IND vs SA 1st T20I: The first match of the five-match T20 series between India and South Africa is going to be held on Tuesday, December 9. Both teams would like to start with a win in the first T20 match. Everyone’s eyes are going to be on Hardik Pandya in this match, because he is going to return for T20 after about 2 months. Hardik Pandya is considered a player for the Indian T20 team who can single-handedly turn any match around. Although Hardik Pandya is known for hitting long sixes, his bowling will also be kept an eye on in the South Africa series.
Hardik Pandya will create history by taking 2 wickets
If Hardik Pandya takes 2 wickets in the South Africa T20 series, he will become the second Indian player to take 100 wickets in T20. Earlier, Arshdeep Singh has set the record of taking 100 wickets in T20. Whereas, Jasprit Bumrah has taken 99 wickets in T20 so far. In such a situation, now it remains to be seen who among these two crosses the mark of 100 wickets first.
First player to score 100 wickets + 1900 runs
Hardik Pandya will not set records only in terms of taking wickets. If apart from taking wickets, he also scores runs, then he will become the only player in India who has scored 2 thousand runs in T20 along with 100 wickets. Hardik Pandya has scored 1904 runs in 94 T20 matches.
Indian team playing 11 for the first T20 match: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakraborty, Arshdeep Singh.
So far three matches have taken place between India vs South Africa in Cuttack. Out of three matches, India has lost two matches, while India has won one match. In such a situation, India would like to correct its record in Cuttack. The last T20 match between these two was played in Cuttack in 2022, in which South Africa was victorious.
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