SA vs IND series : South Africa wins 1st T20 by 7 wickets

SA vs IND series : South Africa wins 1st T20 by 7 wickets

SA vs IND series : South Africa wins 1st T20 by 7 wickets

India's 199/5 was felt short for the Indian bowlers as South African batsmen thrashed India in a close encounter. 

With Rohit sharma's 106 in 66 balls and Kohli(43-27balls) Dhoni's(20-12balls) quick fire innings helped India score 199 runs and giving a massive target of 200 to chase for proteas  which looked quite pleasing but South Africa got to a flying start with Amla(36-24balls) and De Villiers(51-31balls) opening the batting with hard hitting shots that made a good foundation for JP Duminy (68-34balls) and Behardien (32-23balls) to finish things off for their team with 2 balls to spare. Indian

Bowling department looked weak which was the reason India lost the match as lack of pace and having R.ashwin only spinner infact the only bower performing made south Africa chase down the huge total. It would be interesting to see what changes dhoni makes after today's performance or will he stick with the same team for the next match.

Look at the scorecard

India

Batsman                    R    (B)      4s     6s     SR
Rohit                          106(66)    12     5    160.61
c C Morris b Kyle Abbott
Dhawan                      3 (4)           0     0     75.00
run out (M de Lange/de Villiers)
Kohli                          43 (27)        1     3   159.26
c Duminy b Kyle Abbott
Raina                          14 (8)          0    2    175.00
lbw b C Morris
Dhoni(c & wk)           20 (12)        2     1   166.67
not out
Rayudu                         0 (1)          0      0      0.00
run out (Amla/C Morris)
A Patel                          2 (3)          0      0     66.67
not out

Bowler                               O       M        R        W
Kyle Abbott                       4        0        29         2
Rabada                               4        0        32         0
de Lange                            4        0        47         0
C Morris                             4        0        46         1
Tahir                                   3        0       35          0
Duminy                              1        0        8           0

Extras 11
(lb 2, w 8, nb 1)
Total 199
(20 ovrs, 5 Wkts)  RR 9.95

South Africa
 
Batsman                    R(B)       4s    6s     SR

Amla                         36 (24)    5      0  150.00
run out (Bhuvneshwar/Ashwin)
de Villiers(wk)        51 (32)   7       1  159.38
b Ashwin
du Plessis(c)               4 (5)    0        0    80.00
b Aravind
Duminy                    68 (34)  1        7  200.00
not out
Behardien                32 (23)  4        1  139.13
not out
Bowler                                O      M       R      W
Bhuvneshwar                    4       0       40      0
Aravind                           3.4       0        44      1
Mohit Sharma                   4       0        40      0
A Patel                                4       0        45      0
Ashwin                               4       0        26      1

Extras 9
(lb 5, w 4)
Total 200
(19.4 ovrs, 3 Wkts)  RR 10.17