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Lungi Ngidi bowled brilliantly against India in Cuttack, he took a big wicket in the form of Shubman Gill in the very first over. After this, he also sent Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav (12) to the pavilion cheaply. Tilak Verma, who was batting well, was dismissed by Ngidi in his third over.
Aiden Markram had decided to bowl first after winning the toss in the first T20 being played at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack. Shubman Gill, who was out of the Test and ODI series due to injury, joined the T20 team as vice-captain, he opened the innings with Abhishek Sharma. He hit a four on the very second ball of the first over bowled by Lungi Ngidi. But he was out on the third ball.
Gill tried to hit this ball by moving forward and hitting a big shot, but the ball stopped on the bat and did not go very far. Marco Yansen took an easy catch. After this, Ngidi dismissed Suryakumar Yadav in his second and third overs of the match. Surya scored 12 runs in 11 balls with the help of 1 six and 1 four.
Lungi Ngidi took the third wicket as Tilak
After taking 2 wickets in the powerplay, Lungi Ngidi took the wicket of Tilak Verma in his third over. Captain Markram brought him in in the 12th over, and he took an important wicket for his team. Tilak was looking in good form earlier, he scored 26 runs in 32 balls with the help of 1 six and 2 fours. With this innings he also completed 1000 runs in his T20 International career.
Lungi Ngidi took 3 wickets for just 21 runs in his first 3 overs, which broke the back of India’s top order. Lungi bowled the 16th innings, giving 10 runs. With this he took 3 wickets for 31 runs in his spell of 4 overs. Marco Yansen did not take any wicket in 4 overs, but gave runs at an economy of less than 6.
The. Africa got the target of 176 to win
Hardik Pandya had a great comeback match, whose innings took India to a big score of 175 runs despite a bad start. Hardik scored unbeaten 59 runs in 28 balls with the help of 4 sixes and 6 fours. Akshar Patel played an important inning of 23 runs in 21 balls.