India beat South Africa by 61 runs in the first T20. South Africa won the toss and opted to bowl at Kingsmead Stadium in Durban. India scored 202 runs on the back of Sanju Samson’s century. South Africa were on full tilt after scoring 141 runs in 17.5 overs.
Ravi Bishnoi and Varun Chakraborty took 3 wickets each in India. Gerald Coetzee took 3 wickets for South Africa, he also scored 23 runs with the bat. By winning the first T20, India took a 1-0 lead in the 4-match series. The second match will be played in Kebera on November 10.
Analysis of the match in 5 points…
1. Player of the Match: Indian wicketkeeper batsman Sanju Samson put pressure on South Africa with the powerplay. He hit big shots on the weak balls of African bowlers and kept India’s scoring rate high. He played an innings of 107 runs with 7 fours and 10 sixes. Samson received the title of Player of the match for this round played on a difficult pitch.
2. Hero of Victory
Tilak Verma: Batting first after losing the toss, India lost 2 wickets for 90 runs. From there, Tilak completed a 77-run partnership with Samson and the score soon crossed 160. Tilak scored 33 runs off 18 balls. Ravi Bishnoi: Bishnoi played tight against finishers like Clawson and Miller and gave away only 15 runs in the first 3 overs. He took 3 wickets and pushed South Africa on the back of Varun Chakraborty: South Africa were scoring runs at a rapid pace, even against the target of 203. Chakraborty had Ryan Rickelton, who was batting, surprised quickly, during the last part of the power play. He then gave the match to India by sending Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller to the pavilion in the same manner.
3. Fighter of the Match: Gerald Coetzee took the first wicket for South Africa, he sent Abhishek Sharma to the pavilion. Cootji has yet to allow Hardik Pandya and Rinku Singh to play shots freely in the death overs. Cootji also sent them both to the pavilion. After taking 3 wickets, Cootji scored 23 runs by hitting 3 sixes in 11 balls with the bat.
4. Turning Point Samson had dominated India in the very first match with his century. Clausen and Miller were beaten again in the second round. Here Chakraborty came to bowl in the 12th over, he sent both batsmen to the pavilion in the same manner and took the match out of the hands of the home team. After the wickets of both, the team lost the last 5 wickets by scoring 54 runs.
Heinrich Klaasen was out in the 12th over after scoring 25 runs in 22 balls.
5. Match report
Samson’s century in the Indian team’s second consecutive T-20, batting first after losing the toss, scored 202 runs while losing 8 wickets. The team had scored 167 runs after losing 3 wickets after 15 overs, thanks to Sanju Samson’s century. Samson was out after scoring 107 points.
Samson scored a century in the second consecutive T20, before that he had scored a century against Bangladesh in Hyderabad. He became the first Indian to score centuries in two consecutive T20s and the fourth player in the world to do so.
After Samson’s wicket, India could only score 27 runs off the last 26 balls. Tilak Verma scored 33 points and Suryakumar Yadav scored 21 points for the team. Gerald Cootzie took 3 wickets from South Africa. Keshav Maharaj, N Peter, Patrick Kruger and Marco Jansson took 1 wicket each. A batter runs out.
Sanju Samson became the first Indian batsman to score centuries in two consecutive T20s.
The home team disintegrated from the start; ahead of the target of 203 points, the South African team was limited to 18th. Avesh Khan bowled Keshav Maharaj on the fifth ball of the over. The team was reduced to a score of 141 points. With this, India won the first T20 by 61 runs.
From South Africa, Heinrich Klaasen 25 years old, Gerald Coetzee 23 years old, Ryan Rickelton 21 years old, David Miller 18 years old, Marco Yanson 12 years old, Tristan Stubbs 11 years old, Andile Simelane 6 years old, Keshav Maharaj 5 years old, Patrick Kruger 1 year old , Ann Peter 5 and Aiden Markram were out after scoring. 8 races.
Ravi Bishnoi and Varun Chakraborty took 3 wickets each in India. Avesh Khan took 2 wickets and Arshdeep Singh took 1 wicket. A lack of batting also occurred. India have not lost a single T20 in Durban so far.
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