India has defeated South Africa by 101 runs in the first T20 match. In this match, Jasprit Bumrah completed 100 wickets in his T20 International career. In this match played in Cuttack, India had scored 175 runs while playing first, in response to which the South African team got bundled out for 74 runs.

Till now, the Indian team had not been able to defeat South Africa at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack. Till now, South Africa had defeated India in both the matches here, but this time under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav, Team India has tasted a big defeat of 101 runs to Africa.

Hardik’s storm came first

No batsman failed to play a big innings for the Indian team. Suryakumar Yadav, Shubhman Gill and Abhishek Sharma also flopped. Wickets kept falling from one end, but Hardik Pandya played a stormy innings of unbeaten 59 runs in 28 balls. At one time Team India’s score was 80/4 in 12 overs, but from here Hardik’s bat wreaked such havoc that Team India scored 95 runs in the last 8 overs. In this way the Indian innings ended at 175 runs.

Jasprit Bumrah’s historic century

Jasprit Bumrah has become only the second Indian bowler to score a century of wickets in T20 International cricket. Before him, Arshdeep Singh has done this, who currently has 107 wickets. Bumrah has taken 78 innings to complete the century of wickets in International T20 cricket. Let us tell you that Hardik Pandya is also just one step away from completing a century of wickets in T20 International cricket.

Bad condition of South African team

The South African team, which came to chase the target of 175 runs, had a very bad start. The team’s account had not even been opened, then Quinton de Kock was out. The top scorer of the African team was Dewald Brevis, who scored 22 runs. Only four South African players were able to cross double figures in terms of runs. Now Team India is ahead 1-0 in the five-match T20 series.

Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakraborty and Axar Patel took two wickets each for India. Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dubey also managed to take one wicket each.

The five-match T20 series between India and South Africa will start from today. The first T20 between the two teams will be played today i.e. Tuesday, December 9 at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack. South Africa won the two-match Test series on the India tour. However, after this, Team India defeated the visiting team 2-1 in the ODI series. Now the five-match T20 series between the two will start from today.

Team India has so far played three T20 matches at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack. During this period, India has faced defeat in two matches. Team India had won in one match. Here South Africa has defeated India twice. The highest score in T20 on this ground is 180 runs, which was made by Team India.

Head-to-head record

First of all, if we look at the head to head record in T20 matches between India and South Africa, 31 matches have been played between the two so far. Of these, Team India has won 18 times, while the African team has won 12 times. The result of one of their matches could not be determined. India has won five times in the last 6 T20 matches played between the two teams.

Pitch report of Barabati Stadium, Cuttack

The highest score in an innings of a T20 International match in Cuttack so far is 180 runs, which is in the name of Team India. However, this record may be broken here today. There will be a match between India and South Africa today i.e. on Tuesday on a red clay pitch. This match is expected to be high scoring. It will be easy to score runs here. There will be enough dew here. In such a situation, bowling in the second innings will be very difficult. Considering this, the team winning the toss can decide to chase.