South Africa vs India 1st T20: Comeback kid Suresh Raina shares epic bonding picture with Kohli, Dhoni and the boys

After a year, Suresh Raina finally returned to the Indian squad. Surprisingly, Suresh Raina (15) came out at no.3 and played a handy little cameo. Raina and Dhawan put on 26 runs off 13 balls, with the former smashing two fours and a six.

Raina skied a pull shot off Dala and the bowler gleefully accepted the catch. He has been dropped on 7* at mid-off by Ferhaan Behardien earlier.

While it might not have been the greatest of Raina’s knocks, the southpaw seemed thrilled to be back and put up an amazing squad pic.

He wrote on Twitter: “Best way to enjoy a good win. Dinner time with the boys.”

Best way to enjoy a good win . Dinner time with the boys  pic.twitter.com/HGirDtbYXD

— Suresh Raina (@ImRaina) February 18, 2018

Bhuvneshwar Kumar on Sunday claimed a five wicket haul at the New Wanderers Stadium and helped India win the first T20 International against South Africa by 28 runs.

Having been sent into bat, the Indian team looked comfortable and confident with opener Shikhar Dhawan smashing 72 off 39 balls.

Skipper Virat Kohli chipped in with a quick 26 and Manish Pandey scored 29, taking the Indian team total to 203 for five wickets in 20 overs.

Junior Dala picked up two wickets, while Chris Morris, Tabraiz Shamsi, and Andile Phehlukwayo scalped one each.

The hosts came close with a powerful performance by opener Reeza Hendricks, who scored his maiden T20I fifty. His 70-run knock included eight fours and one six.

Farhaan Behardien chipped in with a late 39 off 27 balls. He, however, was dismissed off Yuzvendra Chahal's final ball.

Jaydev Unadkat, Hardik Pandya, Yuzvendra Chahal claimed one wicket each.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who claimed a T20I best of 5 for 24, was declared the man of the match. Kumar also became the second Indian to pick up a five-fer in a T20I.

Yuzvendra Chahal had claimed six wickets against England on February 1, 2017 in Bengaluru.

India now lead the three match T20I series 1-0.

Meanwhile, South African batsman AB de Villiers has been ruled out of the series, owing to an injured left knee.

The second T20Is will be played on February 21 in Centurion. 

With inputs from agencies