IND vs SA LIVE: On a difficult pitch which made batsmen from both the sides struggled for a major part, Suryakumar Yadav played another scintillating innings as he hammered a 33-ball fifty to help India chase 108 and win the first T20I against South Africa on Wednesday. With this knock, the 32-year old batter has registered his second successive half-century in T20Is. Follow IND vs SA LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN
IND vs SA LIVE: Suryakumar Yadav shines on a difficult pitch at Trivandrum, scores scintillating fifty to help India defeat South Africa in first T20I – Watch Video
That Winning Feeling! 👏 👏 #TeamIndia begin the T20I series with a superb win in Thiruvananthapuram. 🙌 🙌
Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/L93S9k4QqD #INDvSA | @mastercardindia pic.twitter.com/r8OmRhdVk4
— BCCI (@BCCI) September 28, 2022
Despite chasing a low total of 108, playing on a green top, the Indian batters found it difficult to get off to a good start with the new ball. Skipper Rohit Sharma was dismissed for a duck and India managed to score just 17 runs in the powerplay, which was their lowest score-ever in the first six overs of a game in the history of T20Is.
Suryakumar Yadav came into the crease after the powerplay following Kohli’s dismissal when the score was 17/2. He received a body blow in the very first ball he faced off Anrich Nortje. However he soon got into the act by scoring two back to back sixes off the next two balls. He kept the scoreboard ticking by finding boundaries at regular intervals to bring India back into the contest.
.@surya_14kumar scored a cracking unbeaten half-century in the chase & was #TeamIndia‘s top performer from the second innings of the first #INDvSA T20I. 👌 👌
A summary of his knock 🎥 🔽 pic.twitter.com/2Cz8aDRQbM
— BCCI (@BCCI) September 28, 2022
He continued with his aggressive approach that also helped his partner KL Rahul to settle in the middle as the pair shared a match-winning unbroken 93-run partnership to take India home. “For Surya to come with that approach was commendable. He wanted to play the shots and be aggressive that actually helped me take my time and play on the other end,” said KL Rahul after the match.
With the knock, Suryakumar also surpassed Shikhar Dhawan’s big record to become the Indian to score the most runs in a calendar year in T20Is. In this year alone, he has amassed 732 runs in 21 T20Is for India.
IND vs SA LIVE: Suryakumar Yadav shines on a difficult pitch at Trivandrum, scores scintillating fifty to help India defeat South Africa in first T20I – Watch Video
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