India beat South Africa by 8 wickets: Suryakumar Yadav scored 50 runs in 33 balls at a strike rate of 151 to lead the series 1-0

Team India defeated South Africa by 8 wickets in the first match of the three-match T20 series. India restricted South Africa's innings to a score of 106 for eight in 20 overs on the back of a brilliant performance by the fast bowlers. Arshdeep Singh took three, and Deepak Chahar and Harshal Patel took two wickets each. A breakthrough went to Axar Patel.

After this, the Indian team achieved the target by scoring 110 runs for 2 wickets in 16.4 overs. The African team initially gave 2 big setbacks to Team India. Captain Rohit Sharma returned to the pavilion without opening the account. At the same time, only 3 runs came off 9 balls from Virat Kohli's bat. Rohit's wicket was taken by Rabada and Kohli's wicket was taken by Nortya.

Suryakumar Yadav and KL Rahul took over the Indian innings after two early wickets. Surya, batting with a bang, played a blistering inning of 50 runs in 33 balls. During this, his strike rate was 151. At the same time, 51 runs also came off KL Rahul's bat. He faced 56 balls.