The first Twenty20 International match was held on 5 August 2004 between the England and New Zealand women's teams with New Zealand winning by nine runs.
On 17 February 2005 Australia defeated New Zealand in the first men's full international Twenty20 match, played at Eden Park in Auckland.
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On 17 February 2005 Australia defeated New Zealand in the first men's full international Twenty20 match, played at Eden Park in Auckland.
India's first T20I match played against South Africa in South Africa. Virendra Sehwag was the captain. he was the first captain of India who won the T20 match for India.
Here is the squad played in the first t20 match
South Africa Squad:Playing XI
Graeme Smith (c), Herschelle Gibbs, Charl Langeveldt, Robin Peterson, AB de Villiers (wk), Albie Morkel, Johan van der Wath, Roger Telemachus, Loots Bosman, Tyron Henderson, Justin Kemp
India Squad:
Playing XI
Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag (c), Zaheer Khan, Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Dinesh Karthik, Ajit Agarkar, Dinesh Mongia, MS Dhoni (wk), Suresh Raina, S Sreesanth
And also this was the first and last t20 match of great Sachin Tendulkar.
Result - India won by 6 wickets
Top Scorer -
Top Scorer -
Dinesh Mongia 38 (45)
Virender Sehwag (c) 34(29)
