Nov 30, 2025 03:38 PM IST
IND vs SA 1st ODI LIVE Score: 10 sixes

One thing India has done in this innings, which South Africa might be forced to match later, is the number of sixes they have already managed to get. We are 28 overs into the innings, India has scored 28 sixes, and the reason behind that has to do with the amount of pace South Africa has bowled in this innings. Will the presence of Keshav Maharaj alters the proceedings is something that can be pondered upon, but it does feel South Africa are a spinner light for these conditions. Given that now there is a left-hander, it would not be a bad ploy for Markram to bring himself on into the attack.

Nov 30, 2025 03:29 PM IST
IND vs SA 1st ODI LIVE Score: Baartman gets Gaikwad

The ball has started to keep low here. We might now see a lot of cutters and slower ones coming from the South African bowlers. Virat Kohli, who was batting at a certain tempo, has now slowed down quite significantly. The deliveries from the bowlers are keeping a tight lid, and the pressure paid off as Gaikwad has fallen here. He has tried to cut the ball, and Dewald Brevis dived across and took the catch. It was a stunning one as he plucked the ball out of thin air. As we update, Washington Sundar has walked into the middle.

Nov 30, 2025 03:19 PM IST
IND vs SA 1st ODI LIVE Score: South Africa pulling back

Well, since the wicket of Rohit, things have gone a bit quieter, which is expected. New batter Ruturaj Gaikwad has just walked into the middle, and he might need some time to get adjusted to the conditions in the middle. And also something which can be expected of this wicket is that it might get slower and lower as the ball gets older. The oddball hitting the crack might misbehave, as we have seen with Rohit's dismissal. The challenge for Gaikwad here, though to keep the strike rotating and let Kohli keep up the tempo.

Nov 30, 2025 03:11 PM IST
Rohit Sharma breaks Shahid Afridi’s world record for most ODI sixes in history

Rohit Sharma broke the world record for most sixes in ODI history in spectacular fashion in Ranchi on Sunday, surpassing Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi with three powerful hits against South Africa in the first ODI at the JSCA International Stadium. (Read more)

Nov 30, 2025 03:10 PM IST
IND vs SA 1st ODI LIVE Score: Jansen gets Rohit

Well, there is the breakthrough, and it is Rohit Sharma who has fallen. Marco Jansen's delivery has hit the crack and skidded through, and Rohit, trying to pull the shot, missed it, and the ball hit Rohit's leg, and it looked plumb, and the umpire did not take much longer in giving it out either. There was a discussion between Rohit and Kohli about the review; however, they went against it, and Rohit walked back. Ruturaj Gaikwad is the new batter who has walked in. Well, what an opportunity for him to score some runs and put his name in contention for the World Cup.

Nov 30, 2025 02:58 PM IST
IND vs SA 1st ODI LIVE Score: 50s for both

Both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have now scored half-centuries here. First, it was Kohli who got there, and then it was Rohit who pushed one for a single to complete his half-century. It must be said that although both players are batting at good strike rates, Kohli has just been a lot more proactive with his shots and run scoring today. Rohit, on the other hand, seems to have gone back to the version of himself that was before 2023, where he takes his time initially and once he gets himself in, goes after the bowling.

Nov 30, 2025 02:50 PM IST
IND vs SA 1st ODI LIVE Score: Water break

It has been all India. Jaiswal, with his six over the fine-leg, gave signals to the dressing room of how this wicket is going to play. Although he got out, it has been carnage from Rohit and Kohli. Both have batted quite well. As we update, both Rohit and Kohli have put up a 100-run stand here. This is the second one in a row after what happened in Sydney last month. The way both are batting in the middle, it looks like they are not going to stop any time soon, either. Markram now has to get deep into his pockets to look for other bowling changes.

Nov 30, 2025 02:38 PM IST
IND vs SA 1st ODI LIVE Score: One-way traffic

It's been all one-way traffic at the moment; both Rohit and Kohli are pummeling the South African bowling. There were plenty of questions about whether they still got in them the final ODI in Australia, and the first one here is giving a resounding answer to all those who have doubted them. The running between the wickets, the shot making, everything has been like it was 10 years before. Both of them are in their 40s now. Aiden Markram has used all his toys already with the ball, and it seems like it is going to be a long afternoon for his team here in Ranchi.

Nov 30, 2025 02:29 PM IST
IND vs SA 1st ODI LIVE Score: Rohit-Kohli special?

The crowd are getting what they came to witness the Rohit-Kohli special. Both are playing quite fluently here, and given how well the pitch is playing, we might end up seeing them score some big runs as well. Rohit especially has got the measure of the pitch and is playing some lovely, silky shots, waiting for the ball to come to him. Kohli, on the other hand, is charging down the track and creating that pace which is not there in the wicket. As we update, South Africa has turned to a spinner for the first time in this innings in Subrayen.

Nov 30, 2025 02:20 PM IST
IND vs SA 1st ODI LIVE Score: Cracking powerplay

That is a cracking power play for India. They have scored 80 runs from the 10 overs. It just might be one of those surfaces where batting gets tougher as the innings go on; hence, India needed to get the start, which they did. Both Rohit and Kohli are looking imperious. A few shots Kohli has played already make him look like he is in the rhythm and have given signs of his older self. As per Rohit, after that catch being dropped, he too has settled in nicely here. Aiden Markram might have to reconsider his tactics here in the middle.

Nov 30, 2025 02:09 PM IST
IND vs SA 1st ODI LIVE Score: STATS

Lalith Kalidas: Virat Kohli now has the joint-most sixes by a No. 3 in international cricket. That maximum off Burger was 217th in the position across formats, equalling Ricky Ponting.

Nov 30, 2025 02:07 PM IST
IND vs SA 1st ODI LIVE Score: Easy going

Although South Africa has managed to pick up a wicket early in the piece, they have not been able to bowl good lines; both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have looked quite comfortable batting against them. There was a dropped catch of Rohit, but apart from that, he has been quite silky so far. It might be time Markram starts considering bringing in his left-arm spinner into the attack and see if there is anything available for him.

Nov 30, 2025 02:02 PM IST
IND vs SA 1st ODI LIVE Score: Delicate Ro

Silken smooth touch from Rohit Sharma! Jansen sprays the ball across the length and Rohit drives exquisitely with a deft dab, bisecting cover-point and point to find his first FOUR. A massive bumper flies over Rohit for FOUR wides. Rohit goes for a rash charge this time, missing the ball altogether. First signs of impetuousness from the Hitman. Jansen overpitches and Rohit creams it through the covers for FOUR this time.

Nov 30, 2025 01:58 PM IST
IND vs SA 1st ODI LIVE Score: Virat on the move

Vintage, Virat! Burger steams and hits the ball on the full and Kohli stands upright with an excellent bat-swing coming down from his shoulders to smear the ball past mid-off for FOUR. Beautiful contact there. He rocks back and drags the ball to backward square leg and reels in two runs.

IND 39/1 in 6 overs

Nov 30, 2025 01:46 PM IST
IND vs SA 1st ODI LIVE Score: WICKET!

Burger to Jaiswal, OUT! A corker from the left-armer!

Perfect seam presentation with the inward angle and Burger prompts Jaiswal to open up his stance with his back-foot almost falling over. The seam hits the turf and quickens up to clip the edge and zips to Quinton de Kock behind the stumps. In comes Virat Kohli. Streaky but he is off the mark with a FOUR first ball. The extra bounce from Burger clips the outward shoulder of Kohli's bat and runs down to the third man boundary. Burger continues to attack the pads, cramping up Kohli with the extra bounce. Bounce again and Kohli ends up with a single. IN THE AIR AND DROPPED! Rohit survives. There weren't going to be two ways about Rohit and the short ball. Burger bangs it in and Rohit flat-bats it straight to Tony de Zorzi at deep mid-wicket who spills a regulation chance. Huge, huge reprieve there for the veteran.

Yashasvi Jaiswal c de Kock b Burger 18 (16b 2x4 1x6)

Nov 30, 2025 01:43 PM IST
IND vs SA 1st ODI LIVE Score: Off the blocks

First runs for Rohit as he opens the face of the bat and guides Jansen's fuller delivery outside the off-stump down towards third for a single. Jaiswal proceeds to clip the ball through mid-wicket. Pacy outfield thee and Jaiswal reels in two runs. Interesting conditions - a belter and a good outfield. With dew headed in later in the evening, India will need to put on an aggressive show tonight.

Short ball from Jansen and BANG! Jaiswal rides the bounce and hooks the ball behind backward square for SIX!

IND 25/0 in 3 overs

Nov 30, 2025 01:38 PM IST
IND vs SA 1st ODI LIVE Score: Jansen starts

We are done with the opening over and it is Marco Jansen who took the ball. And as expected, there is not a lot of swing and seam moment available for him. However, we have seen in the red-ball series that he still can beat the bowlers with the bounce he can extract on any sort of surface because of his height. And from the other end, for South Africa, it is another left-arm seamer who has taken the new ball, and it is Nandre Burger. He is quite quicker than Jansen is Burger. He tends to hit that 150 KPH quite regularly.

Nov 30, 2025 01:30 PM IST
IND vs SA 1st ODI LIVE Score: Let's go!

The crowd is buzzing in the stadium, and most of them have what they wanted, which is to see Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli bat. It is a better pitch for both of them when compared to what they have seen in the Australia series. The pace will be on the slower side on this pitch will let them get into their innings quite nicely, unlike those testing Hazlewood spells.

Nov 30, 2025 01:25 PM IST
IND vs SA 1st ODI LIVE Score: Deepdas Gupta and Shaun Pollock on pitch

67m and 65m square boundaries, the straight boundary is at 75m. This pitch is being used for the first time in international cricket after being relaid in 2023. It looks good, a few cracks, but there's enough grass cover to keep it binded. It's very hard and it should play nicely. Will it crumble under the footholes and help spin going further? The pitch was relaid with Cuttack black / Orissa black which suggests that there should be more carry and bounce when compared to the previous wicket. It should be a good batting surface, but dew could play a big factor. It would make sense to chase here

Nov 30, 2025 01:18 PM IST
IND vs SA 1st ODI LIVE Score: KL Rahul at toss

We would have bowled first as well. The preparation has been good, the energy is there with a lot of players coming back, we want to enjoy ourselves in the middle. That's what the chat has been, we need to use every opportunity we get in the ODI team, this is a great chance to challenge our skills against a very good team. Three spinners and three quicks for us today. 

Nov 30, 2025 01:18 PM IST
IND vs SA 1st ODI LIVE Score: Aiden Markram at toss

We'll bowl first. Spent a couple of evenings, dew at night time and it'll be slightly easier to bat at night. Different personnel, the dressing room is at a good place with a lot of energy and fun. It's an important series, the end role the 2027 WC, still a bit of time, but we're up against one of the best teams in the world. Just one spinner in Subrayen, I will bowl a bit - Temba and Maharaj have been rested, four seamers for us today.

Nov 30, 2025 01:10 PM IST
IND vs SA 1st ODI LIVE Score: SA playing XI

Ryan Rickelton, Quinton de Kock(w), Aiden Markram(c), Matthew Breetzke, Tony de Zorzi, Dewald Brevis, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Prenelan Subrayen, Nandre Burger, Ottneil Baartman

Nov 30, 2025 01:10 PM IST
IND vs SA 1st ODI LIVE Score: IND playing XI

Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Washington Sundar, KL Rahul(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishn

Nov 30, 2025 12:59 PM IST
IND vs SA 1st ODI LIVE Score: Prince on Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli

“Our homework says a lot of dew is expected, so teams usually prefer chasing. But if we bat first on a good pitch and post a massive score, you can push the opposition into mistakes.” Prince also acknowledged the impact of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli

Nov 30, 2025 12:48 PM IST
IND vs SA 1st ODI LIVE Score: Ashwell Prince on SA batting

“We’ve been able to try different combinations in the 50-over space and we still have time before getting close to a final squad,” Prince said on the eve of the first ODI against India here.

“If there’s one area, it’s the bigger moments — tighter, clutch moments. White-ball cricket is about high-pressure environments and that’s where we want to get better,” he said.

Nov 30, 2025 12:38 PM IST
IND vs SA 1st ODI LIVE Score: KL Rahul on Rishabh Pant

“For Rishabh, he is good enough to play as a specialist batter, but we will see tomorrow. Of course, if he is playing, he will take the gloves, but we will see that tomorrow,” he told reporters on Saturday.

Nov 30, 2025 12:29 PM IST
IND vs SA 1st ODI LIVE Score: No place for Pant says Saba Karim

“I would love to see him in the 11, but I think the way the 11 is going to be constructed, I see no place for Rishabh Pant at this stage. He comes in because Shubman Gill is not there in the side and once you have decided to pick Tilak Varma in the 11, you see KL Rahul coming in as a wicketkeeper. Then you have the all-rounders coming through.

“The other option is to play Rishabh Pant low down the order and play with only five specialist bowlers and get maybe Tilak Varma or Yashasvi Jaiswal to bowl two, three overs,” Karim remarked.

Nov 30, 2025 12:20 PM IST
IND vs SA 1st ODI LIVE Score: Saba Karim on Tilak Varma

“Tilak Varma is the right player to get in place of Shreyas Iyer, because then you have very solid top order with Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, number three Virat Kohli. Tilak Varma has shown immense promise so far in white-ball cricket. This is a good opportunity for him to come good even in one-day cricket. So, I see Tilak Varma at number four,” Karim said on ESPNcricinfo.

Nov 30, 2025 12:09 PM IST
IND vs SA 1st ODI LIVE Score: What did KL Rahul say?

"I am happy to have him back again with the ODI team. He missed out the Australia series but he was part of the Champions Trophy as well. And he was key in us winning that tournament. He is someone who can do everything and he is someone who has always done everything that the team has required of him."

Nov 30, 2025 11:59 AM IST
IND vs SA 1st ODI LIVE Score: SA predicted XI

Aiden Markram, Quinton de Kock (WK), Temba Bavuma (C), Matthew Breetzke, Rubin Hermann, Dewald Brevis, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Keshav Maharaj, Nandre Burger, Lungi Ngidi

Nov 30, 2025 11:48 AM IST
IND vs SA 1st ODI LIVE Score: IND predicted XI

Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (WK), Nitish Reddy, KL Rahul (C), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh

Nov 30, 2025 11:38 AM IST
IND vs SA 1st ODI Live Score Updates: Welcome!

India seek a revival against the well-oiled Proteas. They are in Dhoni-land in time, and the stocks have been refuelled by the return of their ageing warhorses - Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.

The middle-order and bowling stocks are thin but on a high-scoring belter, India will hope their stalwarts will pave the way for the 50-over show.

The unknown Kohli-Jansen duel

Early birds mostly get the worm, sometimes journalists landing on cricketing greens too soon also get rewarded. This is a story about the serendipitous sighting of an international cricket star. It also comes with a reminder – every acclaimed wicket-taker was once a modest net bowler. Like South Africa’s all-rounder Marco Jansen – the chief script writer of South Africa’s historic 2-0 Test against India – was once.

This week during the Guwahati Test, on a pitch more suited for spinners, Marco got wickets with his pace and bounce. He also smashed 7 sixes in his 91-ball 94 when most host batsmen struggled. READ MORE

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