Overview
- India moved 1-0 ahead in the ODI series after a final-over finish in Ranchi.
- South Africa were 11 for 3 early in the chase as Harshit Rana removed Ryan Rickelton and Quinton de Kock, and Arshdeep Singh dismissed Aiden Markram.
- Matthew Breetzke and Dewald Brevis rebuilt the innings before Kuldeep Yadav halted the recovery by removing set batters in a decisive middle-overs spell.
- Marco Jansen and Corbin Bosch powered a late charge that took the game deep, but Prasidh Krishna ended the contest by dismissing Bosch in the last over.
- Markram praised the fightback and said the top three must find solutions for the next match, with some reports carrying differing individual figures despite agreement on the result.