In the first T20 match played in Durban, Team India defeated South Africa by 61 runs. In this match, Sanju Samson batted brilliantly for Team India and scored 107 runs in 50 balls with the help of 7 fours and 10 sixes. Sanju Samson did not spare any South African bowler during his innings and hit hard against everyone.

South African captain Aiden Markram has also praised this innings of Sanju Samson. According to Aiden Markram, South Africa team lost the match because of Sanju Samson. He also revealed that the hosts wanted to start well with the ball but the way the Indian players batted made South Africa face a lot of problems.

In the presentation after the match, Aiden Markram said, ‘We wanted to start well and this is where we lost the match. Sanju performed very well and put constant pressure on our bowlers. Our plan was to put pressure on Team India from the very beginning but Sanju Samson did not allow this to happen. If they are playing like this then it is very difficult to stop them. He batted really well.

Team India won the first T20

Let us tell you that Sanju Samson has become the first Indian player to score two consecutive centuries in international T20 cricket. Before this, he had also scored a century in the last T20 against Bangladesh. Due to this century of Sanju Samson, Team India, batting first, scored 202 runs after losing 8 wickets in 20 overs. Apart from Sanju, Tilak Verma played an inning of 33 runs while captain Suryakumar Yadav was out after scoring 21 runs.

In reply, South Africa was all out for 141 runs. On behalf of the team, Heinrich Klaasen scored 25 runs while Gerald Coetzee played an inning of 23 runs. Varun Chakraborty and Ravi Bishnoi took three wickets each for Team India. With this victory, Team India is ahead 1-0 in the 4-match T20 series.