South Africa vs England, 1st ODI, England tour of South Africa, 2019-20 - CommentaryRSA vs ENG, 1st ODI, England tour of South Africa, 2019-20 - Commentary

Sents: Well done Bavuma. Century is just a 3-digit number, it doesn't matter if it was 2 runs short. What it matters was that it was a match winning innings. Hats off..

Harsh Mogra: Quinton's best way of welcoming captaincy would be a win against the World Champions

Sidak: Temba Bavuma played his first 2 ODIs in 2016 and 2017 where he scored 113 and 48. He is now playing just his 3rd ODI match and is approaching a century. Why was he not in the squad for the last 2 years? 'South Africa had a WC approaching and also had Hashim Amla at 3'

Tanay: It's just the first match in the series. Lets not rush ourselves with opinions. We all saw RSA's meltdown after the first Test.

Karthick: Captaincy really suits de Kock. He plays with responsibility and maturity. Great to see this.

Vijju: Has the pitch eased out for batting now? 'Qdk did say he expected the pitch to get better under lights'

Yash: No Archer, Wood, Rashid, and Moeen in the XI means they left these wicket takers out of the squad to try new players which I believe backfired today

Sri: "de Kock is the key for this run chase."

Sents: "Good opportunity for Bavuma to cement his position in the ODI side. Hope he scores a half century today."

Leo: "This should be an easy win for SA if they manage to hold their nerves. There is absolutely no scoreboard pressure."

Prince Shahin: "Woakes's calm 40 in 42 with only two boundaries is looking like a pretty intelligent innings, I reckon that could be the difference between the teams at the end of the day"

Soham: What is the future of Faf Du Plessis considering the fact that SA are building a fully new team for the 2023 CWC? 'He might or might not be part of the plans for 2023'

Ed Bowden: I know that records are made to be broken, but given the highest successful chase here is 258 and the average second inns ODI score is just 186, England are in pole position. The pitch is sticky and not as full of runs as it looked when Roy was batting.

Azhar: South Africa have missed a trick here by not bowling their main bowlers when England were 6 down. A wicket or two there would have kept England under the 210.

Tahir Shabbir: Anything under 280 will be difficult to defend for ENG bowlers keeping in mind that there is no Ben Stokes, Adil Rashid and Liam Plunkett to take wickets in the middle overs.

Ammar: Why isn't Ben Stokes playing? 'Stokes and Buttler have been rested for the ODIs, will be back for the T20Is'

Manohar: Chris Woakes has been one of the underrated all-rounders. He can swing the new ball, bowl at the death and can bat when the team needs him. Perfect team man.

Kapil: Why hasn't the old warhorse Dale Steyn been chosen? It is imperative that the new South African team is heading in a new direction - but isn't also the utilisation of Dale before he hangs his boots a quintessential? Given that he could also nurture the new players right away playing beside them!

Ash: It's very sad to see Markram not in the squad. He is such a talent but hadn't performed to his abilities. 'He injured himself during the first Test and has been ruled out since then'

S Soi: How come Chris Morris is not in the team. I think he will fit as an All Rounder in any any team around the world. His price tag in IPL is a good enough evidence of that. I believe SA haven't used his capabilities as much they could. 'They are building a new team with the 2023 WC in mind, Morris is also currently in Australia with the Big Bash'

Saransh: Why Lutho Sipamla is not bowling? Is he injured? 'No, but Shamsi and Phehlukwayo have bowled very well'

Jayshankar Naik: You can never take this England team for granted!! They have players who can bat till 11!!

Ajay: England never ceases to surprise us. A good test for the young ones today in the absence of Ben and Jos.

Sriharsha M: Exciting to see when Sipamla gets the ball and how he delivers on a slowish Pitch. May be JJ Smuts will be a 10-over bowler today.

Tommi: "England's lineup is still one of the best in the world even without Stokes and Jos, whereas this is one of the weakest SA teams I can remember. England should win this series comfortably."

Tahir Shabbir: "With the absence of Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer and Adil Rashid this is a golden opportunity for RSA to avenge their Test Series loss against ENG."

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