India thumped South Africa in the first T20I by a massive margin of 100 runs. The visitors were skittled for their lowest total ever in the shortest format of the game as India took a 1-0 lead in the five-match series. This also turned out to be India's first win over South Africa at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack in three T20Is. Hardik Pandya was the hero for India in this match as he propelled the home team to 175 runs with an explosive 59-run knock.

After losing the toss, India got off to a poor start, losing their opener, Shubman Gill, in the very first over. Captain Suryakumar Yadav followed soon and when Abhishek Sharma was dismissed,

the score was only 48 runs in the seventh over. Tilak Varma and Axar Patel rebuilt, but both players struggled to score at even run a ball.

It was

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