India vs South Africa: In the first T20, Hardik Pandya played a stormy innings of 59 runs, in which he hit 4 sixes. With this he has completed his 100 sixes in T20 International, becoming the fourth Indian batsman to do so. Due to Hardik’s brilliant innings, Team India was able to reach a big score of 175 runs despite a bad start.

Team India was in a difficult situation when Hardik Pandya came to bat, Abhishek Sharma (17), Shubhman Gill (4), Suryakumar Yadav (12) were out cheaply. When the fourth wicket fell in the form of Tilak Verma in the 12th over, India’s score was 78 runs. Then came Pandya, who started hitting big with his first ball.

Hardik Pandya left Pollard, left Rahul behind

Hardik scored unbeaten 59 runs in 28 balls at a strike rate of 210.71, in this innings he hit 4 sixes and 6 fours. He has reached 100 sixes in T20 International, leaving behind Pollard (99) and KL Rahul (99).

Indian batsman who hit most sixes in T20I

1. Rohit Sharma- 205
2. Suryakumar Yadav- 155
3. Virat Kohli- 124
4. Hardik Pandya- 100
5. KL Rahul- 99

Hardik Pandya was injured in the Asia Cup, after which he could not play the final against Pakistan. Pandya was also out of Australia tour. This was his first match after the injury, but he looked in great form. This is very good news considering the preparations for the T20 World Cup.

Earlier, Lungi Ngidi had shattered India’s top order, he took 2 big wickets in the powerplay in the form of Shubhman Gill and Suryakumar Yadav. Tilak Verma, who came at number four, handled the innings, but when the partnership was formed, captain Aiden Markram brought in Lungi in the 12th over. He also dismissed Tilak Verma (26) in this over. Akshar Patel played a good inning of 23 runs in 21 balls. Batting first, India scored 175 runs for 6 wickets.

South Africa’s tour of India has been quite exciting so far. The Test and ODI series has ended. Team India won the Test guest and ODI series, now it is the turn of T20. This series is going to be very important before the upcoming T20 World Cup, in which India would like to test its preparations and make possible changes in it. Along with the format, timing and squad are also changing, now Kohli-Rohit will not be seen. Know when and where India vs South Africa first T20 will be played. Squad of both the teams and details of live telecast and live streaming of the match.

Rishabh Pant took over the captaincy in the Test after Shubman Gill was injured, although India lost both the matches. In the absence of Gill, KL Rahul was given command in the ODI series. Here the power of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma was seen and India won the series 2-1. Now India is ready for the T20 series under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav. The captaincy of South Africa will be in the hands of Aiden Markram.

On which date will India vs South Africa 1st T20 be held?

The first match of the 5-match T20 series between India and South Africa will be played on Tuesday, 9 December.

At which venue will India vs South Africa 1st T20 be held?

Barabati Stadium Cuttack Odisha.

What time will India vs South Africa 1st T20 start?

The first T20 between India and South Africa will start at 7 pm on Tuesday, December 9. The toss will take place at 6:30.

Indian team

Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Verma, Axar Patel, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Washington Sundar, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakraborty.

south african team

David Miller, Reza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (c), Corbin Bosch, Dewald Brewis, George Linde, Keshav Maharaj, Marco Jansen, Donovan Ferreira (wk), Quinton de Kock (wk), Tristan Stubbs (wk), Enrique Norkhia, Lungi Ngidi, Lutho Sipamala, Otniel Bartman.

Where to watch live India vs South Africa T20 match

India vs South Africa first T20 will be telecast live on Star Sports Network channels. There will be live streaming on JioHotstar app and website.