India vs South Africa 1st T20I Highlights: IND thrash SA by 61 runs

India vs South Africa 1st T20I LIVE Score: Varun Chakravarthy strikes with just his second ball of the match! Gives it some flight on length on middle and leg. Rickleton rocks back and tries to hit it over long on, it goes off the bottom of the bat and Tilak Varma takes the catch at that fielding position. South Africa have lost three wickets in the powerplay and out comes David Miller to join Klaasen. It is these two who had got South Africa close to victory in that T20 World Cup final against India before it all went wrong.

Rickelton c Tilak Varma b Varun 21 (11)

South Africa 44/3 in 5.2 overs

India vs South Africa 1st T20I LIVE Score: Stubbs has got off to a slow start and the pressure does the job. He tries to go over mid-off, ends up hitting it straight into the hands of Suryakumar Yadav there. It was a back of a length delivery outside off.

Tristan Stubbs c Yadav b Avesh Khan 11 (11)

South Africa 30/2 in 3.3 overs

India vs South Africa 1st T20I LIVE score: Rickleton pierces the offside second ball of that over bowled by Avesh Khan after getting on top of the bounce quite nicely. Then Avesh goes full, Rickleton saw it coming 10 years ago and produces a gorgeous cover drive for another four. He gets off strike after which Avesh keep Tristan Stubbs pinned with a couple of absolute peaches.

South Africa 19/1 in 2 overs

India vs South Africa 1st T20I LIVE score: EDGED AND GONE! Markram done by the movement in the air, the ball straightening up after pitching on a good length. Markram tries to hit through the line, outside edge and Samson takes the catch. Markram had hit an exquisite cover drive previous ball for a four and had hit the ball before that to the boundary as well.

Markram c Samson b Arshdeep Singh 8 (4)

South Africa 8/1 in 0.4 overs

India vs South Africa 1st T20I LIVE score: Allright, Arshdeep Singh starts the Indian attack. He will be bowling to South Africa captain Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickleton at the other end.

South Africa need 203 to win

India vs South Africa 1st T20I LIVE score: The Indians walked out less than five minutes after the end of the innings and they have been standing out there in a huddle ever since. They look a relaxed bunch. India could score just 35 runs in the last five overs and lost five wickets. Now while they still reached 202, which is a big score, wonder if that late slowdown will cost them considering South Africa have significant firepower.

India vs South Africa 1st T20I LIVE score: A flurry of wickets in the end and India restricted to 202. We say restricted because it did look like they will score well over 220 when Samson was going big guns. Rinku fell in the 19th over to Coetzee after which Jansen dismissed Axar Patel off the first ball of the last over. Ravi Bishnoi was then run out off the last ball.

India vs South Africa 1st T20I LIVE score: India are going for everything and so wickets can fall quite rapidly. Coetze bowls it short and wide outside off fifth ball of the 17th, Pandya takes it on but miscues the shot. Jansen takes the catch at deep point.

Pandya c Jansen b Coetzee 2 (6)

India 181/5 in 16.5 overs

India vs South Africa 1st T20I LIVE score: Samson had hit a six over long on the previous ball from Peter. Then Peter seems to surprise Samson somewhat with the bounce fourth ball of the 16th over, it has been hit into the breeze and Stubbs takes the catc at deep midwicket. A truly extraordinary innings has come to an end.

Samson c Stubbs b Peter 107 (50)

India 175/4 in 15.4 overs

India vs South Africa 1st T20I LIVE score: A length ball from Maharaj, Tilak wants to smash it out of the continent of Africa but loses shape. Jansen does well to take the catch at the deep square leg boundary.

Tilak Varma c Jansen b Maharaj 33 (18)

India 167/3 in 14.4 overs

India vs South Africa 1st T20I LIVE score: He has got there in just 47 balls. What a patch of form this man is in, it's his second consecutive ton in T20Is.

India vs South Africa 1st T20I LIVE score: It's a carnage in Durban. There was threat of rain, well, it is raining boundaries allright. Tilak gets off strike first ball of the 13th bowled by Simelane. Then Samson goes 4, 4, 6, the last of those shots being just the most gorgeous lofted cover drive. A wide next ball and then two singles. Samson is on 92 off 44, Varma is on 16 off 11.

India 142/2 in 13 overs

India vs South Africa 1st T20I LIVE score: Well he is just unstoppable at the moment. A six and a four off the 11th over by Maharaj and then a four a six off the 12th by Peter. He has moved to 77 off 40, Tilak on 14 off nine. Is it going to be a second consecutive T20I century for him?

India 124/2 in 12 overs

India vs South Africa 1st T20I LIVE score: Tilak Varma finishes off that 10th over emphatically. Andile Simelane is the bowler, bowls the last ball marginally short outside off. Tilak rocks back and and smashes it with the wind offside and into the stands. Tilak is on seven off four balls, Samson is on 59 off 33 balls.

India 99/2 in 10 overs

India vs South Africa 1st T20I LIVE score: How about that, Patrick Kruger seemed to have lost the plot in that over but at the end of it all, he gets the top dog! Suryakumar Yadav goes! This was the 11th time Kruger was running in for that over, having bowled a no ball third ball and then bowled a wide, a no ball and then two consecutive wides all for the fourth ball of the over. Both batters got a pair of singles after that and then Suryakumar truies to hit the last ball with the wind leg side but can't clear the fielder yet.

Suryakumar Yadav c Simelane b Kruger 21 (17)

India 90/2 in 9 overs

India vs South Africa 1st T20I LIVE score: 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. He goes with the same shot again next ball and that is six as well and this brings up Samson's fifty in just 27 balls. That travels despite being hit against the wind. Two singles after that in the over and Samson is on 51 off 28 balls, Suryakumar on 17 off 12.

A bit of a drinks break, or a timeout, after that over and VVS Laxman is among those who walk on to the field.

India 75/1 in 8 overs

India vs South Africa 1st T20I LIVE score: India's average score in powerplays in the last 10 matches or so has ben around 57/2 and so this is almost exactly on point there. Samson has moved to 35 off 20, SKY is on 14 off eight. A very good start for India. Keshav Maharaj to bowl the first over after the powerplay now.

India vs South Africa 1st T20I LIVE score: Jansen returns for the fifth over, Samson anticipates the back of a length delivery first ball and clears his front leg early to send it over mid-wicket for a four. The next ball is slightly fuller, Samson goes through the line and sends the ball soaring over long on for a six. He gets off strike next ball and then SKY opens his bat face and guides the ball past deep backward point for a four. SKY is on 14 off eight at the end of that over, Samson on 28 off 14.

India 49/1 in 5 overs

India vs South Africa 1st T20I LIVE score: Gerald Coetzee roars with delight as he gets the breakthrough for South Africa. Full outside off for the first ball of the fourth, Abhishek tries to hit it over mid-off but miscues it. Aiden Markram makes no mistake with the catch.

Abhishek Sharma c Markram b Coetzee 7 (8)

India 24/1 in 3.1 overs

India vs South Africa 1st T20I LIVE score: Aiden Markram bowls from the other end and so spin straightaway from SA. Abhishek greets him by advancing down the pitch and smashing him past extra cover for a four. He gets off strike next ball and then Samson smashes the fourth ball past mid off for another four. Both Samson and Abishek on six runs off six balls at the end of that over.

India 12/0 in 2 overs

India vs South Africa 1st T20I LIVE score: A good start for Marco Jansen. Samson off strike first ball, Abhishek with an almighty heave next ball but it nips away and he only slices the around his blade. The next ball is a dot despite him getting bat to it and then a single for him as well.

India vs South Africa 1st T20I LIVE score: Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma have walked out to open for India. Anrich Nortje to start the South African attack. All eright this series is a go!

India vs South Africa 1st T20I LIVE score: …with a little glitch! The Indian national anthem is first and it stopped about midway through. The crowd and players started applauding when the anthem started playing again and this time, it was completed.

India vs South Africa 1st T20I LIVE score: Ryan Rickelton(w), Aiden Markram(c), Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Patrick Kruger, Marco Jansen, Andile Simelane, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Nqabayomzi Peter

India vs South Africa 1st T20I LIVE score: India have gone in with the same XI that pulverised Bangladesh.

Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson(w), Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan

India vs South Africa 1st T20I LIVE score: Aiden Markram has won the toss and South Africa will be bowling first.

India vs South Africa 1st T20I LIVE score: Suryakumar Yadav is out there with Aiden Markram, Pommi Mbangwa is the announcer. Here we go then!

India vs South Africa 1st T20I LIVE score: This is the second time India are coming to the continent of Africa since they won the T20 World Cup final. The last time they did so, they suffered the only defeat that has been inflicted on them thus far since they became world champions in this format.

India vs South Africa 1st T20I LIVE score: It is not like it is only the South Africans who come into this match with bad memories. It has to be noted, though, that none of the Indian players in Durban today were in that Test squad that lost 0-3 to New Zealand. It was a bolt from the blue. Just before that, India made a statement win in Kanpur that seemed to show that they are utterly invincible at home. And yet, in three extraordinary Test matches, the Indian winning machine broke down and collapsed spectacularly. This T20 series is being played by a different team with a different captain and even a different coach. But surely, surely there has been a knock-on effect of some kind from that series loss to New Zealand.

India vs South Africa 1st T20I LIVE score: ... was the last time these two sides met on a cricket field, of course. India had absolutely no business winning that match, especially after Heinrich Klaasen blasted 24 runs off the 15th over bowled by Axar Patel. South Africa were chasing a target of 177 and their score was 147/4 in 15 overs by then with Klaasen and David Miller at the crease. 30 runs to win in 30 balls. It should've been a walk in the park for any professional T20 batter, let alone hitters of that Klaasen and Miller's calibre. However, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh and Hardik Pandya then put on an incredible chokehold.

India vs South Africa 1st T20I LIVE score: Ramandeep Singh could be getting his maiden international cap today. The all-rounder has been retained by KKR this season. Ramandeep has scored 544 runs at a strike rate of 170.00 in 57 matches.

India vs South Africa 1st T20I LIVE score: The first T20I today is to be hosted by Kingsmeade in Durban. The second will be played on November 10 in Gqeberha. The tour then moves to Centurion for the third T20I on November 13 and it comes to an end with the fourth T20I in Johannesburg.

India vs South Africa 1st T20I LIVE score: Riyan Parag is out with what the BCCI described as a “chronic right shoulder injury”. Shivam Dube and Mayank Yadav are also nursing problems, but theirs haven’t been detailed.

India vs South Africa 1st T20I LIVE score: 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. The pair put up a partnership of 173 runs in a scarcely believable 70 balls. The carnage continued after they were dismissed though, with Hardik Pandya and Riyan Parag putting up a 70 runs in 26 balls for the fourth wicket. It looked like 300 was very much on the cards but in the end, India's innings ended at 297/6. Bangladesh made a respectable 164/7 in reply and even then, they lost by 133 runs.

India vs South Africa 1st T20I LIVE score: Over 150 players have scored more than 1000 runs in T20Is. Not one of them have a career strike rate higher than Suryakumar Yadav's 169.48. His current average of 42.40 is the third highest among batters with more than 2000 T20I runs, with only Mohammad Rizwan (48.72) and Virat Kohli (48.69) ranking higher. It has to be noted, though, that Rizwan's strike rate is 126.45 while Kohli retired with a strike rate of 137.04.

India vs South Africa 1st T20I LIVE score: This is the first time that South Africa will be able to field seven of the 11 players who played in the T20 World Cup final. The only ones who aren't there are Kagiso Rabada, who has been rested, the retired Quinton de Kock, and Tabraiz Shamsi and Anrich Nortje, who haven't been selected.

India vs South Africa LIVE: Or indeed, for the entire series. This is because Gambhir will be travelling to Australia before the end of this series for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. NCA head VVS Laxman is filling in for him, as he did on a few occasions for Gambhir's predecessor, Rahul Dravid.

India vs South Africa LIVE: There is 40 percent chance of rain during the match today. Durban does have a tendency to washout night T20 games. The two sides were scheduled to play a T20I here last year as well but that was abandoned without a ball bowled due to the weather.

India vs South Africa LIVE: Markram has a career strike rate of 144.62 and an average of 32.17. This is despite the fact that this year, he has scored just 201 runs in 14 T20Is at an average of 16.75 and a strike rate of 118.23. He has scored more than 25 runs in an innings just once all year.

India vs South Africa LIVE: Aiden Markram had admitted in the days since the T20 World Cup final that it was difficult for a number of players to move on from that match. Well, the results also reflect this fact. In T20Is, they have lost 3-0 to West Indies and drew 1-1 against Ireland. However, one can expect them to be quite a different proposition in this series, being the home side and facing the team that put them in this misery.