India lead 1 Up in T20I Match Against South Africa

India versus South Africa first T20I match played on 18 February, Sunday 2018. This first T20I match played in New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg. In this first match of two T20I match series India won the first match and made lead by 1 in this T20I series against South Africa team. When a team win first match of any series then team already fill confident so, fresher is become in the form of negligible in the team. India team won first T20I match by 28 runs and Bhuvneshwar Kumar nominated player of the match for his well dene performance in this 1st T20I match. You also do best performance due to match with help of free cricket betting tips. 

In this first T20I match South Africa team won the toss and selected bowl to first. In Indian batting innings Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan came in opening position. Rohit Sharma made 21 runs on only 9 balls with help of 2 fours and 2 sixes. Rohit Sharma played with 233.33 strike rate then this strike rate so good for a batsman in T20 match cricket format. Shikhar Dhawan is really a T20I match batsman. Shikhar Dhawan made 72 runs on 39 balls with the help of 10 fours boundary and 2 sixes and also played with 184.62 strike rate.

Suresh Raina also a well player in team India because his batting strategies well done previously some matches his batting performance was well done. Suresh Raina and Virat Kohli partnership were very strongly for team India and also always be beneficial for team. Suresh Raina made 15 runs in this match on 7 balls with 2 fours and 1 six. 

Captain Virat Kohli made 26 runs on 20 balls with 130.00 strike rate. Manish Pandey made 29 runs on 27 balls with 107.41 strike rate. Wicket Keeper MS Dhoni made 16 runs on 11 balls. MS Dhoni isn’t playing well from a long time. Hardik Pandya made 13 runs on 7 balls with 185.71 strike rate. Then Indian team totally made 203 runs on 5 wickets falls in 20 overs.

South African bowler Junior Dala took 2 wickets included Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina Indian batsman. Junior Dala also so expensive for South Africa team because he gave 47 runs in 4 overs and performed with 11.75 economy rate in this match. Chris Morris, Tabraiz Shamsi and Andile Phehlukwayo took 1-1 wicket. Dane Paterson was so expensive because Dane Paterson performed with 12.00 economy rate in this match.

In South Africa batting innings JJ Smuts and Reeza Hendricks came in opening position. JJ Smuts made 14 runs on 9 balls with 3 fours. Reeza Hendricks well played and also made 70 runs on 50 bvalls with 8 fours boundary and 1 six. Reeza Hendricks played with 140.00 strike rate in this match. South Africa T20I team captain Jean-Paul Duminy quickly out from crease with made only 3 runs. David Miller also out with 9 runs. Farhaan Behardien made 39 runs on 27 balls with the help of 3 fours and 2 sixes. Farhaan Behardien played with 144.44 strike rate. South Africa wicket Keeper Heinrich Klaasen made only 16 runs with 200.00 strike rate. Andile Phehlukwayo made 13 runs on 8 balls with 2 fours. Then South Africa team made 175 runs with 9 wickets lost in 20 overs and South Africa team match lost by 28 runs. 

Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 5 wickets in this match and also won the award of player of the match. Bhuvneshwar Kumar gave only 24 runs in 4 overs and performed with 6.00 economy rate in this match. Hardik Pandya was so expensive bowler announce for this match because he gave 45 runs in 4 overs and performed with 11.25 economy rate in this match. Jaydev Unadkat, Hardik Pandya and Yuzvendra Chahal took 1-1 wicket.