London: It was a relief for Indian team captain Virat Kohli that the team started off winning in a challenging match against South Africa. The win is quite ' crucial ' for Team India and will help boost the morale of the team. Winning the toss in the match, South Africa were 227 for nine in their first innings.

As per the information in reply, India achieved the target in 47.3 overs, losing four wickets with the help of Rohit Sharma's unbeaten 122 runs. "We had to wait long for the first match and then played such a match," Kohli said after the match. The match remained challenging the whole time. It was important for us to start with a victory. If you look at the match, it was challenging. I am the next to Rohit. It's professional victories.

At the same time, he said, "If we won the toss, we would have bowled first. The conditions were then suited to the bowlers and they had landed in this match after two defeats. Jasprit Bumrah always makes a different level of bowling. The batsmen always feel the pressure in front of him. Chahal bowled Scrappy. "The way Bumrah bowled out Amla was fantastic," Kohli said. I did not see Amla getting out in this way by giving a catch at slip. Quinton de Ock's wicket was also superb. Rohit's innings was special. It is important for us to score a century of one of the top three batsmen.

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