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IND vs SA 1st ODI Live Score Updates : India cricket team will take on South Africa cricket team in the first one day international of the three-match series at Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh. The Indian team led by Virat Kohli will try to forget the bad patch the team had in New Zealand. On the other hand, South Africa, led by Quinton de Kock, will be pumped up after whitewashing Australia in their home series. South Africa tour of India is the last one before the start of the IPL 2020. This India vs South Africa match is the first one since both the teams faced each other in the ICC World Cup 2019. For India, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Hardik Pandya are making a comeback in the series. Shikhar Dhawan is also returning to the team and it would lend valuable experience to the Indian top-order, which badly missed both the openers in New Zealand. Faf du Plessis and Rassie van der Dussen, who was rested for the ODIs against Australia, are part of South Africa's touring party. S

The first ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 match for the India cricket team will be momentous for skipper Virat Kohli for a number of reasons. Though this is his third World Cup as a player, the India vs South Africa match, to be played at Hampshire Bowl on Wednesday (June 5) will be the first World Cup game for Kohli as India’s captain. Backed by an able in-form team, Kohli will be carrying the weight of more than a billion fellow Indians’ hopes. Meanwhile South Africa will miss Dale Steyn in their playing 11 as he has been ruled out of the ICC CWC 2019. The Ageas Bowl pitch in Southampton is expected to be flat and South African batsmen's weakness against the slow bowlers would allow Indian team management to pick both Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal in India playing 11. This World Cup will test Kohli not only as a batsman but his leadership skills will also be under intense scrutiny. In many ways, this tournament will define his legacy as a leader. Sachin Tendulkar, Vire