- (18 Feb 2018, 6:54 PM IST)
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SIX! Manish Pandey stretches his muscles. Every batsman is in a mood to impress.
- (18 Feb 2018, 6:46 PM IST)
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WICKET! Kohli departs for 26 runs. Kohli walks back taking the review! Looked out to the naked eye and he fails to make his dropped chance count. More than anyone, Farhaan Behardien will breathe a sigh of relief! Tabraiz sends it quicker through the air, it lands it around middle and it turns in to ping Kohli on the back pad right in front of the stumps. He keeps appealing and finally gets a positive nod from the umpire. He starts to run with his arms aloft but Kohli challenges the decision. Hawk-Eye shows it's pitched in line and would have clipped the stumps. Big wicket for South Africa, can they put a lid on the scoring rate?
- (18 Feb 2018, 6:45 PM IST)
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REVIEW! The on-field umpire has given Kohli out. Is he? A huge, huge appeal and the umpire rules Kohli out after a long thought. Looks a dead duck does Virat, he however, takes the DRS.
- (18 Feb 2018, 6:41 PM IST)
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Dhawan and Kohli put 50-run partnership off 27 balls! JJ Smuts to Shikhar Dhawan, 1 run. 50-run stand is up between the two and also the 100 is raised for India! Shortish around off, Dhawan hits it wide of long on. The man in the deep fumbles but they don't take another.
- (18 Feb 2018, 6:31 PM IST)
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FOUR! And it rounds off the powerplay! 78 runs from the Powerplay! This is some start for the Indians! Shortish ball with a lot of room on offer, Dhawan slaps it through point to move into the 30s. 18 have come from this over. IND 78/2 in 6 overs.
- (18 Feb 2018, 6:26 PM IST)
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Two consecutive fours conclude Chris Morris' expensive over. FOUR! Another edge and it goes past the keeper. Dhawan is riding some luck at the moment! Another short ball down the leg side, Dhawan looks to play the natural pull but gets it off the gloves past the keeper for back-to-back boundaries. IND 60/2 in 5 overs.
- (18 Feb 2018, 6:22 PM IST)
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OUT! Dala removes Raina for 15 runs. Top edge and it's wicket no. 2 for Dala! He is roaring in delight! Bowls a length delivery outside off, Raina looks to swipe it across the line but gets a big top edge which balloons high up in the air. Junior Dala calls for it and takes it comfortably. Not a good show on your comeback. India 49/2 in 4 overs vs South Africa in Johannesburg.
- (18 Feb 2018, 6:19 PM IST)
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FOUR! Raina delights with some classic shots. Good shot! Raina makes room, Dala fires it full outside off, Suresh crouches low, opens the bat face and lifts it over backward point to find the fence.
- (18 Feb 2018, 6:16 PM IST)
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RAINA DROPPED after scoring a six. Bliss! Dane Paterson to Suresh Raina, FOUR! In the air... dropped! A tough chance but hello? What is Raina upto? He just got a biggie and tries to get some more. Dances down the track to a length ball and looks to go big. Gets a top edge and it goes high up in the air over mid off. Behardien runs backward, stretches both his arms to take it but fails to hold on. The ball bursts out of his hands and trickles away to the fence. IND 37/1 in 3 overs.
- (18 Feb 2018, 6:15 PM IST)
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SIX! Rohit strikes a HIGH and HANDSOME six on his comeback. Typical Raina shot! Back of a length delivery, following the batsman, Raina stays leg side and pulls it over mid-wicket. Doesn't seem to have middled it but had got enough to clear the fence.
- (18 Feb 2018, 6:11 PM IST)
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OUT! Dala removes Rohit for 21 runs. The on-field call is overturned! Maiden wicket for Dala and look at the excitement. Simply superb! He digs in a short ball, gets it to bounce a touch extra. Rohit backs away to play it towards third man with his bat skyward but seems to have gotten an edge en route Klaasen. South Africa put in a huge appeal but the umpire shakes his head. Henirich is confident and he convinces his skipper to take the review. Replays roll in and there is a spike on the Ultra Edge. That is it then. India 23/1 in 1.5 overs vs South Africa in Johannesburg.
- (18 Feb 2018, 6:08 PM IST)
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REVIEW! SA are confident. Is Rohit Out?
- (18 Feb 2018, 6:04 PM IST)
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Brilliant start by India. IND 18/1 after 1st over. Up and over! Rohit Sharma moves to 17 in just 5 balls! Another short ball, served outside off, slapped over backward point for a one-bounce boundary. Paterson goes for 20 in the first over of the match.
- (18 Feb 2018, 6:04 PM IST)
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ANOTHER SIX! A great start by India, ensures Rohit Sharma. Boom! This is turning out to be a huge over! Short ball, doesn't have enough venom behind it. Sharma pulls it neatly and sends it soaring over the fine leg fence for the second maximum of the over.
- (18 Feb 2018, 6:02 PM IST)
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Rohit Sharma starts with a SIX! Crashed it! Rohit Sharma is up and running! Receives a short ball, wider outside off, he stands put and throws the kitchen sink at it. Gets it over backward point and it sails over the rope. Quick hands! India are away as well.
- (18 Feb 2018, 6:00 PM IST)
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For India, Dhawan and Rohit are on the crease. Dane Paterson will start off with the bowling proceedings. He has two slips in place.
- (18 Feb 2018, 5:45 PM IST)
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India Playing XI: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli (C), Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, MS Dhoni (wk), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah
- (18 Feb 2018, 5:44 PM IST)
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South Africa Playing XI: JJ Smuts, Reeza Hendricks, Jean-Paul Duminy (c), Farhaan Behardien, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Chris Morris, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dane Paterson, Junior Dala, Tabraiz Shamsi
- (18 Feb 2018, 5:42 PM IST)
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"This is a gun wicket, it's hard, even grass cover on it so should play well throughout. Suresh Raina is back in the team, Manish Pandey, Unadkat is playing in place of Kuldeep who hurt his thumb in the last game, Bhuvi return. The intensity needs to be much higher in the T20 format. The mood is great in the dressing room. We are looking forward to doing well. The guys are very relaxed," Kohli says at the toss.
- (18 Feb 2018, 5:39 PM IST)
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"It is easier to chase in a day game. It's difficult to defend in the Highveld. AB de Villiers is not playing today. He hurt his knee in the last game, so we want to rest him. Klaasen, Junior Dala are making their debuts," Duminy says after winning the toss.
- (18 Feb 2018, 5:34 PM IST)
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TOSS! South Africa win toss, opt to bowl against India in the first game of the three-match T20I series
- (18 Feb 2018, 5:29 PM IST)
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Former India opener Virender Sehwag has an advice for the Indian captain Virat Kohli ahead of the series-opener. He mentioned a few flaws in India's middle-order and advised Kohli to play wicketkeeper-batsman MS Dhoni up the order in the limited-over cricket. (Read full story)
- (18 Feb 2018, 5:27 PM IST)
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Meanwhile, South Africa women cricket team defeated India by five wickets in the 3rd T20I to stay alive in the five-match series.
- (18 Feb 2018, 5:22 PM IST)
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Overjoyed with India's maiden bilateral ODI series win in South Africa, former India opener Virender Sehwag said India captain Virat Kohli may break batting legend Sachin Tendulkar's record of 100 international centuries, provided he continues to enjoy his game. "Earlier, people used to say that there can't be another player like Sachin. The same can be said for Kohli now. In his career, he'll definitely break some of the records set by Sachin. "He can break Sachin's record of 100 international tons," Sehwag told India TV during the show 'Cricket Ki Baat'. (Read full story)
- (18 Feb 2018, 4:49 PM IST)
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Bygone middle-order batsman Suresh Raina gears up for a comeback.
- (18 Feb 2018, 4:44 PM IST)
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Teams:
India squad: Virat Kohli (C) Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Lokesh Rahul, Suresh Raina, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk), Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Manish Pandey, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Jaydev Unadkat, Shardul Thakur
South Africa squad: JP Duminy (C), Farhaan Behardien, Junior Dala, AB de Villiers, Reeza Hendricks, Christiaan Jonker, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), David Miller, Chris Morris, Dane Paterson, Aaron Phangiso, Andile Phehlukwayo, Tabraiz Shamsi, Jon-Jon Smuts
- (18 Feb 2018, 4:42 PM IST)
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Motivated by their maiden ODI series win in South Africa, Virat Kohli-led India will aim for a positive start in the three-match T20I series, starting with the opening match at the New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, on Sunday. In 2006, India, under the captaincy of Virender Sehwag, won one-off T20I series against South Africa on their home soil. Bolstered by terrific all-round performances led by skipper Kohli, who was adjudged the Man of the Series in the recently concluded ODI series, India will hope to thrash the hosts in the three-match series. (Read full preview)
