IND vs SA: South African players arrived in India to play three T20Is and three ODIs. The first of the three-match T20I series is taking place at Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram.
India’s form in T20Is has been pretty good, given the way they composed themselves in the three-match T20I series against Australia. The Men in Blue won the series by 2-1 and stunned the Aussies.
The T20I World Cup 2022 is just less than a month away from getting underway. It will kick off from October 16 onwards and it comes to a close on November 13.
Indians have some time to sort out their woes. They must have picked up some lessons from the recently-concluded T20I series against Australian cricket team.
Meanwhile, the Indians are busy playing against South Africa in the three-match T20I series. Talking about the first T20I, Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and chose to bowl first.
Proteas got off to a worst start to the game as they lost wickets like a pack of cards. Deepak Chahar and Arshdeep Singh ran through Proteas’ force with ease.
IND vs SA: Twitter reacts as Deepak Chahar and Arshdeep Singh remove half of Proteas’ batting line-up
India’s fast bowling duo Deepak Chahar and Arshdeep Singh bowled incredibly well against South Africa in the first T20I in Kerala.
Arshdeep Singh was the pick of the bowlers as he took 3 wickets to his name. On the other hand, Deepak Chahar took 2 wickets to his name.
The duo took 5 wickets inside two and a half overs. The BCCI also posted the video clip on their official Twitter handle. The video went viral in no time.
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Playing XI: India vs South Africa
India
Rohit Sharma(c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant(w), Dinesh Karthik, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Harshal Patel, Deepak Chahar, Arshdeep Singh
South Africa
Quinton de Kock(w), Temba Bavuma(c), Rilee Rossouw, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Wayne Parnell, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi
