DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka, July 29 (Reuters) â Fast bowlers Kagiso Rabada and spinner Tabraiz Shamsi picked up four wickets each to set up South Africaâs five-wicket victory against Sri Lanka in the first one-day international at Dambulla on Sunday.
Rabada, who took 4-41, inflicted the early damage while left-arm spinner Shamsi provided the late breakthroughs with his 4-33 as South Africa bundled out Sri Lanka for 193 under 35 overs after the hosts won the toss and opted to bat.
Off-spinner Akila Dananjaya picked up two early wickets to give Sri Lanka hope but the touring side, who were mauled 2-0 in the test series, recovered to reach the target in 31 overs and take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.
Opener Quinton de Kock and captain Faf du Plessis hit identical 47s to steady South Africaâs chase during a 86-run stand for the third wicket before the wicketkeeper-batsman became Dananjayaâs third victim.
It was left to JP Duminy to take South Africa home with an unbeaten 53 off 32 deliveries.
Earlier, Kusal Perera hit a 72-ball 81 to provide some respectability to Sri Lankaâs innings after the hosts were reduced to 36-5 in the face of a devastating opening spell from Rabada.
Kusal and Thisara Perera, who made 49, added 92 for the sixth wicket during a counter-attacking partnership before Shamsi separated them by dismissing the latter, caught behind to wicketkeeper de Kock.
Shamsi also dismissed Kusal, who was out caught trying to play a reverse sweep, after an entertaining innings that included 11 fours and a six.
The second match of the series will be played at the same venue on Wednesday.
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Sri Lanka
Niroshan Dickwella c Tabraiz Shamsi b Kagiso Rabada              2
Upul Tharanga      Run Out JP Duminy                            10
Kusal Mendis       c Quinton de Kock b Kagiso Rabada             3
Kusal Perera       c David Miller b Tabraiz Shamsi              81
Angelo Mathews     c Hashim Amla b Lungi Ngidi                   5
Shehan Jayasuriya  c Quinton de Kock b Kagiso Rabada             0
Thisara Perera     c Quinton de Kock b Tabraiz Shamsi           49
Akila Dananjaya    b Tabraiz Shamsi                             11
Suranga Lakmal     c Quinton de Kock b Kagiso Rabada             5
Lakshan Sandakan   Not Out                                       5
Lahiru Kumara      st Quinton de Kock b Tabraiz Shamsi           3
Extras             0b 4lb 2nb 0pen 13w                          19
Total              (34.3 overs)                        193 all out
Fall of Wickets : 1-2 Dickwella, 2-11 Mendis, 3-22 Tharanga, 4-35 Mathews, 5-36 Jayasuriya, 6-128 Perera, 7-166 Perera, 8-179 Perera, 9-189 Lakmal, 10-193 Kumara
Bowling- Kagiso Rabada        8- 0-41-4 , Lungi Ngidi          8-1-29-1, Willem Mulder        3-0-34-0,  Andile Phehlukwayo   3-0 -30-0, Tabraiz Shamsi     8.3-0-33-4,  JP Duminy            4-0-22-0
South AfricaÂ
 Hashim Amla     b Akila Dananjaya                      19
 Quinton de Kock c Suranga Lakmal b Akila Dananjaya     47
 Aiden Markram   lbw Akila Dananjaya                     0
 Faf du Plessis  c Angelo Mathews b Lakshan Sandakan    47
 JP Duminy       Not Out                                53
 David Miller    lbw Suranga Lakmal                     10
 Willem Mulder   Not Out                                14
 Extras          0b 1lb 0nb 0pen 5w                      6
 Total           (31.0 overs)                        196-5
Fall of Wickets : 1-31 Amla, 2-31 Markram, 3-117 de Kock, 4-129 du Plessis, 5-172 Miller
Did Not Bat : Phehlukwayo, Rabada, Shamsi, Ngidi
Bowling:  Akila Dananjaya   10-0-50-3, Suranga Lakmal     6-0-37-1, Shehan Jayasuriya  4-0-23-  Kumara      3-0-11-0,  Lakshan Sandakan   8-0-74-1
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