New Delhi. Under the leadership of new T20 captain Mitchell Marsh, Australia has made a great start. The team registered a huge win by 111 runs in the first match of the 3-match series against South Africa. 21-year-old young leg-spinner Tanveer Sanga, who made his international debut in this match, bowled murderously. He took 4 wickets for 31 runs in 4 overs. 8 South African batsmen could not reach double figures. Talking about the match, Australia made a big score of 226 runs for 6 wickets after batting first. Apart from Marsh, Tim David also scored a half century. In reply, the host South Africa returned to the pavilion after scoring 115 runs in 15.3 overs.
South Africa’s pursuit of the target did not get off to a good start. The team suffered a big blow in the first over. Temba Bavuma was the victim of Marcus Stoinis at the score of zero. After this Riza Hendricks and Rasi van der Dusen took the score to 47 runs. Deussen was the victim of Sean Abbott scoring 21 runs. Dewald Brevis, popularly known as Baby de Villiers, also featured in the match, but he fell prey to Tanvir Sanga for 5 off 6 balls.
Gave 3 big shocks
Tanvir Sanga gave South Africa 3 consecutive shocks and the score was 69 runs for 5 wickets. The team could not recover after this and the entire team was bowled out for 115 runs. Opener Riza Hendricks scored 56 runs off 43 balls. Hit 5 fours and 2 sixes. Marcus Stoinis took 3 wickets and Spencer Jones took 2 wickets. The second match of the series will be played on September 1.
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Earlier, skipper Mitchell Marsh and Tim David scored quick half-centuries to take the team’s score past 200 runs. Marsh scored an unbeaten 92 off 49 balls at a strike rate of 188. Hit 13 fours and 2 sixes. At the same time, Tim David played a blistering innings of 64 off 28 balls. The strike rate was 229. In which 7 fours and 4 sixes were hit.
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Tags: Australia, Michelle Marsh, South Africa
First published: Aug 31, 2023, 08:04 IST