India vs South Africa 1st T20 Live Cricket Score Updates: South Africa’s good start to the match ended up being a distant memory by the end of it as they were all out for just 74 runs, their lowest ever total in T20Is and lost to India by 101 runs in the series opener in Cuttack. Hardik Pandya almost single-handedly saved India the blushes with the bat by smashing an unbeaten 59 in 28 balls. It was then a team effort from the Indian bowlers as they dismantled the South Africans bit by bit.
Jasprit Bumrah picked his 100th T20I wicket in rather bizarre circumstances. The replay seemed to show that he had overstepped but the third umpire wasted no time in deciding that the delivery was a legitimate one. Dewald Brevis was the man who fell, he was pretty much South Africa’s last recognised batter. Bumrah then took yet another in the same over to leave South Africa down to their last two wickets. Axar Patel then struck the next over to reduce South Africa to their last wicket.
Pandya is back and he has single-handedly given India a realistic chance of giving South Africa a target close to 180. Pandya in the process smashed his way past 50 in just 25 balls in an innings where his teammates largely struggled to put bat to ball. Pandya seemed to have steadied the ship with fellow all-rounder Shivam Dube, until the latter was cleaned up by Donovan Ferreira while going for a wild slog. Shubman Gill’s comeback didn’t last too long as he fell off just the third ball of the match to Lungi Ngidi.