India vs South Africa 1st T20: Samson headlines India’s 61-run win against Proteas
The HinduSanju Samson’s breathtaking second century was beautifully complemented by spinners Varun Chakravarthy and Ravi Bishnoi as India outclassed South Africa by a whopping 61 runs in the first T20 International to go 1-0 up in the four-match series in Durban on Friday. In the 11th over, he bowled five consecutive dot balls to Miller, leaving the South African batter struggling to read his googlies as pressure mounted on the Proteas which was expertly capitalized on by Varun. SCOREBOARD INDIA Sanju Samson c Stubbs b Peter 107, Abhishek Sharma c Markram b Coetzee 7, Suryakumar Yadav c Simelane b Kruger 21, Tilak Varma c Jansen b Maharaj 33, Hardik Pandya c Jansen b Coetzee 2, Rinku Singh c Klaasen b Coetzee 11, Axar Patel c Stubbs b Jansen 7, Arshdeep Singh 5, Ravi Bishnoi run out 1 ; Extras : 8; Total : 202. SOUTH AFRICA Aiden Markram c Samson b Arshdeep 8, Ryan Rickelton c Tilak b Varun 21, Tristan Stubbs c Suryakumar b Avesh 11, Heinrich Klaasen c Axar b Varun 25, David Miller c Avesh b Varun 18, Patrick Kruger c Hardik b Bishnoi 1, Marco Jansen c Hardik b Bishnoi 12, Andile Simelane lbw b Bishnoi 6, Gerald Coetzee run out 23, Keshav Maharaj b Avesh 5, Nqabayomzi Peter 5 ; Extras : 6; Total : 141.