Australia wins the first T20 matchImage Credit Source: Albert Perez – CA/Cricket Australia via Getty Images
Australia’s T20 team, captained by Mitchell Marsh, is not taking its name. After defeating the West Indies badly, Australia has now made a strong debut against South Africa as well. In the first match of the T20 series, Australia defeated the visiting team South Africa by 17 runs. In the very first match of the series, the hero of this victory became two players, who have now got used to winning. These two players are Tim David and Josh Hazlewood, who made Royal Challengers Bangalore the IPL champion for the first time 2 months ago and then made the team successful in this match.
This first match of the T20 series was played on Sunday 10 August at the Marra Oval Stadium in Darwin. International cricket was being organized for the first time in this stadium. In such a situation, everyone was excited about this and he was also seen in the stadium. In this first match, the stadium looked completely full of the audience and the hosts Australian team did not disappoint their domestic fans. But he had to struggle a lot for this victory in the beginning.
David rains sixes
Australia did not start well in this match and within the first 19 balls, Mitchell Marsh, Travis Head and Josh returned to English pavilion. Cameron landed here, who played some great innings on the West Indies tour. Green continued the same form and made 35 runs (4 sixes, 3 fours) in just 13 balls and made the team a return. But then he was out in the sixth over and 2 wickets fell till the eighth over. In this way, 6 wickets had fallen for 75 runs in just 7.4 overs.
From here, Tim David took the front and showed the same explosive style as he showed in IPL 2025. David crushed 83 runs in just 52 balls to take the team to a strong score of 178. David hit a total of 8 sixes, including 109 meter long sixes, while 4 fours also hit. For South Africa, 19 -year -old Pesar Quen Mafaka took 4 wickets for 20 runs, while Kagiso Rabada also got 2 wickets.
Hazlewood demolished South African Batting
For South Africa, Aidan Markram made a fast start with 3 fours on Josh Hazlewood in the first over. But every time this star Pesar, who took wickets in the powerplay for RCB, did the same again. On the last ball of the first over, he returned Markram to the pavilion. On seeing this, 3 wickets of South Africa fell for 48 runs inside the powerplay. Out of this, 2 wickets were taken by left -handed pacer Ben Dvarshuis. A good partnership between Magar Ryan Ricelton and Triston Stabs began to freeze and both took the team to 120 runs in 15 overs.
This partnership between the two was becoming dangerous and once again Hazlewood applied brakes on it. Australian Pacer increased the difficulties of South Africa by dismissing Stabs (37) and then George Linda in the 15th over. Ricelton (71), however, completed his half -century and kept the hopes of victory alive, but in the last over, Glenn Maxwell ended his innings by taking a great catch and South Africa could reach only 161 runs. Apart from Hazelwood, Dvarsuis also took 3 wickets.
