IDFC First Bank ODI Series 2025: Team India defeated South Africa by 17 runs in nail-biting thriller in the 1st ODI at JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi. They have taken a lead of 1-0 with 2 more ODI’s to go. Now I will share the details of this game match in my way.
1st ODI (India Vs South Africa)
Game Date: 21st December 2023
Details: South Africa stand-in skipper Aiden Markram won the toss and elected to field first in the 1st game of ODI series against Team India at JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi.
Presenting #TeamIndia's Playing XI for the 1⃣st ODI 👌
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Team India scored 349/8 in their 50 overs after batting first. They might’ve slowed down after the initial 20 overs, but they still managed to finish with a big score here in Ranchi. With dew expected to play a significant role, India always needed to make an above par score and they’ll have to thank Virat Kohli’s 120-ball 135 for pushing them to a challenging score. On a pitch which definitely slowed down and brought variations into play as the innings went on, Kohli batted on a different planet altogether. It wasn’t a normal Kohli innings, for once he was willing to play his shots and struck as many as 7 sixes in his innings. Only twice had he hit more than 5 sixes in an ODI before and this was his first against South Africa. With Rohit Sharma (51-ball 57) equally adept, the pair added 136 runs for the second wicket to put India in control. The visitors did salvage a fightback in the middle overs, but a couple of breezy innings from KL Rahul (56-ball 60) and Ravindra Jadeja (20-ball 32) ensured that India went close to the 350-run mark. South Africa’s fielding was largely spot-on, but de Zorzi’s bad miss off Rohit when the batter was on 1 could still prove costly. Can the visitors chase it down? Will dew play a role in the second innings? Virat Kohli scored 135 runs of 120 balls and skipper Kl Rahul scored 60 runs of 56 balls. For South Africa, Ottneil Baartman, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch and Nandre Burger picked 2 wickets each.
🚨 Record Alert 🚨
Rohit Sharma now holds the record for most sixes in ODI cricket history! 🙌
TAKE. A. BOW 🙇♂️
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— BCCI (@BCCI) November 30, 2025
Innings Break!
Virat Kohli's sublime century and 5⃣0⃣s from Rohit Sharma and captain KL Rahul propel #TeamIndia to 3️⃣4️⃣9️⃣/8 🙌
Over to our bowlers!
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— BCCI (@BCCI) November 30, 2025
South Africa unable to chase the target and bowled out for 332 runs in 49.2 overs. They made a good match of it despite their early struggles in the chase. They were 11/3 as Harshit Rana bowled beautifully with the new ball and then slipped to 130/5. But a blinder of a knock from Marco Jansen along with a steady half-century from Matthew Breetzke brought them right back. Their partnership of 97 came off just 69 balls with Jansen doing most of the heavy lifting before Kuldeep’s double-strike gave India some breathing space. But the visitors kept coming hard with Corbin Bosch taking over the mantle. The dew didn’t make it easy for the Indian bowlers either. However, they did enough to hold on in the end. Matthew Breetzke scored 72 runs of 80 balls and Marco Jansen scored 70 runs of 39 balls. For Team India, Kuldeep Yadav picked 4 wickets for 68 runs in his 10 overs quota.
Game, set, match! 💪
Prasidh Krishna bags the final wicket as #TeamIndia clinch a thrilling contest in Ranchi to go 1⃣-0⃣ up 🙌
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— BCCI (@BCCI) November 30, 2025
IND: 349/8 in 50 overs
SA: 332 all out in 49.2 overs
Match Result: India won by 17 runs
Man of the Match: Virat Kohli
India hold their nerves to secure a solid victory against South Africa in the first ODI 💪#INDvSA 📝: https://t.co/tnte0Vp08D pic.twitter.com/hwQYCDYdeO
— ICC (@ICC) November 30, 2025
Stats
– Rohit Sharma needs just two sixes to equal Shahid Afridi’s record for most sixes in ODI cricket.
– Quinton de Kock has hit six centuries and one half-century against India in ODIs
– India have played 10 bilateral ODI series at home post the 2019 World Cup, winning nine of them. Their only loss was against Australia in 2023.
– This is the 392nd international game featuring both Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, the most by a pair for India, surpassing 391 for Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid.
– Highest scores for IND vs SA in Overs 1-10 in ODIs
91/1, Kolkata, CWC 2023
87/0, Nagpur, CWC 2011
80/1, Ranchi, 2025
74/1, Gwalior, 2010
This is India’s highest powerplay score post the CWC 2023 final.
– Most sixes in ODIs
352* – Rohit Sharma
351 – Shahid Afridi
331 – Chris Gayle
270 – Sanath Jayasuriya
229 – MS Dhoni
– Most ODI hundreds at an Indian venue
3 in 5 innings – Virat Kohli, Ranchi
3 in 7 innings – Sachin Tendulkar, Vadodara
3 in 7 innings – Virat Kohli, Visakhapatnam
3 in 8 innings – Virat Kohli, Pune
– Kohli now has the most ODI hundreds vs South Africa (6), surpassing five each by Sachin Tendulkar and David Warner.
– Kohli in ODIs in Ranchi
77* vs ENG, 2013
139* vs SL, 2014
45 vs NZ, 2016
123 vs AUS, 2019
135 vs SA, 2025
Total: 519 runs at 173, SR: 110.19
– Seven sixes is the joint second-most for Kohli in an ODI innings, alongside as many during his 100* off 52 (India’s fastest hundred in Men’s ODIs) vs Australia in Jaipur in 2013. He had hit eight against Sri Lanka in Thiruvananthapuram in 2023.
– India’s highest ODI totals vs South Africa
401/3 – Gwalior, 2010
349/8 – Ranchi, 2025
331/7 – Cardiff, 2013 CT
326/5 – Kolkata, CWC 2023
– Jansen vs Kuldeep in ODIs
Innings: 3
Runs: 28
Balls: 23
Dismissals: 3
Avg: 9.33
SR: 121.73
– Highest aggregates after first 10 ODI innings
661 – Janneman Malan (SA)
649 – Kevin Pietersen (ENG)
614 – Matthew Breetzke (SA)
594 – Imam-ul-Haq (PAK)
589 – Tom Cooper (NED)
– Most 4-plus wicket hauls for India in ODIs
16 – Mohammed Shami (107 innings)
12 – Ajit Agarkar (188 innings)
10 – Kuldeep Yadav (112 innings)
10 – Javagal Srinath (227 innings)
10 – Anil Kumble (263 innings)
– Most 4-plus wicket hauls for India vs an opponent in ODIs
4 – Kuldeep Yadav vs SA (14 matches)
4 – Zaheer Khan vs ZIM (15 matches)
4 – Mohammed Shami vs WI (18 matches)
– Kuldeep Yadav vs SA in ODIs
Matches: 14
Wickets: 31
Avg: 16.58
SR: 20.8
ER: 4.76
No other Indian bowler has bagged 30-plus wickets at a better average against an opponent in ODIs.
– Multiple 50-plus scores from No.7 or lower for SA in ODIs
Dale Benkenstein (69) & Lance Klusener (54*) vs WI, Cape Town, 1999
Shaun Pollock (52) & Lance Klusener (52*) vs ZIM, Chelmsford, 1999 WC
Mark Boucher (55*) & Lance Klusener (52* vs AUS, Johannesburg, 2000
Justin Kemp (100*) & Andrew Hall (56*) vs IND, Cape Town, 2006
Marco Jansen (70) & Corbin Bosch (67) vs IND, Ranchi, 2025
– 300-plus totals after being 3 down for under 15 in ODIs
368/5 from 10/3 – AUS vs SL, Sydney, 2006
346/7 from 14/3 – ENG vs SA, Kimberley, 2023
332 from 11/3 – SA vs IND, Ranchi, 2025
– This was just the third time that South Africa went past 200 after being three down for less than 15 in an ODI, after 212/5 (from 7/3) vs Zimbabwe in Centurion in 1997 and 215 all-out (from 10/3) vs Ireland in Abu Dhabi in 2024.
– 681 is the highest match-aggregate in ODIs between India and South Africa, as is the sixes count of 28. The decider of the 2015 series at the Wankhede featured 662 runs and 25 sixes is the previous best for both those counts.
– South Africa is the first team to breach the 300-run mark after losing their first three wickets for under 15 in an ODI run-chase. The previous highest on that front was Pakistan’s 297 all-out (from 6/3) against England at Headingley in 2019.
– 332 is South Africa’s highest total without an individual hundred in an ODI run-chase, surpassing 328/5 against England in Southampton in 2017 is a game they lost by two runs.
– Five different players went past 30 from No.4 or lower in the South Africa innings, the joint-most in ODIs, alongside as many for Australia vs West Indies at the Adelaide Oval in 2005 and for West Indies vs Pakistan in Christchurch at the 2015 WC.
🚨 MATCH RESULT 🚨
A fiercely contested opening ODI sees #TheProteas Men fall just short in a thrilling encounter. 🇿🇦👏
India claims victory by 17 runs and takes a 1-0 lead in the series. 🏆 pic.twitter.com/IQPn61mEAS
— Proteas Men (@ProteasMenCSA) November 30, 2025
Doing what he does best! 🫡
For his record-extending 5⃣2⃣nd ODI hundred, Virat Kohli is adjudged the Player of the Match! 👌
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— BCCI (@BCCI) November 30, 2025
That’s all from the India’s 1st game of ODI Series and I hope you all will like this information. We will be back with all the details of 2nd ODI which will be played on 3rd December at Raipur. For more updates visit my page on Facebook Durgesh Tiwary’s View and website Cricket Movie Website