India vs South Africa 1st T20I: Hardik Pandya has wreaked havoc with the bat in the first T20 International match against South Africa. Kung Fu Pandya has hit fours and sixes on the Cuttack ground, due to which Team India, batting first, has put a total of 175 runs on the board. At one time the Indian team looked to be in a lot of trouble, because the top 3 batsmen were not batting. Shubman Gill failed to make a comeback, while Abhishek Sharma was also troubled by the South African bowlers. Captain Suryakumar Yadav also could not do wonders. But, in the end Hardik destroyed the bowling of the visiting team.

Hardik hits a century of sixes in T20I cricket

Hardik Pandya hit a total of 4 sixes against South Africa in this match. With this he became the batsman to hit 100 sixes for India. He has entered the club of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav. Hardik has hit a total of 100 sixes in 95 innings of 121 matches. Currently, the number one hitman in this list is Rohit, who has hit 205 sixes in T20 International cricket for Team India. Apart from him, Surya has hit 155 sixes in 90 innings of 96 matches. At the same time, Virat has hit 124 sixes in 117 innings of 125 matches.

Top-5 T20i Sixer Kings for India

• Rohit Sharma 205
• Suryakumar Yadav 155
• Virat Kohli 124
• hardik pandya 100
• KL Rahul 99

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India made a challenging total in Cuttack

On the basis of this deadly batting of Hardik Pandya, Team India has scored 175 runs by losing 6 wickets in 20 overs. Hardik played an unbeaten inning of 59 runs with the help of 6 fours and 4 sixes in 28 balls. He has batted at a strike rate of 210.71. Apart from them, Tilak Verma (26), Akshar Patel (23), Suryakumar Yadav (12), Shivam Dubey (11), Jitesh Sharma (10)*, and Shubhman Gill (4) scored runs. The target is not going to be easy for South Africa.

Will South Africa be able to chase the target of 276?

Team India has made the second highest total in the Cuttack ground. Earlier, Sri Lanka had scored 180 runs against India. That match was won by the Sri Lankan team. At the same time, the biggest target chased on this ground is 149. In such a situation, it will not be easy for the South African batsmen to achieve 176. However, the team has explosive batsmen like Adam Markram, Quinton de Kock, Dewald Brewis and Tristan Stubbs. But, the Indian team has bowlers like Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakraborty, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh and Hardik Pandya, against whom it will not be easy to play.

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