DURBAN: India captain Virat Kohli these days mentioned that the six-wicket victory in the first one-dayer against South Africa will give his side the momentum in the rest of the six-match sequence.
"First match of the series is important. We wanted to take the momentum of the (third) Test win into this and when we restricted South Africa to 270 on this sort of a pitch, we were happy," Kohli, who hit 112 of 119 balls for his first ODI hundred in South Africa, mentioned after the tournament.
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Asked about his first hundred on South African soil, he simply mentioned "Yeah it was quite special".
He mentioned he was more than pleased for Ajinkya Rahane who scored 79 of 86 balls batting at number four and shared with him 189 runs for the 3rd wicket.
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"Jinx (Rahane) is a top class player. We understood fast bowling was going to be a big factor in this tour. He was superb, he took on the fast bowlers," mentioned Kohli who was adjudged man of the tournament.
On the efficiency of his bowlers, Kohli mentioned, "Bhuvi and Bumrah, we financial institution on them. Picking up one or two wickets in the top ten is what we needed to do.
"And then the 2 wrist-spinners (Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal), outstanding bowling by way of either one of them. They are working wonderfully for the team. They're taking part in in South Africa for the primary time. They have been very brave, they have been throwing it up and that's the reason why they were given wickets.
"As a captain, it's outstanding when you have two guys who know what they want to do."
South Africa captain Faf du Plessis mentioned he was upset for his side's batting show.
"Definitely, we did not score enough, we did not bat well enough. I reckon we were about 50-60-70 runs short. Chris had a good partnership but as a batting unit we were disappointed," he mentioned.
"When you're chasing five runs an over here, it's pretty easy. We tried everything with field placements and tactics but Virat and Rahane played very well."
Asked if he had suffered any injury whilst fielding, du Plessis mentioned, "Just a few battle scars. Just went upstairs to get the fingers checked. One-day cricket the intensity is a lot higher. Happy to go through the game. Feeling strong."
"First match of the series is important. We wanted to take the momentum of the (third) Test win into this and when we restricted South Africa to 270 on this sort of a pitch, we were happy," Kohli, who hit 112 of 119 balls for his first ODI hundred in South Africa, mentioned after the tournament.
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Asked about his first hundred on South African soil, he simply mentioned "Yeah it was quite special".
He mentioned he was more than pleased for Ajinkya Rahane who scored 79 of 86 balls batting at number four and shared with him 189 runs for the 3rd wicket.
ALSO READ: Kohli has given the Indian team pleasure, aggression: Brearley
"Jinx (Rahane) is a top class player. We understood fast bowling was going to be a big factor in this tour. He was superb, he took on the fast bowlers," mentioned Kohli who was adjudged man of the tournament.
On the efficiency of his bowlers, Kohli mentioned, "Bhuvi and Bumrah, we financial institution on them. Picking up one or two wickets in the top ten is what we needed to do.
"And then the 2 wrist-spinners (Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal), outstanding bowling by way of either one of them. They are working wonderfully for the team. They're taking part in in South Africa for the primary time. They have been very brave, they have been throwing it up and that's the reason why they were given wickets.
"As a captain, it's outstanding when you have two guys who know what they want to do."
South Africa captain Faf du Plessis mentioned he was upset for his side's batting show.
"Definitely, we did not score enough, we did not bat well enough. I reckon we were about 50-60-70 runs short. Chris had a good partnership but as a batting unit we were disappointed," he mentioned.
"When you're chasing five runs an over here, it's pretty easy. We tried everything with field placements and tactics but Virat and Rahane played very well."
Asked if he had suffered any injury whilst fielding, du Plessis mentioned, "Just a few battle scars. Just went upstairs to get the fingers checked. One-day cricket the intensity is a lot higher. Happy to go through the game. Feeling strong."
First match win will give us momentum: Kohli
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