Dinesh Karthik's first half-century in T20 after 16 years of debut

Karthik's half-century came at a time when Team India was looking in trouble after losing 4 wickets for 81 runs. He played an important role in taking the score of Team India to 169 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs by playing the best innings. This is Dinesh Karthik's first half-century in T20 International cricket. 

He had to wait for 16 years for this half-century. He made his first fifty in T20 International cricket at the age of 37 years and 16 days. During this, the record of Mahendra Singh Dhoni was also destroyed, who played a half-century innings at the age of 36 years 229 days. Dhoni played this innings against South Africa in the year 2018. This was the second fifty of Dhoni's T20 International career. This is the biggest win for the Indian team in terms of runs against South Africa in T20. 

Earlier, Team India had defeated South Africa by 48 runs in the same series in the shortest format of cricket. This is South Africa's lowest score in T20 International cricket. Earlier, he was bundled out by Australia for 89 runs in Johannesburg in the year 2020. In the same year, Australia also bundled out the team's innings for 96 runs in Cape Town.