Thanks to the masterstroke of VVS Laxman, South Africa was nowhere to be seen in the entire match. India won by 61 runs and took a 1-0 lead.
The first match of the four-match T20 series between India and South Africa is being played in Durban. After winning the toss, South Africa team captain Aiden Markram decided to bowl first. The Indian team, who came to bat first, scored 202 runs after losing 8 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Thanks to Tilak Verma’s stormy innings and Sanju Samson’s century.
Suryakumar Yadav contributed 21 runs
The South African team, which came to chase the target given by India, gave in to the Indian spinners and lost 6 wickets. Thanks to Indian spinners, India won the match by 61 runs. Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma started the innings for the Indian team who came to bat first. Abhishek Sharma disappointed Team India very much and walked away after scoring only seven runs. After this, Surya Kumar Yadav came to bat and along with Sanju Samson, he handled the Indian innings. There was a partnership of 66 runs between these two for the second wicket. Where Suryakumar Yadav contributed 21 runs.
After the dismissal of Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma came to bat and along with Sanju Samson, he troubled the South African bowlers. Sanju Samson played an inning of 107 runs in just 50 balls which included 7 fours and 10 sixes. Tilak Verma scored 33 runs in 18 balls with the help of three fours and two sixes. After this, no batsman could do anything special and in the end, due to slow run rate, the Indian team failed to finish in the manner in which it had started, but Team India scored 202 runs after losing 8 wickets in 20 overs. Make it. For South Africa, Gerald Coetzee took maximum 3 wickets while the remaining 4 bowlers got 1 wicket each.
India won with this master stroke of coach VVS Laxman and captain Suryakumar Yadav.
Indian (IND vs SA) coach VVS Laxman showed excellent coaching and gave opportunity to 3 spinners on the South African pitch, who performed amazingly on the South African surface. The spinners bowled brilliantly on this pitch, showed the way to the pavilion to 6 batsmen of South Africa team and wrote the script of India’s victory.
