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India vs South Africa 1st T20: The Indian team defeated South Africa by 61 runs in the first T20 match. India gave a target of 203 runs to South Africa to win, in response to which the South African team was reduced to just 141 runs. The bowlers and batsmen performed amazingly for the Indian team. While Sanju Sassaman scored a century, Varun Chakraborty and Ravi Bishnoi took 3 wickets each. It is thanks to these players that the Indian team has managed to win the match. Team India set an all-time record as soon as Sanju scored a century.
Indian team players scored 20 centuries in T20I cricket
Sanju Samson has scored this second century of his T20 International career. This is the 20th century marked by India in international T20 cricket. Before India, no team had scored 20 centuries in T20I cricket. The Indian team is the first team whose players have scored 20 centuries in T20Is. New Zealand have scored a total of 12 centuries in T20 international cricket. The Australian team has scored 11 centuries in T20 international cricket and is ranked third.
List of teams scoring most centuries in T20Is:
- India- 20 centuries
- New Zealand- 12 centuries
- Australia- 11 centuries
- South Africa- 8 centuries
- England-6 centuries
- West Indies- 6 centuries
Total 20 centuries scored for India in T20 international cricket:
- Rohit Sharma- 5 centuries
- Suryakumar Yadav- 4 centuries
- KL Rahul- 2 centuries
- Sanju Samson- 2 centuries
- Abhishek Sharma- 1 century
- Ruturaj Gaikwad- 1 century
- Deepak Hooda- 1 century
- Yashasvi Jaiswal- 1 century
- Virat Kohli- 1 century
- Suresh Raina- 1 century
- Shubman Gill- 1st century
Sanju Samson scored a century
The Indian team, which came to bat first after losing the toss, got off to a very bad start. When Abhishek Sharma was out after scoring only 7 runs. After this, Suryakumar Yadav (21 runs) and Sanju Samson batted well. But captain Surya could not play many innings. But Sanju continued his strong batting from one end. He scored 107 runs in 50 balls, which included 7 fours and 10 sixes. Apart from Sanju, Tilak Verma scored 33 runs. Thanks to these players, the Indian team scored 202 runs in 20 overs.
South African batsmen performed poorly
The South African batsmen turned out to be a miserable failure in the match. No player could bat consistently. Heinrich Klaasen scored the highest score with 25 runs. David Miller contributed 18 runs, captain Aiden McCrum contributed 8 runs and Tristan Stubbs contributed 11 runs. South Africa had to suffer a crushing defeat due to the poor performance of the batsmen. Varun Chakraborty and Ravi Bishnoi took 3-3 wickets for 25 runs in 4 overs. Avesh Khan took two wickets. It is thanks to these players that the South African team could not chase the goal.
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