The Males in Blue kickstarted their marketing campaign towards the Proteas with a cushty 8-wicket win on the Greenfield Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram to take a 1-0 lead within the 7match T20I collection.

KL Rahul and Suryakumar Yadav hit half-centuries as India chased down a trivial whole of 108 after a star efficiency from India’s bowling division.

Arshdeep Singh lauds Deepak Chahar for setting the tone early

Talking after his extraordinary show, Participant of the Match Arshdeep Singh mentioned, “I had considered what to say if I get the person of the match award and bought a bit excited (when he was keen to come back and speak). Within the first over DC bhai (Deepak Chahar) set the tone and we knew there was loads of assist from the floor. The plan was to maintain it easy and bowl in the correct areas.”

“I loved Miller’s wicket as I assumed he was anticipating an outswinger however I bowled an inswinger as an alternative. The thought was to get his (Maharaj) wicket however he performed nicely and the plan may have been totally different. I’m refreshed, had an excellent coaching session at NCA and hopefully I give such performances shifting ahead as nicely,” concluded the 23-year-old pacer.

Match Highlights

India cruised to a cushty win to seal the opening tie after a chic batting show from Suryakumar Yadav (50*) and KL Rahul (51*). Chasing 108, India faltered early dropping each marquee batsmen – Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli cheaply. Nevertheless, the duo of SKY and Rahul took on the mantle to regular the chase and see issues out to make sure the Males in Blue recover from the road comfortably.

Earlier, Deepak Chahar and Arshdeep Singh set the stage with terrific bowling. Arshdeep bagged three wickets whereas Chahar managed two wickets to limit Proteas to 106/8 in 20 overs.

Whereas Deepak Chahar and Arshdeep Singh put up a brilliant show with the ball, rattling Proteas, it was Keshav Maharaj who waged a lone battle with a 41-run knock taking South Africa to 106/8 from 9/5 in three overs. Aiden Markram (25) and Wayne Parnell (24) had been the one different batters to succeed in double-digits within the Proteas lineup.

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