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Ind Vs SA | India set 204-run target for South Africa | India vs South Africa, 1st T20I Highlights

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Channel: Daily Diary News · 2018 · News & Politics

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An upbeat India will look to continue their dominance over the South African team in the first Twenty20 International (T20I) match at Johannesburg on Sunday. Having scripted history by winning their first-ever One-Day International (ODI) series in South Africa, Virat Kohli and his team would aim to carry the momentum and intensity forward into the shortest format. Focus, though, will be on Suresh Raina as he makes a comeback into the national team after a year away. When it comes to T20s, India have enjoyed playing in South Africa, having won their first ever match back in 2006 followed by the historic World T20 triumph under former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni a year later. (Live Scorecard)

LIVE SCORE
1st T20I, The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, Feb 18, 2018
 SA 23%
WINNING % IND  203/5 (20.0) 77%
Innings Break
CRR: 10.15
BATTING
BOWLING
Since the 2017 Champions Trophy, India have played 10 T20Is, winning seven of those matches. As such, they have a stable formula to rely on in the shortest format as well. Raina, KL Rahul and Jaydev Unadkat are the new additions to the Indian contingent for the T20I series. The trio had a two-hour net session at Centurion before the start of the sixth ODI. There is also an optional practice session scheduled on Saturday at the Wanderers.

Catch live updates and action of the first T20 match between India vs South Africa straight from Johannesburg
19:37 IST: India finish their innings at 203/5. Brilliant last over bowling from Dane Paterson, concedes just nine runs.
India got off to a flier, in spite of losing Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina inside the Powerplay. Both of them scored freely before unwanted shots consumed them. Shikhar Dhawan, though, had different plans. His cuts, pulls, flicks and drives, all came off the middle of the bat and he looked set to notch up a triple figure score before a shot that he'd look at later, consumed him. Virat Kohli looked good for the brief time he was in the middle. But Manish Pandey then played a sensible role in the middle and held the innings together to aid India breach the 200 mark. Of course, the drops from the South African fielders helped India's cause as well.

07:39 PM (IST)
Excellent comeback from South Africa. They have just conceded 46 in the last five overs. Till the 15th over, India has threatened to get much more than what they have got. But the home side pacers decided to prevent the later damage. After going for 31 off his first two overs, Dane Paterson recovered well to concede just 17 off his last two, getting his yorkers with supreme accuracy. He remained wicketless but the same cannot be said about the debutant Junior Dala. The youngster bowled with a spring in his steps and got a couple of scalps to his name. Tabraiz Shamsi would be cherishing the evening for having got the big scalp of Virat Kohli

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