Shreyas Iyer scored an amazing half-century to help India to victory over South Africa in the first ODI encounter on Sunday, but a hilarious incident during his stay at the crease left everyone in splits. During the 9th over of the Indian innings, Iyer was facing Nandre Burger, and while trying to play a pull shot, he lost his grip on his bat, and it went flying towards square-leg. It landed ahead of the square-leg umpire and was returned by South African fielders, as all of them shared a laugh. The video of the incident has gone viral, and social media users have come up with their own posts and memes.
On Sunday, fast bowlers Arshdeep Singh and Avesh Khan set up a convincing eight-wicket win for India in the first one-day international against South Africa at the Wanderers Stadium. Left-arm fast bowler Arshdeep took five for 37, and Avesh claimed four for 27 as South Africa crashed to 116 all out. Sai Sudharsan and Shreyas Iyer hit half-centuries as India needed just 16.4 overs to reach the target.