IND vs SA 1st T20I Live: Sanju Samson hits a stormy century, Tilak out, Indian team score 167 for three wickets

Cricket News Desk. The four-match T20 series between India and South Africa is starting from today. The first match will be played in Durban. There will be a fierce competition between the two teams in this match. Team India, captained by Suryakumar Yadav, will aim to take a 1-0 lead in the series by defeating the visiting team in the first match.

India suffered a second blow
India got the second blow in the form of Suryakumar Yadav. Kruger made him his victim. He returned to the pavilion after scoring 21 runs in 17 balls. Tilak Verma has come in to bat at number four. Sanju Samson is present at the crease to support him.

Sanju Samson completed his half-century
In the first T20 match against South Africa, Durban saw Sanju Samson score a half-century in just 27 balls. At the end of 8 overs, Team India has scored 75 runs at the loss of one wicket. Suryakumar Yadav is playing with 17 runs and Sanju is playing with 51 runs.

Indian team scored 56 runs in 6 overs
The Indian team has scored 56 runs at the loss of one wicket after the end of 6 overs in the first T20 match against South Africa. Sanju Samson is playing with 35 runs and Suryakumar Yadav is playing with 14 runs.

India lost its first wicket at 24.

The first blow to India came on the first ball of the fourth over. Gerald Coetzee got Abhishek Sharma caught by Aiden Markram. He returned to the pavilion after scoring seven runs. Captain Suryakumar Yadav has come in to bat at number three. Sanju Samson is present to support him.

Indian team scored 12 runs in 2 overs

The opening pair of Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson have scored 12 runs without any loss at the end of 2 overs in the first T20 match being played against South Africa in Durban.

India (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson(w), Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan

South Africa (Playing XI): Ryan Rickelton(w), Aiden Markram(c), Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Patrick Kruger, Marco Jansen, Andile Simelane, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Nqabayomzi Peter

South Africa won the toss, chose bowling

South Africa won the toss against India and decided to bowl first. Indian team captain Suryakumar Yadav said that if he had won the toss, he would have chosen to bat first.

After Rohit-Kohli, big responsibility will be on the shoulders of these seniors
Senior players of the team like captain Suryakumar Yadav, all-rounder Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel will also try to make the series against South Africa memorable. As far as South Africa is concerned, their team will be desperate to avenge the defeat at the hands of India in the T20 World Cup final in June.

Samson has a golden opportunity to make a place in the team
Wicketkeeper batsman Samson recently got a chance to open the innings in the home T20 series against Bangladesh and he proved the team management's decision right by scoring 111 runs in 47 balls. Rohit Sharma has retired from T20 International cricket and Samson would like to cement his place in the Indian top order in this format by playing some good innings against South Africa.