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Jaipur: India manage to win the first ODI by just 1 runs with Parnell getting run out on the last ball. India take a vital 1-0 lead in this 3-ODI series.
Chasing 299-run target, South Africa lost wickets in regular intervals and bowled out on 297 against India in the first One-Day International at the Sawai Mansingh stadium.
Jadeja was the pick of the bowlers taking two crucial wickets and conceeding only 29 runs in his ten overs. Kallis fought a lone battle and kept things at bay but his well made 89 was not sufficient to take them home.
Sreesanth came back well after being hit for 31 runs in his 3 overs and got 2 important wickets including that of Kallis.
After losing openers in quick succession, all the middle-order batsmen failed to give stand-in captain Jacques Kallis (89) any substantial support as Proteas lost wickets in regular intervals.
But in the end, tail-enders Wayne Parnell (49 off 47 balls) and Dale Steyn (35 off 19 balls) put on a quick-fire 38-ball 65 runs partnership for the ninth wicket to add some spice in the climax.
Earlier, after being asked to bat, Indian innings revolved around Suresh Raina, who top scored with 58, Virender Sehwag (46) and Dinesh Karthik (44) while Mahendra Singh Dhoni (26) and Virat Kohli (31) provided them support.
All the batsmen except Sachin Tendulkar, who was unfortunately run out for 4, got a good start but failed to convert it into a big score, leaving the lower order to take charge in the crucial end overs.
India scored at a good pace but South Africa did not allow any partnership to flourish. Jacques Kallis, who is leading the side in place of injured Graeme Smith, took three wickets.
Sehwag and Karthik added 79 runs in quick time after India lost Tendulkar with just 10 runs on the board.
Sehwag struck six fours and two sixes in his 37-ball innings, but he too, was run out.
Karthik, who hit five fours and one six, and Dhoni then kept the scoring rate moving before the former was dismissed by fast bowler Charl Langeveldt. Dhoni followed Karthik to the pavilion, becoming the first victim of Kallis.
Raina and Kohli kept up the good job with a brisk 66-run stand for the fifth wicket. With both at the crease India reached the 200-mark in the 35th over and were eyeing a big total but South Africa struck back with crucial blows.
Kohli left with Herschelle Gibbs taking a fine low catch at short mid-wicket off Morne Morkel.
Yusuf Pathan (18), who was making a comeback to the Indian team, did not stay for long, falling to left-arm seamer Wayne Parnell.
Left-handed Raina, who hit six fours and one six in his 63-ball knock, was the next to go, dismissed by Kallis.
Ravindra Jadeja (22), Praveen Kumar (13) and Ashish Nehra (16) then chipped in to take India closer to a competitive total.
Brief scores
India: 298 for 9 (Raina 58, Sehwag 46, Kallis 3-29
South Africa: 297 (Kallis 89, Jadeja 2-22)
Result: India won by 1-run
MOM: Ravindra Jadeja (India)
