South Africa vs India, 1st ODI starts 18:00 IST | 12:30 GMT | 14:30 local

India takes on South Africa in the first one-day international (ODI) at Durban today and it may just have done enough to put themselves ahead of the Proteas.

Having thrashed the Proteas handsomely in the lone T20 match, MS Dhoni and his boys, or men if you prefer(as Sachin Tendulkar no longer qualifies as one!), should be eyeing a win.

This is applicable despite Praveen Kumar pulling up injured and being replaced by India's error-prone fast bowling 'mean machine' in the form of Ishant Sharma.

However, India has always been dependent on its batsmen to win matches and this should apply today too – remember, the World Cup triumph in 1983 by Kapil Dev & co (remember again, Jimmy Amarnath, Balwinder Sandhu, Roger Binny?) was never repeated!