Suryakumar Yadav’s Classy Six Off Anrich Nortje In Tough Chase In First India vs South Africa T20I. Yadav hit a six with a brilliant flick shot as India defeated South Africa in the first T20I.
The first T20I against South Africa in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday was a night of many positives for Team India. Arshdeep Singh (3/32) and Deepak Chahar (2/24) first rattled the opposition, reducing them to 9/5 in 2.3 overs. South Africa, on the other hand, recovered to score 106/8. India lost skipper Rohit Sharma for a duck and star batter Virat Kohli for three before completing their target with 20 balls remaining and taking a 1-0 lead.
KL Rahul (51) and Suryakumar Yadav (50) put on an unbeaten 93-run partnership. To complete the chase as India prepares for the T20 World Cup, which begins next month in Australia.
Surya, India’s best T20 batter by far, got a streaky six off Nortje. When his attempted flick turned into an outside edge that flew over third-man for a maximum. This happen on the third ball of the seventh over, and Suryakumar followed it up with another six by whipping the ball over backward square leg.
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Watch: Suryakumar Yadav’s Classy six against South Africa
Earlier, after India lost pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah to “back pain” before the start of the match. New-ball bowlers Chahar and Arshdeep made it count.
Keshav Maharaj hit 41 off 35 balls to help South Africa bat the full 20 overs and give their meager total some respectability.
Chahar dismissed skipper Temba Bavuma for a fourth-ball duck, and fellow opener Quinton de Kock dragged a delivery from left-arm quick Arshdeep onto his stumps. Arshdeep had Rilee Rossouw caught behind for nought and then bowled David Miller the next ball, putting the Proteas in even more trouble.
When Tristan Stubbs fell to Chahar in the third over, it was South Africa’s worst-ever start to a T20 international.
Aiden Markram (25) and Wayne Parnell (24) combined for 33 runs for the sixth wicket, slowing India’s momentum. Parnell was out in the 16th over, but Maharaj held his ground until the final over, when Harshal Patel took his second wicket.
In response, India struggled to 17-1 in the first six overs, with Kagiso Rabada dismissing Rohit and then losing Kohli, who was caught behind off fast bowler Anrich Nortje.
Suryakumar calmed the crowd down with two sixes, including a lucky one with an edge that sailed over deep third man.
In his 33-ball knock, the in-form Suryakumar hit five fours and three sixes and took on the bowlers with Rahul, who stood anchor, as the two set about the chase with clinical precision.
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