India vs South Africa Live Score: Sanju Samson shines as India beat South Africa by 61 runs, take 1-0 lead in four-match series

Hello and welcome to India Today's coverage of the 1st T20I match between South Africa and India from Kingsmead, Durban. India skipper Suryakumar Yadav could not stop with praise for Sanju Samson for his selfless but fiery batting against South Africa ...

India's first innings was totally about Sanju Samson who brought up his second consecutive T20I century off just 47 balls. He wins the Player of the Match award for it. India bowl South Africa out for 141 runs, take the first match by 61 runs and go 1-0 up in the four-match series.

The focus shifts from Test cricket to T20 cricket as Team India take on South Africa in the 1st T20I match at the Kingsmead Stadium today. The 4-match T20I series will see both sides meeting each other for the first time since the T20 World Cup 2024 final in Barbados, where the Proteas will be eager for a possible revenge.

After a resounding victory in the first T20I against South Africa, India are aiming to clinch the series in the second match. Sanju Samson's century stole the show, but India's top order instability remains a concern.

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Sanju Samson says India's T20 cricket strategy is to attack from ball one, regardless of the toss result or challenging conditions.

India wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson's 107 off 50 deliveries against South Africa, his second T20I century in as many games after his 111 against Bangladesh in October, has helped him to brush off the tag of an underperformer.

In his last T20I game before the series against South Africa, the right-handed batter had hit the headlines with a brilliant hundred in the final match against Bangladesh but prior to that, he had gone through a lean patch.

Promoted as an opener after India’s T20 World Cup triumph, the slot seems to have opened up Sanju Samson to bring out his natural attacking instinct.

Sanju Samson’s 107 came in 50 balls which included seven fours and 10 sixes. He reached his hundred in just 47 balls.