India Beat South Africa By 8 Wickets In First T20, Bowlers Showed Amazing

Ind vs SA: The first match of the three-match T20 series between India and South Africa was played at the Greenfield International Cricket Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram. In this match, India defeated South Africa by 8 wickets. With this win, India has taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match T20I series. KL Rahul scored an unbeaten 51 and Suryakumar Yadav scored an unbeaten 50 for the hosts.

South Africa collapsed like a pack of cards against Arshdeep Singh's three-wicket haul and Deepak Chahar's lethal bowling. Batting first, South Africa scored 106 runs in 20 overs for the loss of 8 wickets. For India, Arshdeep took three wickets for 32 runs in 4 overs. Keshav Maharaj scored 41 runs for South Africa.

In the very first over, Deepak Chahar shocked the South African team, who came to bat first. Chahar clean bowled captain Temba Bavuma on the last ball of the first over. Bavuma could not open the account. In the second over, Arshdeep Singh broke Africa's back by taking three wickets. He gave India the fourth success by bowling De Kock, Riley Russo on the second ball, and Miller off the last ball of this over. Russo and Miller could not even open the account. Deepak Chahar also did not allow Tristan Stubbs to open the account in the next over and got caught out.

This was followed by a 33-run partnership of 33 balls for the sixth wicket between Wayne Parnell and Markram. Markram was dismissed for 25 runs in 24 balls. Maharaj and Parnell shared 26 runs in 47 balls for the seventh wicket. After that, the pair of Maharaj and Rabada got quick runs. Both of them added 33 runs in 20 balls for the eighth wicket.