The first ODI between hosts India and South Africa turned out to be a thrilling affair as the hosts choked their way into the last few overs of the chase. Rohit Sharma was extremely unfortunate to be on the losing side after scoring a splendid 150 off 133 balls. South Africa won the match by a close margin of just 5 runs.
Twitter was buzzing with activity as the game went on. Below, are some of the tweets for the first ODI between India and South Africa:
Well played @ImRo45 A very matured knock. Keep it up.Would be happy to see him stay till the end and finish the job☺ #IndvsSA
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) October 11, 2015
Unleash the finisher in you, captain. It’s time. #IndvsSA
— Shirin Sadikot (@ShirinSadikot) October 11, 2015
Virat & Rohit run between the wickets worser than Inzamam Ul Haq & Yousuf Youhanna! #IndvsSA
— Srini Mama (@SriniMama16) October 11, 2015
Rohit Sharma Has Improved A Lot After Maggi Ban. #INDvSA
— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) October 11, 2015
31 required of 3 overs.. #Dhoni is d man #INDvSA
— Pranav Chopra (@PranavChopra) October 11, 2015
Winning six to Dhoni hi marega. #INDvSA
— Amar (@amarr1143l) October 11, 2015
RT if you want @BCCI to have a dope test for Vineet Kulkarni.
— The-Lying-Lama (@KyaUkhaadLega) October 11, 2015
Whatsapp group orgasming as match going down the wire. #INDvSA
— Heerahee (@Heerahee) October 11, 2015
Need Mayanti Langer instead of Stuart Binny. Please. #INDvSA
— Tabish Khidir (@TabsterOPuppets) October 11, 2015
Dhoni takes the match up to last ball when he has capability to finish it early and then he fumbles #INDvSA
— Karan Shah (@ShahKaran9) October 11, 2015
Well done Rabada!! Excellent bowling under pressure #INDvSA
— James Kotze (@FJKotze) October 11, 2015
Good thing is Dhoni will probably just retire when the time comes. Instead of waffling around. Hopefully.
— I Am A Love Charger (@sidin) October 11, 2015