LIVE Ind vs SA 1st T20 Cricket Score and Updates: India beat SA by 8 wkts, lead series 1-0
FPJ Web Desk Updated: Wednesday, September 28, 2022, 10:43 PM IST
Rohit Sharma: The wicket was tricky. You understand what the team needs to do in tough conditions. We knew the bowlers will get something seeing grass on the pitch, but we didn't expect help for the full 20 overs. It was still damp. Both teams were in the contest and the team that played better won the game. We started well, got 5 wickets in quick time and that was the turning point. Perfect showcase of how to bowl when there is help for the pacers. We knew it wasn't going to be easy. Got to respect the conditions. Lost two wickets and that partnership between KL and Surya got us home
SA captain Temba Bavuma: As a batting unit we failed to apply ourselves in those conditions. We didn't expect the pitch to play this way. Yes we expected it to be spicy but normally you will be able to hit through the line in this part of the world. Seamers needed runs behind then to defend. They tried their best and supported by spinners as well. I thought we fought well late with the bat. That's a positive.
KL Rahul: Surya's been unbelievable. Pitch was difficult to play. We were ready to fight it out. Arshdeep growing with each game and with each outing he gets better, he is somebody who has a big heart and I have seen him in close quarters while playing in the IPL. We always want a left-arm seamer and it is great to have someone like Arshdeep
In the end, a comfortable win for India ahead of the T20 World Cup. Rohit Sharma will be mighty pleased after ticking all boxes. This win comes despite the absence of Jasprit Bumrah
Fifty for KL too. India win by eight wickets. Take 1-0 lead in three-match series
OUT! Virat Kohli departs for 3. Anrich Nortje strikes on the very first ball. A short ball outside off stump and Kohli goes for a cut and ends up edging it to QDK
India 17-1 after 6 overs. India's lowest score in powerplay
KL Rahul survives another scare. Rabada's LWB appeal turned down by thrid umpire. SA lose review
OUT! Rohit Sharma perishes for a duck. Rabada bowls an off-stump line and Rohit plays it and edges to keeper Quinton de Kock. India 9-1
KL Rahul survives scare. Parnell appeals for LBW against KL Rahul. Bavuma asks for DRS. Not out says third-umpire despite the ball hitting the off-stump
Maiden over to start with for Rabada. India batsmen not showing no hurry to reach the target
Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul in the middle as Rabada to start off SA's defence of a modest total
What an innings for SA. Their batsmen couldn't find their bearings against the Indian bowlers. Rohit & Co should stroll to a series lead when they come to bat
OUT! Keshav Maharaj's stay in the middle ends. Harshal Patel cleans him up with a darting yorker
100 up for SA: Arshdeep Singh concedes 17 runs in the 19th over
OUT! Wayne Parnell (24). Axar Patel strikes. Patel bowls a slower one, Parnell tries to go for the maximum only to find SuryaKummar Yadav
OUT! Aiden Markram (25) Harshal Patel gets the batsman LBW. SA reeling at 42-6. Harshal's fullish delivery dart back, Markram ends up playing all around it
Watch: Excellent powerplay for India. SA 30-5 after 6 overs
What is happening? SA are 9-5. Tristan Stubbs departs. Deepak Chahar's delivery gets an extra bounce as Stubbs top edges to Arshdeep Singh
OUT! Arshdeep Singh strikes again. David Miller gone for a duck. Gets one to swing into the batsman and hits the stump
OUT! Another one goes. Rilee Rossouw caught by Rishabh Pant off Arshdeep. The pacer gets one to swing away as the batsman goes for it
OUT! Quinton de Kock perishes. Arshdeep Singh strikes on the second delivery of his first over. De Kock plays on an outside going delivery as he plays it on the stumps
OUT! Deepak Chahar strikes. Temba Bauma bowled. Chahar nicely set-up the SA captain. After three outswingers, comes an inswinger. The ball curves back in viciously to rattle middle and leg peg. SA 1-1
South Africa (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock (w), Temba Bavuma (c), Rilee Rossouw, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Wayne Parnell, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (w), Dinesh Karthik, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Harshal Patel, Deepak Chahar, Arshdeep Singh
Arshdeep Singh, Rishabh Pant, Deepak Chahar and Ravi Ashwin playing tonight. Jasprit Bumrah misses out due to niggle
TOSS: India captain called it right and opted to field first
Pitch report: Another beauty of a batting track awaits the teams, says Ajit Agarkar. Though there is some grass, the track looks firm and batsmen will have no problem playing their shots. Expect a high-scoring game
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South Africa Squad: Quinton de Kock (w), Temba Bavuma (c), Rilee Rossouw, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Dwaine Pretorius, Wayne Parnell, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi, Reeza Hendricks, Lungi Ngidi, Keshav Maharaj, Heinrich Klaasen
India Squad: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (w), Axar Patel, Dinesh Karthik, Deepak Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Harshal Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Shahbaz Ahmed
India have included the trio of pacer Umesh Yadav, batter Shreyas Iyer and all-rounder Shahbaz Ahmed in the squad for the three-match T20 series against South Africa
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