Rassie van der Dussen (75 not out) and David Miller (64 not out) stitched an unbeaten 131-run stand to take South Africa to a seven-wicket win over India in the series opener at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Thursday.
Ishan Kishan turned the tables upside down as he returned in form after a relatively poor IPL season
Miller brought up the century of his fourth wicket association with van der Dussen with a clean heaved six over deep mid-wicket off Bhuvneshwar in the 18th over.
Ishan Kishan scored 76 while captain Rishabh Pant smashed 29 runs in 16 balls.
Rassie van der Dussen was dropped by Shreyas Iyer. The South African batsman made it count by taking his side through.
India will next take on South Africa in the second T20I at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack on Sunday.