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Team India’s left-arm spinner Sai Sudarshan, who made his debut in the first ODI against South Africa in Johannesburg, created a special record. It is also remarkable to score a half century in the first match itself. Sai Sudarshan, who entered the field as an opener in this match, scored 55 runs off 43 balls with 9 fours. Along with this, Sai’s name has joined the list of team India starters who have scored 50+ runs in the debut match.
Previously, only three openers on behalf of Team India in ODI cricket achieved this feat. It is remarkable that Robin Uthappa is at the top of this list. Robin Uthappa, who started his international cricket career with a match against England in 2006, shone with 86 runs. This made him the first Indian opener to score 50+ runs on debut in ODI cricket.
After that KL Rahul became the 2nd batsman to achieve this feat. KL Rahul, who made his ODI debut in 2016, scored an unbeaten century against Zimbabwe. With this, KL Rahul became the first batsman to score a century on his debut ODI match for India.
Faiz Fazal is the third batter to achieve this feat. Fazal, who made his debut in the ODI series against Zimbabwe in 2016, impressed with a half-century (55 runs). This made him the third batsman to score 50+ runs in the first ODI match. Sai Sudarshan became the fourth Indian opener to achieve this feat with his unbeaten 55 against South Africa.
Talking about the match..
In the first ODI match against South Africa in Johannesburg, Team India recorded a huge victory by 8 runs. wickets. Team India achieved the short target of 117 runs set by Africa by losing only 2 wickets in the 17th over. Arshdeep Singh, who shone in bowling on behalf of Team India, created history by taking 5 wickets, while Avesh Khan also created a record by taking 4 wickets with him.
South Africa: Reza Hendricks, Tony De Georgi, Rassi van der Dussen, Aiden Markram (capt), Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Vian Mulder, Andile Phehlukwayo, Keshav Maharaj, Nandre Berger, Tabriz Shamsi.
Team India: KL Rahul (captain/wicket keeper), Ruthuraj Gaikwad, Sai Sudarshan, Shreyas Iyer, Tilak Verma, Sanju Samson, Akshar Patel, Arshadeep Singh, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar.
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