With the dismissal of Rohit Sharma, Ruturaj Gaikwad came into the middle at number four to meet Virat Kohli during the opening ODI of the three-match series between India and South Africa at the JSCA Cricket Stadium in Ranchi. It was a golden chance for the Maharashtra batter to celebrate a fine knock with the bat and stretch his good knock.

Ruturaj Gaikwad took his time in the middle and smashed eight runs off 14 deliveries before going back in the pavilion, thanks to a superb catch from Dewald Brevis. It was a good length delivery in the channel, which was driven firmly on the up, and it went quickly to the right backward point where the fielder was active.

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Brevis stood a few yards inside the circle and was closer than usual as the ball kept travelling around the region before he stretched his hands and showed outstanding reflexes to grab the fine catch. Brevis was excellent in that region, stopping some fabulous balls to put pressure on the batters.

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Winning the toss, the visiting side decided to send the hosts in the middle with the bat as Yashasvi Jaiswal gave them a cracking, tiny start of 18 runs at a strike rate of 100 with the help of two boundaries and one six. Rohit smashed a fine knock of 57 runs in 51 balls with the help of five boundaries and three sixes at a strike rate of 111.76.

What a catch by Dewald Brevis !

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India’s middle order struggled to find rhythm with the bat as Gaikwad got eight runs in 14 balls before Washington Sundar made his way to 13 runs in 19 balls with the help of one six at a strike rate of around 70. Virat Kohli smashed his fine century.

In South Africa, only Ottneil Baartman found success with the ball as he picked up two wickets for 37 runs in seven overs at an economy rate of 5.30. Marco Jansen and Nandre Burger also picked up one wicket each.