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SA vs IND: Temba Bavuma hits 2nd ODI hundred to put South Africa on course of big total in series opener

YB WEB DESK. Dated: 1/20/2022 1:01:52 PM

New Delhi, Jan 19 South Africa limitedovers skipper Temba Bavuma stepped up to revive his team from the early setback and hit his second ODI hundred against India in the series opener in Paarl on Wednesday. Bavuma forged a solid fourthwicket stand with Rassie Van der Dussen worth more than 150 runs for the fourth wicket to revive the hosts from an early setback after Jasprit Bumrah and Ravichandran Ashwin struck early. Bavuma walked in to bat at No.3 after Jasprit Bumrah got rid of Janneman Malan with South Africa's score reading 19 in the 5th over. The 31-year-old South Africa captain absorbed the pressure and rotated the strike to keep the board ticking while getting the boundaries at regular intervals to push the run rate. Bavuma got to his second ODI hundred off 133 deliveries and hit seven boundaries in his crucial knock. Earlier, South Africa won the toss and chose to bat first in the opening oneday international against India on Wednesday. Both teams are much-changed for the three-match Test series and India goes into the contest with Virat Kohli as a batsman only after he quit the test captaincy following India's.