South Africa beat India by 31 runs in the first one-day international at Boland Park in Paarl on Wednesday.

Captain Temba Bavuma and Rassie van der Dussen made centuries in a South African total of 296 for four after Bavuma won the toss and decided to bat on a slow, dry pitch.

India were on target during a 92-run second-wicket partnership between Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli. But both batsmen were dismissed in successive overs.

India slumped from 138 for one in the 26th over to 214 for eight before Shardul Thakur made a hard-hit unbeaten 50 as India finished with 265 for eight.

South Africa v India first ODI scoreboard

Final scoreboard of the first one-day international between South Africa and India at Boland Park in Paarl on Wednesday:

South Africa

Q. de Kock b Ashwin 27

J. Malan c Pant b Bumrah 6

T. Bavuma c Rahul b Bumrah 110

A. Markram run out (V. Iyer) 4

H. van der Dussen not out 129

D. Miller not out 2

Extras (lb6, nb3, w9) 18

Total (4 wkts, 50 overs) 296

Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Malan), 2-58 (De Kock), 3-68 (Markram), 4-272 (Bavuma)

Bowling: Bumrah 10-0-48-2 (1w), Kumar 10-0-64-0 (4w), Thakur 10-1-72-0 (3nb, 2w), Ashwin 10-0-53-1 (2w), Chahal 10-0-53-0

Did not bat: A. Phehlukwayo, M. Jansen, K. Maharaj, L. Ngidi, T. Shamsi

India

K. Rahul c De Kock b Markram 12

S. Dhawan b Maharaj 79

V. Kohli c Bavuma b Shamsi 51

R. Pant st De Kock b Phehlukwayo 16

S. Iyer c De Kock b Ngidi 17

V. Iyer c Van der Dussen b Ngidi 2  

R. Ashwin b Phehlukwayo 7

S. Thakur not out 50

B. Kumar c Bavuma b Shamsi 4

J. Bumrah not out 14

Extras (b2, w11) 13

Total (8 wkts, 50 overs) 265

Fall of wickets: 1-46 (Rahul), 2-138 (Dhawan), 3-152 (Kohli), 4-181 (S. Iyer), 5-182 (Pant), 6-188 (V. Iyer), 7-199 (Ashwin), 8-214 (Kumar)

Bowling: Markram 6-0-30-1 (1w), Jansen 9-0-49-0 (1w), Maharaj 10-0-42-1 (1w), Ngidi 10-0-64-2 (4w), Shamsi 10-1-52-2 (3w), Phehlukwayo 5-0-26-2 (1w)

Did not bat: Y. Chahal

Result: South Africa won by 31 runs

Series: South Africa lead the three-match series 1-0