Crew India utterly dominated the proceedings within the opening T20I of the continued three-match collection towards South Africa at Greenfield Worldwide Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday.
Bowling first, the hosts restricted Proteas at 106/8 of their allotted 20 overs, because of an amazing bowling show. Arshdeep Singh, who was rested for the Australia collection, got here out all weapons blazing to destroy the South African prime order.
The left-armer picked up three wickets for 32 runs in his quota of 4 overs. Likewise, Deepak Chahar and Harshal Patel additionally shined with the ball, bagging a few scalps every whereas conceding 24 and 26 runs, respectively.
Regardless of shedding 5 wickets for simply 9 runs, the vacationers nonetheless managed to go previous 100, courtesy of useful knocks from Keshav Maharaj (41), Aiden Markram (25) and Wayne Parnell (24).
Chasing the paltry goal of 107, India misplaced star batters Rohit Sharma (0) and Virat Kohli (3) early. Nonetheless, the low rating couldn’t add extra stress as KL Rahul, and Suryakumar Yadav took the Males in Blue over the end line.
Each Rahul and Surya smashed their respective half-centuries as the house workforce accomplished the chase in 16.4 overs with eight wickets in hand. Whereas Rahul scored an unbeaten 51 with the assistance of two fours and 4 sixes, Suryakumar smashed an undefeated 50 from 33 balls, together with 5 fours and three maximums.
Right here is how Twitter reacted:
#TeamIndia end issues off in type! 👌 👌
A SIX from vice-captain @klrahul to carry up his FIFTY as India take a 1-0 lead within the 3-match #INDvSA T20I collection. 👏 👏 @mastercardindia | @StarSportsIndia pic.twitter.com/6Fh0APf52F
— BCCI (@BCCI) September 28, 2022
🚨 RESULT | INDIA WIN BY 8 WICKETS
An unbroken 93-run third-wicket partnership palms India a 1-0 lead within the T20I collection as they chased down the 107-run goal with 20 balls remaining. #INDvSA #BePartOfIt pic.twitter.com/tpYYmbdbD7
— Proteas Males (@ProteasMenCSA) September 28, 2022
Batting clicked vs Australia, so it was good to see the bowlers step up firstly of a brand new collection. This was a whole workforce bowling effort.
PS: Crew can purchase Rohit dinner for successful this imp toss. Batting first right here would not have been superb 😅 #INDvSA
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) September 28, 2022
🏏🙌 MATCH-WINNER! SKY continues his golden run with the bat with yet one more half-ton!
📸 BCCI • #SuryakumarYadav #INDvSA #INDvsSA #SAvIND #TeamIndia #BharatArmy pic.twitter.com/WHOz8CmBTt
— The Bharat Military (@thebharatarmy) September 28, 2022
🇮🇳 1-0 up within the T20I collection towards 🇿🇦, let’s go! 💪#INDvSA #SaddaPunjab #PunjabKings pic.twitter.com/c72FlUPEfP
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) September 28, 2022
Right here’s hoping SKY can preserve this consistency going until submit the World Cup and preserve scoring at 140-150 Strike charge. At his finest in the meanwhile. @surya_14kumar
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) September 28, 2022
A job effectively carried out ✅
On a troublesome batting wicket, KL and SKY notched up unbeaten fifties to information the #MenInBlue to an 8⃣-wicket win 🤩#INDvSA pic.twitter.com/4O3cwfdGH3
— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) September 28, 2022
Most males’s T20Is gained by Indian captains in an yr:
16* – Rohit Sharma in 2022
15 – MS Dhoni in 2016#INDvSA— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats) September 28, 2022
Cometh the hour, cometh SKY! 💙
Very good innings beneath stress 💪
📸: BCCI | #INDvSA pic.twitter.com/osCUOEO3kA
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) September 28, 2022
India takes 1-0 lead within the 3-match collection.#INDvSA Scorecard: https://t.co/xDqlVNjfj5 pic.twitter.com/rDO8mv6lhs
— CricketTimes.com (@CricketTimesHQ) September 28, 2022
