Sanju Samson blasted a 47-ball century as India eased to a 61-run victory over South Africa within the first T20 worldwide in Durban.
This was the primary assembly between the perimeters for the reason that T20 World Cup final in June however, not like that match in Bridgetown, which India gained by simply seven runs, this was an altogether extra one-sided affair.
Samson’s second consecutive T20 hundred proved the foremost distinction between the perimeters as he helped India put up a commanding 202-8.
The wicketkeeper-batter’s knock of 107 included 10 sixes and 7 fours, whereas seamer Gerald Coetzee completed the choose of South Africa’s bowlers with 3-37.
South Africa struggled to seek out any momentum throughout their reply as a number of gamers received begins however have been unable to kick on.
Heinrich Klaasen prime scored with 25 however, when each he and David Miller fell to Varun Chakravarthy, who claimed 3-25, within the twelfth over the Proteas’ trigger regarded forlorn.
It proved to be the case as Varun’s fellow spinner Ravi Bishnoi flummoxed their decrease order en path to 3-28 because the hosts have been dismissed for 141.
The perimeters meet once more within the second of 4 T20s at St George’s Park in Gqeberha on Sunday.
