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India enter the 3-match T20I series against South Africa with a series winning hand against Australia. The first match of this T20 series, which will be India’s last match before the upcoming World Cup, was played on September 28 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. After India won the toss and declared to bowl first, South Africa struggled to score 106/8 in the allotted 20 overs.
The top 5 batsmen including Captain Bouma and De Kock shocked the team who bowled threateningly on a pitch that was favorable to bowling and got out in single digit runs. So for the team that got off to a poor start of 9/5, Markham, who saved the honor in the middle order, scored 25 (24) runs and Ven Parnal 24 (37) runs and Keshav Maharaj, who showed action at the end, scored 41 (35) runs with 5 fours and 3 sixes. Arshideep Singh bowled the maximum 3 wickets for India.
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Unreal Sky:
Chasing an easy target of 107, skipper Rohit Sharma ducked Virat Kohli for 3 (9). So Suryakumar, who came into the field after getting a bad start of 17/2, batted like usual and hit 50* (33) with 5 fours and 3 sixes to score 110/2 in 16.4 overs to win by 8 wickets. Opposite him, KL Rahul scored 51* (56) with 2 fours and 4 sixes.
Rohit Super Achievement:
With this victory, India have once again proved that they are a strong team at home, taking an early lead in the series by 1 – 0* (3). Earlier in the ambitious journey to win the World Cup which will be held soon, under the leadership of Rohit Sharma, who took over as the new captain, India progressed to become the number one T20 team in the world after winning all the bilateral series in the last one year.
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However, like an elephant, after losing in the recent Asia Cup, India fought back against the World T20 champions Australia and returned to winning ways and now defeated South Africa. And this year, apart from Rishabh Pant and Pandya, India has recorded 16 wins under the leadership of Rohit Sharma alone.
With this, Rohit Sharma has broken MS Dhoni’s historic record of most wins in a calendar year in the history of international T20 cricket. That list:
1. Rohit Sharma : 16* (2022)
2. MS Dhoni : 15 (2016)
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Prakasa is likely to set a world record if he achieves this feat in just 9 months and registers 5 more victories in the remaining 3 months, including the soon-to-be World Cup. That list:
1. Babar Assam : 20 (2021)
2. Sarbaraz Ahmed : 17 (2018)
3. Rohit Sharma : 16* (2022)
4. MS Dhoni : 15 (2016)
Worst feats:
1. But with his duck out in the match, he also made the unfortunate record of becoming the first Indian captain to duck out twice in a calendar year in T20 International cricket. He was also ducked in the T20 series against West Indies last February.
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2. He also equaled Virat Kohli’s record as the Indian captain for the most number of duck outs in T20 International cricket. That list:
1. Rohit Sharma/Virat Kohli : 3 each
2. Shikhar Dhawan : 1
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3. He continues to be on top of the list of Indian players with the most number of duck outs in international T20 cricket. That list:
1. Rohit Sharma : 9*
2. Virat Kohli : 5
4. KL Rahul : 4
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