Straight from 202 to 124: Varun chakravarthy terrific bowling, takes the wicket with the first ball; Sa. Another blow to Africa in the Powerplay

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India have set a target of 125 runs to South Africa in the second T20. South Africa won the toss and elected to bowl at the St George’s Park Stadium in Keberra. India lost 4 wickets for 50 runs. Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel and Tilak Verma took the team to 124 runs.
India have set a target of 125 runs to South Africa in the second T20. South Africa won the toss and elected to bowl at the St George’s Park Stadium in Keberra. India lost 4 wickets for 50 runs. Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel and Tilak Verma took the team to 124 runs.

In the first innings, Hardik scored 39 runs, Akshar 27 runs and Tilak 20 runs. For South Africa, Marco Janssen, Gerald Coetzee, Andile Simelane, Aidan Markram and Ann Peter got 1 wicket each. A player was run out. India lead 1-0 in the four T20 series.

Markram was dismissed for 3 runs
In the last over of the powerplay, Varun Chakraborty bowled out South Africa captain Aiden Markram. Markram could score only 3 runs in 8 balls.
South Africa scored 7 runs in the first over

Chasing a target of 125 runs, South Africa’s Ryan Rickleton and Riza Hendricks came into the field to open. The team scored 7 runs against Arshdeep Singh in the first over. Rikalton hit a four in the over.

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India could score only 124 runs
After losing the toss, Team India, who came to bat first, could score only 124 runs after losing 6 wickets in 20 overs. For the team, Hardik Pandya scored 39 runs, Akshar Patel scored 27 runs and Tilak Verma scored 20 runs. The rest of the batsmen could not even touch the 10-run mark. For South Africa, Marco Janssen, Gerald Coetzee, Andile Simelane, Aidan Markram and N. Peter got 1-1 wicket.
India dominates South Africa in T20
So far 28 T-20 matches have been played between the two. In which India has won 16 matches and South Africa has won 11 matches. While one match was inconclusive. India last toured South Africa for a T20 series in 2023, where the two teams played out a 1–1 draw, with one match abandoned due to rain. So far 9 T-20 series have been played between the two, with India winning 4 and South Africa winning 2. When 3 series were drawn.
Samson scored a century in the first match

Captain Suryakumar Yadav is on the first place for India in terms of scoring the most runs in T-20s this year. He has scored 424 runs in 15 matches. At number two is Rohit Sharma, who has retired from this format. Meanwhile, at number three is Sanju Samson who is in great form. Samson played an innings of 107 runs off 50 balls in the first match. Fast bowler Arshdeep Singh is on top in bowling. However, he got only one wicket in the first match.

Riza Hendricks is the highest run scorer for South Africa
South African opener Riza Hendricks is the team’s highest run-scorer this year. Enrique Norcia is the highest wicket-taker for the team this year, but he is not part of the squad for this series. Otnel Baartman is the highest wicket taker in this position. However, in the first match, the top players from both departments were not part of the playing XI. In the first match, Henrik Klaasen scored the highest 25 runs for the team.
Pitch report and records
The pitch at St George’s Park Cricket Stadium initially favors the batters, but as the game progresses it starts to suit the spin and fast bowlers. So far 4 T-20 international matches have been played here. 2 of those matches have been won by the team batting first and the same number of matches have been won by the chasing team. The last match here was played between India and South Africa. In which South Africa won.
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