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 ...

South African captain Aiden Markram stated that the upcoming T20I series against India is not a rematch of the World Cup final. Both teams have undergone significant personnel changes since then. The four-match series starts in Durban on Friday.

In June this year India and South Africa faced off in the final of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 in which India beat South Africa by 7 runs. Now South Africa have the chance to seek revenge of that loss as they host India for a four-match T20 series.

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA)1st T20 Match Live Streaming, Telecast, Date,Kingsmead Stadium Pitch Report: Here is everything you need to know about the first T20I being played in Kingsmead, Durban on Friday.

Samson raises his half-century in just 27 balls. He really is in a lovely purple patch at the moment. Nqabayomzi Peter bowls the eighth over, goes short on middle and leg second ball and Samson blasts it over deep midwicket for a six.

Welcome to ABP Live’s live coverage of the India vs South Africa 1st T20I of the four-match series in the Rainbow Nation. The IND vs SA series opener will take place at Kingsmead in Durban and India will be led by Suryakumar Yadav whereas South Africa will be led by Aiden Markram.

That is what happened the last time that this side played. India batted first in the third T20I against Bangladesh in Hyderabad and well, nothing else mattered. Sanju Samson blasted 111 runs in 47 balls while Suryakumar smashed 75 in 35.

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