The first match of the 5 match T20 International series ended in favour of the away team South Africa, who beat India by 7 wickets while chasing a target of 212 runs, which was helped some fiery inning from David Miller and Rassie van der Dussen.
The first match of the scheduled 5 match T20 International series between Indian cricket team and South Africa cricket team was played last night at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.
While Team India was missing a several of its first choice players, South Africa had fielded their first choice and full strength team. Even though it was a bit of inexperienced Team India, they still gave South Africa some nightmare.
Batting first, Ishan Kishan and Ruturaj Gaikwad added more than 50 runs in the powerplay, however, they were not in of their shots throughout the period. But, once the feet settled in, Ishan Kishan took on the bowlers, smashing them for 76 runs, while Hardik Pandya gave India a strong finish as India put on 211 runs on the board.
Chasing the target, South Africa lost their 3 wickets for 86 runs in the first 10 overs. But then, something happened that changed the complexity of the match. India’s Shreyas Iyer dropped a sitter of a struggling Rassie van der Dussen, who then later went on to punish the bowlers, scoring 75 runs not out. He well supported an explosive inning of David Miller, who was named Man of the Match for his 64 runs at a strike rate of 206.45.
After the match, Dussen said that, after Shreyas Iyer dropped his catch, he knew he had to punish the Indian team since he had taken enough balls to settle in.
“When Shreyas dropped it, I knew I had to make them pay because I took the balls to get myself in,” said the explosive right-hand batsman.
