SA vs IND Gqeberha T20I: India had a very bad start in the second T20 match between India and South Africa at St George's Park in Gqeberha on Sunday. Team India opener Sanju Samson's golden journey was suddenly stopped by Marco Jansen, who dismissed him for zero.

Gakebahra: Sanju Samson, who scored a century in just 47 balls in the first T20, could not even open his account in the second T20 against South Africa. In the match being played at St. George's Park, Marco Jansen bowled the first over for South Africa who won the toss and chose to bowl first. Sanju was bowled out while trying to hit a big shot on the third ball.

How did Sanju get out?

While trying to make room for a shot, Sanju Samson exposed his stumps and completely missed Jansen's perfect length ball. The ball hit the leg stump and the stumps scattered. Shaun Pollock, who was present in the commentary box at that time, called it a story of 'hero to zero'.

Sanju missed out on creating history

India's stylish wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson had scored centuries in the last two T20 Internationals for India. If he had scored a century in this match as well, he would have become the first batsman in the world to score three consecutive centuries in the shortest format of the game, but that could not happen. Samson scored 111 runs in 47 balls against Bangladesh in Hyderabad and 107 runs in 50 balls against South Africa in Durban. Apart from Sanju, England's Phil Salt, France's Gustave McCon and South Africa's Riley Russo have scored two consecutive T20 International centuries.

India lost four wickets in 10 overs

Indian team's problems started increasing after losing Sanju Samson in the very first over. By the end of the second over, India lost their other opener Abhishek Sharma as well. Sharma was dismissed by Coetzee after scoring four runs. After this, Tilak Verma and captain Suryakumar Yadav, who came to the crease, could not do anything special. Surya was dismissed for four runs in the fourth over and Tilak Verma was dismissed by Aiden Markram after scoring 20 runs in 20 balls. Surya was dismissed by Similane and Tilak Verma by Aiden Markram.

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