India vs South Africa 1st ODI Highlights: Sanju Samson’s unbeaten 86 helped India lose to South Africa by 9 runs in a rain-hit game. Cricket News – Times of India

LUCKNOW: Low-par death bowling with normal fielding and batting, except that Sanju Samson And Shreyas IyerThe second-line Indian team suffered injuries after losing the first ODI against South Africa by nine runs in the first ODI of the three-match series here on Thursday.
India bundled out South Africa for 110 for 4 in 22.4 overs, before opting to bowl in a rain-hit 40-over-a-side game. David Miller And Heinrich Klasseny Hitting a half-century took South Africa to 249 for 4 wickets.
Achievement: , as it happened
Miller (75 not out off 63 balls) and Klaasen (74 not out off 65 balls) put on 110 for four and put on 139 runs for the fifth wicket to take the visitors close to 250 runs.
Shardul Thakur With figures of 2/35 in eight overs, it was the bowlers’ choice for India.
The Indian bowlers struggled in the death overs to give away 54 runs in the last five overs.
If that wasn’t enough, the Indian fielders dropped four catches in the outfield to help South Africa.

Chasing 250, Samson (86 not out in 63 balls) and Iyer (50 off 37 balls) scored half-centuries, while Shardul Thakur (33 off 31 balls) used long handles to good effect till the end. But this could not happen. In the end enough.
India made a disastrous start to their chase, losing both Shubman Gill (3) and the captain Shikhar Dhawan (4) Cheaply reduced to 8 for 2 in six overs.
In the third over, where Gill was clean bowled by Kagiso Rabada, in the sixth over, Dhawan bowled a ball each on the stumps off Wayne Parnell.
Ishan Kishan and debutant Ruturaj Gaikwad then tried to stabilize the innings with a 48-run stand for the third wicket before Quinton de Kock was stumped by Tabariz Shamsi as India were 48 for 3 in 16.4 overs. Got stuck on the run.

In reserve for the T20 World Cup squad, Iyer chipped in with a 37-ball 50 and shared a 67-run stand for the fifth wicket with Sanju Samson to keep India in the hunt.
Iyer decorated his innings with eight fours before handing a simple catch to Rabada at mid-on off Lungi Ngidi.
But Samson and Thakur put India on target for the sixth wicket with an aggressive partnership of 93 runs in just 64 balls.
With India needing 45 in the last three overs, Ngidi struck two, dismissing Thakur and Kuldeep Yadav in successive deliveries to give South Africa the upper hand.
30 runs needed in the last over, Samson tried his best with one six and three fours but to no avail.
South Africa, sent to bat earlier, made a relatively slow start, scoring 41 for no loss after 10 overs.
India captain Shikhar Dhawan’s decision to bowl was justified by new ball bowlers Mohammad Siraj and Avesh Khan.
Siraj, in particular, was brilliant as he swung the ball both ways to trouble the Proteas batsmen at the start but with no luck.
Dhawan introduced Shardul Thakur in the ninth over and in two balls the pacer gave his team the first chance, giving Janman Malan the lead but Shubman Gill dropped a sitter at first slip.
But Shardul got his man four overs later as Malan struck a direct blow to Shreyas Iyer at short midwicket.
Leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi was given 31 runs by South African captain Temba Bavuma (8) in his first three overs.
Bavuma, who was struggling for runs in the previous T20I series, reverse-swapped Bishnoi for two boundaries in the 14th over.
But Bavuma’s short and aggressive innings was cut short by Thakur, who went through his defense as the batsman registered another single digit score in the tour.
Kuldeep Yadav soon gave India another breakthrough, with a quick leg spin to dismiss Aidan Markram for a duck.
Quinton de Kock went about his business in a calm fashion and put one end together before dying in the 23rd over.
De Kock made 48 off 54 balls with five fours before he was trapped in front of the wicket by Bishnoi as South Africa were reduced to 110 for 4 in the 23rd over.
Two overs later, Miller easily hit Bishnoi for the first straight six of the innings at the long-on boundary.
Miller and Klaasen then attacked the opposition. Miller played wisely and sent loose deliveries to the boundary and registered his 18th fifty off 50 balls with the help of four fours and a hit.
Klaasen soon followed suit and registered his fourth ODI half-century off 52 balls.
Death over bowling continued to trouble India as Miller and Klaasen put on their century partnership in just 84 balls.
Simultaneously, India dropped four catches displaying poor outfield fielding standards.