Virender Sehwag Lauds Team for a Thumping Start to Their T20I Campaign in the Rainbow Nation

The visiting Indian side has been quite a phenomenal form in the limited-overs leg of the South African tour. The victory in the final Test in Johannesburg gave them the much-needed morale booster which has shown in their performance in the ODI’s. After a giving the hosts a 5-1 hounding, the Men in Blue began their T20I campaign in style.

It was a comprehensive 28 runs victory, in the end, handing India a 1-0 lead in the 3 match series. Shikhar Dhawan who was the 2^nd highest run-getter in the ODI series smashed math winning knock of 72 of just 39 deliveries. In the process, the southpaw struck 10 fours and 2 monstrous sixes. It was Rohit Sharma which got the hosts off to a good start. However, after making 21 off 9 deliveries it was debutant Junior Dala who bagged his wicket.

In the bowling department, it was the heroics of Bhuvneshwar Kumar which prevented the Proteas from scoring big. Opener Reeza Hendricks scored a magnificent half-century. The relative newcomer shared a brilliant stand with Farhan Behardien who scored 39 of 27 deliveries.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar finishes it off

However, after the fall of their wickets, it was all India. Bhuvneshwar Kumar simply superb and finished with figures of 5/24. It was yet again an all-around effort. However, the job is just half done and they need to get the series in the pocket in the next match itself.

Former Indian opener and a popular face on Twitter, Virender Sehwag hailed the team after their victory. He congratulated Dhawan and Bhuvneshwar for their match-winning efforts. “Well begun is half done. Great start to the T20 series. Great striking from @SDhawan25 and brilliant bowling by the trickster @BhuviOfficial. Great victory #SAvsIND,” he wrote.

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