Colin Ingram was next in and shared in a 51-run stand with Amla for the second wicket, but then pulled Munaf Patel (two for 36) straight to Nehra at mid-on for five.
Amla, who went past his 50 from 35 deliveries, followed soon after when a lofted shot cleared mid-on but allowed Harbhajan Singh to run back and hold onto a good catch.
De Villiers and Duminy then rebuilt the innings with a 131-run partnership, but both threw away the chance of reaching the three-figure mark when the part-timers were introduced.
The wicketkeeper had reached 76 from 69 when he was caught by Harbhajan at deep midwicket whilst attempting to pull Sharma (two for 30), with Duminy trapped lbw by the same bowler.
In between their dismissals, David Miller (nine) was bowled by Suresh Raina as the Proteas limped past 250 in the 43rd over.
Johan Botha (23) and Wayne Parnell (21 not out) offered some resistance, but Zaheer Khan (two for 44) ensured the home side were restricted to 289 for nine.
India's reply began in the worst possible fashion as they lost Murali Vijay (one) with the fourth ball of the innings - the opener trapped leg before wicket by Steyn (two for 29).
Key man Sachin Tendulkar (seven), playing his first ODI since February 2010 when he set the world record individual score of 200, was next to go.
He attempted to walk across and play a Tsotsobe (four for 31) ball on the leg side, but ended up top-edging to Steyn at fine leg.
There was a touch of fortune about the third wicket when Sharma, who was struggling to cope with Morkel's bounce, was given out caught behind.
The batsman seemed to hit his pad rather than the ball, but umpire Marais Erasmus sent him on his way for 11.
Four balls later and Yuvraj Singh (two) joined him back in the pavilion after edging the same bowler to Smith with a poor defensive prod.
India were on 43 for four at that stage and Kohli and Mahendra Singh Dhoni put on 52 for the next wicket, before the skipper was unluckily run out for 25 - a straight drive by his partner was deflected onto the stumps by bowler Wayne Parnell.
The 100 came up in the 24th over, five overs slower than the home side, before Kohli reached his 50 in 66 deliveries just before the batting powerplay was taken at the start of the 30th over.
But India began in the worst way, losing their set batsman, who struck Steyn straight to Smith at mid-wicket.
Harbhajan followed for a duck, bowled by Parnell, and Raina (32) was the last recognised batsman to fall with India on 148 for eight.
Nehra (one) and Zaheer (six) were the last two wickets to fall as the home side went 1-0 up in the five-match series.
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