How India lined up in their first ever T20I 

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South Africa vs India, only T20I, 2006

#3 Dinesh Mongia

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Dinesh Mongia

This was the first and last T20I for the left-handed all-rounder as well. He played a decent knock of 38 runs, and anchored the innings from one end, and made sure that the visitors got closer to the target.

#4 MS Dhoni

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M.S. Dhoni

Dhoni didn't have a good outing with the bat in his T20I debut, and got out without troubling the scorers, but who knew that he would bring his country a World Cup in the shortest format within a year's time?

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