India vs South Africa 1st T20 2006: The first match of the T20 series between India and West Indies will be played on Thursday. This will be the 200th T20 match of Team India. Before this, India has played 199 matches. Team India played its first match in the year 2006 against South Africa. In this match played under the captaincy of Virender Sehwag, India won by 6 wickets. This match was very exciting. India won the match with only 1 ball remaining. Dinesh Mongia and Dinesh Karthik played an important role for Team India. Zaheer Khan and Ajit Agarkar did wonders in bowling.
The Indian team had registered a thrilling victory in their first T20 match. After winning the toss, the South African team came out to bat first and scored 126 runs losing 9 wickets. Captain Graeme Smith was dismissed after scoring 16 runs in 21 balls. He hit 3 fours. Herschelle Gibbs went on to score 7 runs in 7 balls. AB de Villiers could also score only 6 runs in 4 balls. Albie Morkel scored 27 runs in 18 balls.
Zaheer and Ajit Agarkar bowled brilliantly for India during South Africa’s innings. Zaheer took 2 wickets for just 15 runs in 4 overs. Agarkar took 2 wickets for 10 runs in 2.3 overs. He also took out a maiden over. Sreesanth took one wicket for 33 runs in 4 overs. Sachin Tendulkar and Harbhajan Singh also got one wicket each. Harbhajan had given 22 runs in 3 overs.
Team India, chasing the target given by South Africa, achieved the target by losing 4 wickets in 19.5 overs. Dinesh Mongia and Karthik performed well for India. Mongia scored 38 runs in 45 balls. He hit 4 fours and a six. Karthik scored 31 runs in 28 balls. He hit 3 fours and a six. Suresh Raina was unbeaten after scoring 3 runs. Mahendra Singh Dhoni was out on zero. In this way Team India won by 6 wickets.
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