IND vs SA 1st T20 : Sanju Samson’s Thunderous Century Delivers a Stunning Blow to South Africa

IND vs SA : 1st T20 : The first match of the T20 series between India and South Africa is today at Kingsmead ground in Durban. India has given South Africa a target of 203 runs to win the match.

The first match of the four-match T20 series between India and South Africa is today (8 November) at Kingsmead ground in Durban. In the match, the Indian team has given South Africa a target of 203 runs to win. Now the South African team is chasing the runs. Ryan Rickelton and Tristan Stubbs are batting. The score of the Proteas team is close to 20 runs and 1 wicket has fallen.

The Indian team lost the toss and batted first and scored 202 runs for eight wickets. Sanju Samson completed his century in just 47 balls in this match. Sanju played an innings of 107 runs.

IND vs SA : Highlights of South Africa’s innings

The South African team, which came out to chase 203 runs, had a very bad start. Arshdeep Singh dismissed captain Aiden Markram for 8 runs in his very first over. Markram got caught by Sanju Samson behind the wicket.

IND vs SA : Highlights of India’s innings: Sanju Samson show in Durban

After losing the toss and coming to bat first, the Indian team did not have a great start and lost the wicket of Abhishek Sharma (7 runs) on the first ball of the fourth over. Abhishek was caught out by Gerald Coetzee at the hands of captain Aiden Markram. At the time of Abhishek’s dismissal, India’s score was 24/1. After this, Sanju Samson and captain Suryakumar Yadav together took charge of the innings. India scored 56 runs for one wicket in the powerplay.

Sanju’s explosive batting continued post-powerplay as he reached his half-century in just 27 balls, hitting three fours and five sixes. Soon after, Suryakumar Yadav was dismissed for a partnership of 66 runs with Sanju. Undeterred, Sanju completed his century in 47 balls with a total of 7 fours and 9 sixes, marking his second consecutive century in T20 Internationals after scoring 111 against Bangladesh on October 12.

Shortly after Sanju’s century, India got the third blow, when Tilak Verma got out on the ball of Keshav Maharaj. Tilak scored 33 runs in 18 balls with the help of three fours and two sixes. Talking about Sanju Samson, he was out as the fourth wicket. Samson scored 107 runs in 50 balls with the help of 10 sixes and 7 fours. Sanju was caught out by Tristan Stubbs off Nakaba Peter. At the time of Sanju’s dismissal, India’s score was 175 runs for 4 wickets. India then lost the wickets of Hardik Pandya (2), Rinku Singh (11), Axar Patel (7) and Ravi Bishnoi (1) cheaply. As a result, India could not reach close to 225.

The Indian team has fielded its best eleven for this match. Vijaykumar Vaishak, Yash Dayal and Ramandeep Singh did not get a chance to make their T20 International debut. While Jitesh Sharma also sat out of this match. On the other hand, all-rounder Andile Simelane played his debut match for South Africa.

Let us tell you that 9 bilateral T20 series have been played between India and South Africa so far. During this period, India has won 4 and Africa has won 2. While 3 series were drawn. India last had to face defeat in a bilateral T20 series against South Africa in October 2015. Since then, the Indian team has not lost 5 T20 series against South Africa. During this, India won 2 series. At the same time, 3 T20 series ended in a draw. Now the 10th bilateral T20 series is being played between India and South Africa.

H2H in T20 between India and Africa
Total T20 matches: 27
India won: 15
South Africa won: 11
No result: 1

India’s T20 record in South Africa
Total T20 matches: 15
Won: 10
Lost: 4
No result: 1

IND vs SA : India’s playing-11
Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Varun Chakraborty.

IND vs SA : South Africa’s playing-11

Ryan Rickelton (wicketkeeper), Aiden Markram (captain), Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Patrick Kruger, Marco Jansen, Andile Simelane, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Nkaba Peter.

VVS Laxman is handling the coaching in this T20 series. The reason for this is that head coach Gautam Gambhir was busy in the New Zealand Test series. Now he has to go on a tour to Australia, where a 5-match Test series is to be played. Young players have been included in the Indian team for this T20 series.

All-rounder Ramandeep Singh and fast bowler Vijaykumar Vyshak have entered. Both the players got a place in India’s senior team for the first time. Left-arm fast bowler Yash Dayal was also included in the team. However, fast bowler Mayank Yadav and all-rounder Shivam Dubey are not part of the squad due to injury. All-rounder Riyan Parag was also not available for selection.

IND vs SA : India’s squad:

Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakraborty, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Vijaykumar Vaishak, Avesh Khan and Yash Dayal.

IND vs SA : South Africa Squad:

Aiden Markram (captain), Ottneil Bartman, Gerald Coetzee, Donovan Ferreira, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Patrick Kruger, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Mihlali Mpongwana, Nkaba Peter, Ryan Rickelton, Andile Simelane, Lutho Sipamla and Tristan Stubbs.

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