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India vs South Africa 1st T20: The Indian team defeated South Africa by 61 runs in the first T20 match. India gave a target of 203 runs to South Africa to win, in response to which the South African team was reduced to just 141 runs. The bowlers and batsmen performed amazingly for the Indian team. While Sanju Sassaman scored a century, Varun Chakraborty and Ravi Bishnoi took 3 wickets each. It is because of these players that the Indian team has been successful in winning the match. Team India has made a historic record as soon as Sanju scored a century.

Indian team players scored 20 centuries in T20I cricket

Sanju Samson has scored this second century of his T20 International career. This is the 20th century scored by India in T20 International cricket. Before India, no team had scored 20 centuries in T20I cricket. Indian team is the first team whose players have scored 20 centuries in T20I. New Zealand has scored a total of 12 centuries in T20 International cricket. The Australian team has scored 11 centuries in T20 International cricket and is at third position.

List of teams scoring most centuries in T20I:

India- 20 centuries

New Zealand- 12 centuries

Australia- 11 centuries

South Africa- 8 centuries

England-6 centuries

West Indies- 6 centuries

Total 20 centuries scored for India in T20 International cricket:

Rohit Sharma- 5 centuries

Suryakumar Yadav- 4 centuries

KL Rahul- 2 centuries

Sanju Samson- 2 centuries

Abhishek Sharma- 1 century

Ruturaj Gaikwad- 1 century

Deepak Hooda- 1 century

Yashasvi Jaiswal- 1 century

Virat Kohli- 1 century

Suresh Raina- 1 century

Shubman Gill- 1 century

Sanju Samson scored a century

The Indian team, which came to bat first after losing the toss, had a very bad start. When Abhishek Sharma was out after scoring just 7 runs. After this, Suryakumar Yadav (21 runs) and Sanju Samson batted well. But captain Surya could not play a big innings. But Sanju continued his strong batting from one end. He scored 107 runs in 50 balls, which included 7 fours and 10 sixes. Apart from Sanju, Tilak Verma scored 33 runs. It is because of these players that the Indian team scored 202 runs in 20 overs.

South African batsmen performed poorly

South African batsmen proved to be a miserable flop in the match. No player was able to bat steadily. Heinrich Klaasen scored the highest score of 25 runs. David Miller contributed 18 runs, captain Aiden McCrum contributed 8 runs and Tristan Stubbs contributed 11 runs. South Africa had to suffer a crushing defeat due to the poor performance of the batsmen. Varun Chakraborty and Ravi Bishnoi took 3-3 wickets for 25 runs in 4 overs. Avesh Khan took two wickets. It is because of these bowlers that the South African team could not chase the target.