The first match of the four T20 match series between India and South Africa was played in Durban. The Indian team performed brilliantly and defeated the host team by 61 runs. After losing in the final of the T20 World Cup, South Africa had a chance to take revenge, but the team failed.
The first match of the four-match T20 series between India and South Africa was played in Durban on Friday night. Team India, maintaining the status of world champion, defeated the host team by 61 runs.
After losing the toss, the Indian team came to bat first under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav. India scored 202 runs losing 8 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, the South African team was all out for 141 runs in 17.5 overs.
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- For Team India, wicketkeeper batsmen Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma started the innings. Sanju Samson displayed explosive batting.
- He scored a century in 47 balls. Overall he was out after scoring 107 runs on 50 balls. Sanju Samson hit 7 fours and 10 sixes in the innings.
- Apart from Sanju Samson, Tilak Verma contributed 33 runs (18 balls, 3 fours, 2 sixes) and captain Suryakumar Yadav contributed 21 runs (17 balls, 2 fours, 1 six).
- In reply, the South African team was never seen in the match. His first wicket in the form of captain Aiden Markram had fallen at a total score of just 8 runs.
- After this, wickets kept falling at regular intervals. Clausen scored the maximum of 25 runs. Varun Chakraborty and Ravi Bishnoi took 3 wickets each.
- At the same time, 2 wickets went to Avesh Khan’s account and 1 wicket went to Arshdeep Singh’s account. Sanju Samson was adjudged man of the match for his excellent batting.
Wicketkeeper batsman Sanju Samson became India’s first batsman
Sanju Samson has become the first batsman for India to score two consecutive centuries in T20 cricket. Earlier, he had played an inning of 111 runs in 47 balls against Bangladesh in Hyderabad.
After the match, Sanju Samson said that he is in great form and wants to make the most of it for the team.
