Overview
- India posted 301 all out at Willowmoore Park, and South Africa were 148/4 in 27.4 overs when lightning and rain ended play, handing India a 25-run DLS victory.
- Harvansh Pangalia top-scored with 93 and R.S. Ambrish made 65, the pair rescuing India from 67/4 with a 137-run fifth-wicket stand.
- South Africa’s reply featured Jorich van Schalkwyk unbeaten on 60 and Armaan Manack’s 46, but they trailed the par score at the stoppage.
- JJ Basson took 4/54 for South Africa, while India’s Deepesh Devendran struck twice in the chase and Khilan Patel added 1/14 to stall the hosts.
- Vaibhav Suryavanshi is captaining with injured regulars Ayush Mhatre and Vihaan Malhotra out; the next ODIs are on January 5 and 7, with several outlets pointing to Cricket South Africa’s YouTube channel for streaming despite earlier conflicting reports.