India defeated South Africa by 61 runs in the first T20 International match on the basis of Sanju Samson's century and excellent bowling by the spinners. With this he took a 1-0 lead in the three-match T20I series. In the first T20 International match played at Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl. Was
Batting first, India scored 202 runs on the scoreboard after losing 8 wickets in 20 overs. Sanju Samson played the highest century inning of 107 (50) runs for India. In his century innings he hit 7 fours and 10 sixes. This is his second consecutive century in T20 International. He is the only Indian to score two consecutive centuries.
Apart from Sanju, Tilak Verma played an inning of 33 (18) runs against South Africa. Sanju and Tilak made a partnership of 77 (34) runs for the third wicket. Captain Suryakumar Yadav scored 21 runs in 17 balls with the help of 2 fours and one six. Sanju and Surya added 66(37) runs for the second wicket. Gerald Coetzee took maximum 3 wickets for South Africa. Keshav Maharaj, Nakabayomzi Peter, Patrick Kruger and Marco Janssen took one wicket each.
Chasing the target, the South African team collapsed on the score of 141 in 17.5 overs. Heinrich Klaasen scored the most runs for the team. He contributed 25 runs in 22 balls with the help of 2 fours and a six. Coetzee scored 23 runs in 11 balls with the help of 3 sixes. Ryan Rickelton scored 21 runs in 11 balls with the help of 3 fours and a six. Varun Chakraborty and Ravi Bishnoi took maximum 3-3 wickets for India. Avesh Khan took 2 wickets and Arshdeep Singh took one wicket.
South Africa's playing eleven: Ryan Rickelton, Aiden Markram (c), Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), David Miller, Patrick Kruger, Marco Jansen, Andile Simelane, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Nakabayomzi Peter.
India's playing eleven: Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Varun Chakraborty.
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