The first match of India vs SA ODI series is going to play on Wednesday, after losing the test series team India wants to win this series.
Many things get transpose as compared to the test series because now we are not going to see Virat Kohli as captain of the team.
The team will start its campaign under the leadership of Rahul.
Now see playing XI and live streaming of this match in this article.
India vs SA ODI series first match preview
After taking the captaincy of the ODI team from Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma was entrusted with this responsibility,
Due to injury, Rohit is not a part of the team on the South Africa tour and in his absence, KL Rahul in the ODI series Will lead the team.
Kohli will be seen playing on the field under the captaincy of a player other than Dhoni.
The first two matches of the series will be played at Boland Park in Paarl, while the third match will be played at Newlands, Cape Town on 23 January.
Squad of the first match of India vs SA ODI series
India –
KL Rahul (C), Jasprit Bumrah, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Rituraj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli,
Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Chahar, Famous Krishna, Shardul Thakur,
Yuzvendra Chahal, R Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammad Siraj, Jayant Yadav, and Navdeep Saini.
South Africa
Temba Bavuma (C), Keshav Maharaj, Quinton de Kock, Jaaneman Malan, Zubair Hamza, Marco Janssen,
Sisanda Magala, Wayne Parnell, Aidan Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwayne Pretorius,
Kagiso Rabada, Kyle Verne, Tabrez Shamsi , Rasi van der Dussen.
Live streaming and other information of India vs SA ODI series
The first ODI match between India and South Africa starts at 2 pm Indian time.
The first ODI match between India and South Africa plays at Boland Park Stadium in Paarl.
The first ODI match between India and South Africa telecasts on Star Sports Network.
You can watch live streaming of India and South Africa on Hotstar.
Head to Head stats of India vs SA ODI series
According to stats they both totally plays 84 matches, where India won 35 matches and SA won 46 matches and 3 matches get a tie.
If India chooses to bat first when India won 18 and SA won 23 matches.
On other hand by choosing bat as the second option then India won 17 matches and SA won 23 matches.
Weather report and pitch report of 1st match of India vs SA ODI series
This series is very important for team India, in this temp of Parri, remain 32°C on the matchday
Humidity- 17 %
Wind speed- 14 km/hr
By seeing this weather report there is no chance of rain during the match.
Now if we talk about the Pitch report then this match is going to play in Boland Park.
This pitch supports batting, but wickets also get some benefit.
Swing bowlers will get some help from the surface
On other hand, spinners have a difficult task to take the wickets on this venue.
Dream Xi prediction of this 1st match of India vs SA ODI series
As captain of the team, we can choose KL Rahul and Vice-Captain Quinton D Kock
For batsmen, we can opt, Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, and Virat Kohli
In Bowlers, we have players like T Shamsi, K Rabada, J Bumrah, Y Chahal
Wicketkeeper we can go for Rishabh Pant, Q D Kock
V Iyer, D Preterious opt for All-rounder of the team.