Team India created history by defeating Africa and became the world's first country to make this great record
IND vs SA 1st T20i: Due to the stormy century of opener Sanju Samson, India has registered a spectacular victory by 61 runs in the first match of the series against South Africa. Sanju Samson scored the second century of his T20 International career. With this, India has also made a big record in its name.
In the first T20 match played between India and South Africa at Kingsmead Cricket Ground in Durban on Friday. With the outstanding century of opener Sanju Samson, along with he brilliant performance of the spin duo of Varun Chakraborty and Ravi Bishnoi, India defeated South Africa by 61 runs. The host team appeared to be under pressure from the start as they were targeting 203 runs for win and were bowled out for 141 in 17.5 overs. India's Chakraborty and Bishnoi each claimed three wickets. Arshdeep grabbed one wicket, and Avesh Khan sent two batsmen to the pavilion. Sanju Samson, who scored the second century of his T20 International career, was the hero of India's triumph. In addition, India has set a historic record with this.
Sanju Samson has scored the second century of his T20 International career against South Africa. In the process, Indian batsmen completed 20 centuries in T20 International cricket for the first time. India has become such a country whose players have scored 20 centuries in T20I. Next in the list is New Zealand at second with 12 centuries and Australia's team is at third with 11 centuries. Then come South Africa, England, and West Indies, with 8, 6, and 6 hundreds, respectively.
Talking about the match, South Africa, chasing 203 runs, tried to bat aggressively by hitting two fours to Arshdeep Singh in the first over, but he was out on the fourth ball. After this, Avesh Khan gave the team its second success in the fourth over in the form of Tristan Stubbs (11). Varun Chakraborty got Ryan Rickelton (21) caught by Tilak Verma in the sixth over. Heinrich Klaasen, who came to bat at number four, scored the highest 25 runs for the team. After this, the fifth wicket fell in the form of David Miller (18) at the score of 87.
Once, seven batsmen of South Africa were out for 93 runs in 12.5 overs. Marcos Jensen 12 and Gerald Coetzee 23 runs off 11 balls were taking the team's struggle further ahead. Pandya caught Jensen off Bishnoi. In the 17th over, Coetzee was run out. He ran for taking a single on Keshav Maharaj's shot. In between, some confusion between the two batsmen, Surya Kumar Yadav scattered the stumps at the striker's end. After this, the match remained only for formality as far as a result is concerned. Whole team out for 141 runs with 19 balls remaining.
