South Africa vs India 2018, 1st T20I: Things which went right for the visitors

#1 Bhuvneshwar Kumar's five-wicket haul

India's pacers, especially Bhuvneshwar Kumar, struggled to claim wickets in the recently-concluded six-match ODI series, while wrist spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav were the wreckers in chief.

However, Bhuvneshwar was at his imperious best as the format shifted to 20 overs and finished with career-best figures of 5/24 from his four overs.

He became the first Indian pacer to pick up a five-for in the T20Is and is now the first from the country to claim five-wicket hauls in all the formats of the game.

The 28-year-old pacer had claimed just two wickets in the form of JJ Smuts and JP Duminy when he came to bowl his fourth and the 18th over of South Africa's innings.

Bhuvneshwar triple strike to remove - Reeza Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, Chris Morris - in an over completely dismantled the hosts as they lost the match by 28 runs.

"It's amazing to get five in a T20. I just wanted to bowl in the good areas and it's a result of that. Seeing how they were bowling and how the wicket was, we planned our bowling and it worked for us. I enjoy bowling in the tough situations (at the start and end of the innings). The knuckle ball (with the seam up) is something I've been working on for almost a year. Nowadays you need to figure out new ways to get wickets", said Bhuvneshwar Kumar, the Man of the Match.