South Africa defeat Ireland in first T20I
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20 Jul 2021, 13:18 GMT+10
Dublin [Ireland], July 20 (ANI): Tabraiz Shamsi produced a performance worthy of his number one ranking in the T20I rankings, when he took four wickets for 27 runs to help South Africa to a 33-run victory over Ireland in the first T20I here at Malahide on Monday.
The visitors have now gone 1-0 up in the three-match series. The hosts had no answers for Shamsi and George Linde s (2/26) spinning charms as the pair claimed six wickets between them on the road to victory.
Lungi Ngidi returned to action after being rested from the last two ODIs and showed the value of downtime with his impressive return of 2/18 in his allotted overs. Kagiso Rabada (1/28) chipped in with a wicket and his intimidating presence as the Proteas reduced the home side to 132/9 in the end, chasing 166 for victory.
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