South Africa sent David Miller to open with Quinton de Kock after winning the toss in the blistering heat of Rajkot Associated Press
Harbhajan Singh broke the 72-run opening stand when he had Miller caught at backward point for 33. Then, some quick glovework from MS Dhoni saw the back of Hashim Amla in the 19th over, leaving South Africa 87 for 2 AFP
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Faf du Plessis teamed up with de Kock for a 118-run partnership, during which de Kock brought up his seventh ODI ton BCCI
With a high of 38 degrees and almost no breeze, the heat was getting to the players AFP
Du Plessis got out trying to ramp Mohit Sharma over the wicketkeeper, top edging to Bhuvneshwar Kumar at short third man AFP
South Africa were reduced to 210 for 5, losing de Kock and AB de Villiers off successive deliveries Associated Press
South Africa's tail failed to get the Indian bowlers away in the final 10 overs managing only 60 runs to end with 270 for 7 BCCI
Morne Morkel extended Shikhar Dhawan's lean patch when he had him caught for 13, after which Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma added 72 for the second wicket BCCI
South Africa applied the squeeze in the middle overs, ensuring MS Dhoni and Kohli's 80-run stand took 18.4 overs. Dhoni fell for 47, lobbing one straight to short third man in the 42nd over BCCI
To make things worse for India, Suresh Raina was dismissed for a duck off Imran Tahir BCCI
Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane were caught pulling to deep midwicket off consecutive deliveries, leaving India with 55 to get from 28. They lost by 18 BCCI
