In the first one-day match between India and South Africa, India won the match easily by 8 wickets with South Africa due to great performance in bowling and batting. After winning this match, India leads by (1-0) in the three one-day match series against South Africa.

Earlier, South Africa won the toss and chose to bat first and was all out at only 116 in 27.3 overs due to great bowling by Arshdeep Singh 5/37 (10), Avesh Khan 4/27 (8), and Kuldeep Yadav 1/3 (2.3). Andile Phehlukwayo 33 (49), Tony de Zorzi 28 (22), and Aiden Markram 12 (21) were good batting from the South African side. After this inning, South Africa set a low target of 117 runs in 50 overs for India to win the first one-day match.

During chasing, India lost 2 wickets, reached the target of 117 runs in only 16.4 overs, and won the match easily by 8 wickets with South Africa due to great batting by Sai Sudarshan 55* (43), and Shreyas Iyer 52 (45). Both Wiaan Mulder 1/26 (4), and Andile Phehlukwayo 1/15 (1) were wicket-taker from the South African side.

Arshdeep Singh (IND), 5/37 (10), was declared as the Player of the Match due to his great performance in bowling.