India vs South Africa, 1st T20I, Highlights: Rassie van der Dussen and David Miller played knocks of 75 and 64 respectively as South Africa pulled off a heist to chase 212 against India in the first T20I of the five-match series on Thursday at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Both batters put on 131 runs for the fourth wicket, and the duo kept dispatching the deliveries for constant boundaries and Indian bowlers had no answers. In the end, Proteas registered a comfortable seven-wicket win with 5 balls to spare. Earlier, India set a massive 212-run target for South Africa in the first T20I. The hosts were put on course for a big total by Ishan Kishan's superb display of power-hitting. He departed on 76 off 48 balls. India vice-captain Hardik Pandya contributed with a 31* off just 12 balls while Shreyas Iyer scored 36 off 27 balls. India captain Rishabh Pant scored 29 off 16 balls. For South Africa, Keshav Maharaj, Wayne Parnell, Anrich Nortje and Wayne Parnell took one wicket each. (SCORECARD)
Playing XIs:
South Africa: Quinton de Kock(w), Temba Bavuma(c), Reeza Hendricks, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Wayne Parnell, Dwaine Pretorius, Keshav Maharaj, Tabraiz Shamsi, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje
India: Ishan Kishan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Avesh Khan
India Cricket Team
South Africa Cricket Team
Rishabh Pant
Hardik Pandya
David Miller