Fans gathered in large numbers at the airport, outside their hotel and on both sides of the road for a glimpse of the cricketing stars.
The second match will be played on June 12.
Comeback man Heinrich Klaasen followed Rassie Van der Dussen's suit in turning out to be an unlikely hero with a career-best 81 as South Africa once again outwitted India by four wickets on a tricky pitch to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match T20I series.
Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, International Hockey Federation president Tayyab Ikram and Hockey India chairman Dilip Tirkey were present at the glittering ceremony to welcome members of all the 16 participating teams.
David Miller lavished praise on fellow teammate Heinrich Klaasen for his 'phenomenal' knock.
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Among his many achievements, his 49 ODI centuries stand out as a testament to his mastery of the format.
The first One-Day International between India and Sri Lanka at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack will be a run-feast predicted curator Pankaj Patnaik but at the same time pointed out that the toss might turn out to be crucial with the dew expected to play in the evening.
'Even DK was finding it a little bit difficult at the start. The wicket played a huge role in this game. And as for that strategy, we can and we will be going with it in the next matches as well.'
Several legislators in states on Monday said they have cross-voted in favour of National Democratic Alliance nominee Droupadi Murmu by not following their respective party lines in the presidential election.
The experience of playing three Deodhar Trophy matches at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack earlier this year came in handy for all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja who produced a career-best four-wicket haul to help India spank Sri Lanka in the third One-day International.
Batting icon Sachin Tendulkar appealed for more maturity from cricket fans, saying the unruly crowd behaviour during the Twenty20 match between India and South Africa at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack was not good for the sport.
Odisha home secretary Asit Kumar Tripathy, on Thursday, submitted his inquiry report with the state government on the water bottle-throwing incident during the Twenty20 International match between India and South Africa at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on October 7.
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'Overall, there is a room for improvement, I'm sure the guys have learnt from it and they will come back stronger. We have to start really well and do a lot of things right whether it's batting or bowling, and come out all guns blazing'
The players along with the management staff were taken to a fortified hotel in the state capital amidst tight security by platoons of armed police force.
India's magnificent win by seven wickets is their third in a row at the Barabati Stadium, having won their previous two games -- by 20 runs against West Indies on January 24, 2007 and by six wickets against England on November 26, 2008.
India now are the only team to have chased 350-plus thrice and in each of them Kohli has been the backbone with centuries in each.
Virat Kohli reaffirmed his supreme status by finishing as the leading run-getter in 2019.
A round-up of Day 1 of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Thursday.
Jadeja wasn't a regular part of the white-ball set-up but came into the scheme of things closer to the ODI World Cup in England.
India are eyeing a 10th straight bilateral series win over the Caribbean side.
A summary of the first day's proceedings in the Ranji Trophy matches across the country.
"It was a bad ODI series but we have to take good things from the first match. There were a lot of positives. We have to flush out the negatives. It's a new series and we hope to start well," Perera said on the eve of the T20I series opener at the Barabati Stadium.
Expressing displeasure over the manner in which the organisers handled the second T20 cricket match between India and South Africa at Cuttack, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has ordered a probe into the incident by the home secretary.
Statistical highlights of IPL match between Kings XI Punjab and Chennai Super Kings at the Barabati stadium in Cuttack.
A round-up of all the Ranji Trophy matches played on Friday.
Kolkata Knight Riders will look to challenge the seemingly unstoppable force of table-toppers Kings XI Punjab when the two sides clash in an IPL match in Cuttack on Sunday.
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Revenge would be on top of Chennai Super Kings' mind when they lock horns with a dominant KingsXI Punjab in what promises to be a mouth-watering clash in Cuttack.
A round-up of results from the Ranji Trophy matches played on Sunday.
Summary of all Ranji Trophy matches played on Saturday
Kohli appeared to enhance his formidable reputation of anchoring successful chases but his dismissal in the 47th over injected fresh drama into the contest.
In the other matches, Manipur trounced Nagaland by 10 wickets in the battle of newcomers while Jammu and Kashmir defeated Andhra Pradesh by five wickets.
Sri Lanka thrashed South Africa by 87 runs to finish fifth in the ICC Women's World Cup in Cuttack on Friday.
In a desperate bid to stay in hunt for a semi-final berth, England side led by Charlotte Edwards will go all out against South Africa in a do-or-die Super Sx encounter of the ICC Women's World Cup at the Barabati Stadium, in Cuttack on Sunday.
Skipper Mithali Raj finally came good with an unbeaten century as Indian women beat arch-rivals Pakistan by six wickets in a seventh place play-off encounter in the ICC Women's World Cup in Cuttack on Thursday.
Title contenders Australia started their ICC Women's World Cup campaign in a confident manner whipping Pakistan by 91 runs in their group B league opener in Cuttack.
Tamil Nadu struck once in either half as they went on to beat Manipur 2-0 in the semi-final to book a summit clash against Services in the 66th Santosh Trophy National Football Championships in Cuttack on Saturday.
Uttar Pradesh came up with yet another superb bowling show by bundling out Odisha for 101 in their second innings to score a 43-run win over the home side on the third day of their Ranji Trophy Group B match in Cuttack.
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