1st T20: Bhuvneshwar Kumar's five-wicket haul helps India to take 1-0 series lead
Indian cricket
Bhuvneshwar scalped 5 wickets including that of Reeza Hendricks, JP Duminy, Klaasen in his career-best bowling figure
India has won the first T20 International against South Africa at the Wanderers, Johannesburg by 28 runs to take 1-0 series lead in thein the first of the three-match series.
Earlier, South Africa won the toss and opted to bowl.
The same old problems haunted the South African side as it suffered from inconsistency, poor fielding, bad shot selection and loose bowling which put them on the back foot in the ODI series.
For South Africa, Reeza Hendricks contributed 70 crucial runs and found a determined ally in Behardien but both of them could not stand the attacking bowlingof Indian bowlers.
Bhuvneshwar scalped 5 wickets including that of Reeza Hendricks, JP Duminy, Klaasen in his career-best bowling figure.
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For India, though opener Rohit Sharma lost his wicket early but displayed some mesmerising shots and scored 21 runs off 9 balls beforeleaving the ground.
In the fourth over, Suresh Raina lost his wicket as he hit the ball with the top edge and the ball went straightup in the air and landed in the hands of Junior Dala butRaina marked his presence today by playing some lovely shots. He played with a strike rate of 214.29.
Shikhar Dhawan played brilliantly and scored 72 runs to cruise his team to a mammoth score of 203.
Though, Virat got an early lifeline when his catch was dropped but eventually lost his wicket after scoring 26 runs.
Manish Pandey (29) and Hardik Pandya (13) remained unbeaten.