South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has blamed lack of substantial partnerships as the main reason behind his side's six-wicket loss to India in the opening ODI of the six-match series,. Du Plessis feels the hosts were 60 runs short after electing to bat first on a Durban surface that progressively quickened up. "I thought the Indian spinners bowled well but still we should have been better today against them. Du Plessis' Indian counterpart Virat Kohli (112) also slammed a century, his 33rd ODI hundred, but that came in a winning cause. He knows when to pull and when to push," Du Plessis said.

Source: dna February 02, 2018 10:40 UTC