POBNEWS24, Dhaka, June 10, 2022: In the first T20 match of the series on Indian soil, South Africa lost by a huge margin of 6 wickets. That match on Thursday night was high scoring. Batting first, India scored 211 runs in the allotted 20 overs. The Proteas won the match by 212 runs in 19.1 overs.
A total of 28 sixes were seen in this match of six rain.
Interestingly, the cricketers of both the teams hit 14 sixes. A total of 6 cricketers have hit three or more sixes in this match. This is the first such incident in T20 cricket. Earlier, 6 cricketers did this feat. Six cricketers hit three or more sixes in 2009 matches between New Zealand and India and in 2021 between New Zealand and Australia.
Ishan Kishan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer and Hardik Pandya hit three sixes each in the T20 match in Delhi. David Miller and Van der Dussen hit five sixes each for South Africa in the next innings. And Pretoria gifted 4 huge sixes. Chasing 211 runs, the victory is the highest in the history of South Africa’s T20. Earlier, the victory was the highest after chasing 206 runs against West Indies.
