Arshdeep Singh to Markram, no run

Aiden Markram, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Arshdeep Singh to Reeza Hendricks, out Bowled!! Gone. A duck for Reeza Hendricks who has a good record here on this venue. Reeza Hendricks b Arshdeep Singh 0(2)

Arshdeep Singh to Reeza Hendricks, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!

Arshdeep Singh to Reeza Hendricks, no run

The slip stays for Reeza Hendricks.

Arshdeep Singh to Rickelton, 1 run, to cover point

Rickelton and Reeza Hendricks are at the crease. Rickelton is on strike. Arshdeep Singh will open the attack

Welcome back.

Sanju Samson: [on what this means to him] It is a bit hard to tell right now, since I'm breathing so fast. I have had so many failures in my life, got two hundreds and then two ducks, I kept on believing in myself, kept on working hard and it came off today. After a couple of failures there were a lot of things going on in my head, Abhishek helped me out early on and then Tilak as well. [on Tilak] I have had so many partnerships with him, he is a very young prospect and he is the future of Indian cricket and lovely to have a partnership with him. I don't like to talk much, last time I talked too much, I got a couple of ducks, I would like to keep it simple and focus on what I can do. [on this total] That's what our captain was expecting from us, and we are happy we made it happen.

Partnership of 210* bw Sanju & Tilak
>> Highest for any wicket for India
>> Highest for any wicket vs South Africa
>> Highest for second wicket or below for any team in all T20Is

Highest total in a T20I bw two Full Member sides
297/6 Ind vs Ban Hyderabad 2024
283/1 Ind vs SA Johannesburg 2024 *
278/3 Afg vs Ire Dehradun 2019
267/3 Eng vs WI Tarouba 2023

STAT: 23 sixes this innings - the most in a T20I between two Full Member sides
Previous most: 22 each by Ind vs Ban in Hyderabad in 2024, by WI vs SA in Centurion in 2023, and 22 by Afg vs Ire in Dehradun in 2019.

18:52 Local Time, 16:52 GMT, 22:22 IST: Phew! This has been absolute carnage. Second highest T20 total for India. Their highest total against South Africa. Two batters getting hundreds, record 200+ partnership, 23 sixes smashed, people not safe in the crowd and the opposition flattened.

Marco Jansen to Samson, 1 run, very full delivery outside off, Samson squeezes the drive square of the wicket and they are content with a single.

Marco Jansen to Samson, no run, slower short ball,

Marco Jansen to Samson, SIX, width on offer and Samson cashes in. He has been quiet and not getting strike since reaching his hundred. But gets a length delivery outside off and he pumps it flat over wide long-off

Goes round the wicket

Marco Jansen to Tilak Varma, 1 run, very full delivery, Tilak drives it to extra cover and quickly crosses over

Marco Jansen to Tilak Varma, FOUR, full and angling in,

Marco Jansen to Samson, 1 run, loopy delivery on off, Samson squeezes the drive to long-on

Marco Jansen [3.0-0-29-0] is back into the attack