What happened in india's first T20I match

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.

 india's first T20I match 

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 - 

Dinesh Mongia     38 (45)

Virender Sehwag (c)      34(29)

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Golden Opportunity for Rohit Sharma to Make a World Record | Tri- Series

Rohit Sharma is On the verge of making a world record in T20I!

Rohit Sharma takes winning trophy against South Africa

In the last match, Virat Kohli was needed just 17 runs to be the first Indian and overall 3rd player to score 2000 runs in T20I. well, Virat was not playing in the last match due to some injury and very likely to be rested for tri-series in Sri - Lanka along with MS Dhoni Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvaneshwar Kumar. Rohit Sharma Was playing the captain role in the last match where Indian won the thrilling match with 7 runs.
Team India will play 5 T20I matches in Sri - Lanka including the final. Rohit Sharma didn't cross 30 run mark in three matches with the poor series in South Africa Rohit Sharma will be hoping for a good Tri-series as a batsman. 


                                     

1. Rohit Sharma need 321 runs to complete 2000 runs -

Rohit Sharma just needs 321 runs to complete 2000 runs in T20I and create a  world record for being the first Indian to complete 2000 runs in T20I and 3rd player in world cricket to do. 

2. Rohit Sharma need 5 sixes to breaks Yuvraj Records -

Rohit Sharma needs 6 sixes to surpass Yuvraj Singh for most no. of sixes in T20I by an Indian.

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