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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

India cricket team would love to forget the whitewash against the New Zealand cricket team and take on South Africa cricket team in the first one day international of the 3-match series at Dharamshala. South Africa, on the other hand, will be pumped up after crushing the might Australia 3-0 in their home series. The Indian team led by Virat Kohli will have an uphill task at their hands when they face Quinton de Kock led South Africa. Bhuvneshwar Kumar makes a come back to the squad, so does Hardik Pandya. This series will be followed by IPL 2020. Players will have to show their best to stake a claim for a spot in the T20 World Cup squad. India vs South Africa 1st ODI predicted playing 11 India tentative playing 11: Virat Kohli (C), Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav. South Africa tentative playing 11: Quinton de Kock (C), Temba Bavuma, Rassie van der Dussen

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

South Africa's pace spearhead Dale Steyn was Tuesday ruled out of the World Cup after failing to recover from a shoulder injury, a development that could hasten his international retirement. South Africa have named left-arm seamer Beuran Hendricks as his replacement after approval from the Event Technical committee. The 35-year-old Steyn had sustained a second shoulder injury during the IPL where he played a couple of games for Royal Challengers Bangalore. "The ICC has confirmed that the Event Technical Committee of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2019 has approved Beuran Hendricks as a replacement player for Dale Steyn in the South Africa squad for the remainder of the tournament," a media release stated. "Bowler Steyn has suffered a second shoulder injury which has not responded to treatment and has ruled him out of bowling for the foreseeable future. His replacement Hendricks is a left-arm fast bowler," it further stated. While Steyn had d