India vs South Africa Durban 1st ODI Live Score and Commentary Online on 12 Jan 2011

India takes on South Africa in a five-match one-day international cricket series starting on Wednesday, 12 January 2011. The IND vs SA 1st ODI cricket match will be played on Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban. The match is a Day/Night affair. The game begins at 6 pm, IST.

In 3 test matches both team have equally draw the series by 1-1 and now its time to defeat in one day series. With the World Cup just around the corner, India will look forward to improve rankings as a win in the five-match series against South Africa could help Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s men become the number one ODI team.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, said, “Every one of us in the Indian dressing room wants to lift that cup, not only for ourselves but also for the billions of fans supporting us around the globe.”

Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and Praveen Kumar, who are not playing in the current series because of injury.

This match will be Graeme Smith’s last chance to lead a winning team in an International Cricket Council event as he will be giving up the one-day captaincy after the World Cup.

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Afridi says Eden Park okay for T20s, but not fit for ODI

Pakistan cricket captain Shahid Afridi has said that the redeveloped Eden Park cricket ground here is okay for Twenty20 internationals, but not for 50-over one-day internationals.

The pitch at the Auckland ground has been rotated 45 degrees clockwise, so that it runs parallel to where the halfway line of the rugby field would be. The result is longish boundaries square of the wicket, but short ones down the ground, a New Zealand website reports.


“I must say it’s small, but the people who are coming for Twenty20 cricket, they want to see some big shots, so for Twenty20 I think it’s a perfect ground.”

Afridi didn’t think the new layout made the arena of adequate standard for one-dayers.New Zealand skipper Ross Taylor had a different view.

Taylor believed bowlers would still get reward in ODIs if they bowled well and to a plan.

“Those boundaries square are some of the bigger ones in the world.”

He also said the previous alignment made Eden Park a ground that favoured left-handed batsmen, whereas now things had probably been evened up.