Once Samson starts striking, it’s hard to stop him: South Africa captain Markram on whirlwind century

South Africa captain praises India's Sanju Samson for his outstanding performance in the opening T20I against Proteas.

South Africa captain Aiden Markram didn’t turn away from lavishing praise on India’s Sanju Samson for his sheer class on display during the opening T20I in Durban.

After the new era dawned in Indian cricket, Samson has taken the mantle of being the next big thing and is sharing the brunt of taking the Men in Blue to new heights.

Samson’s aggression reflected how India goes about its business in the shortest format of cricket. In the new landscape, Samson painted a beautiful picture by hammering 107(50), laced with seven fours and a whopping 10 maximums.

Out of the two moments where one can lay the finger to point out South Africa’s defeat, Samson’s swift century glamorously featured in it.

“Sanju played incredibly well, put our bowlers under pressure, plans to negate him and better plans will help us going forward. Once he is striking like that, it’s pretty hard to stop, and you take your hat off to him,” Markram said in the post-match presentation.

South Africa had won the toss and decided to put India to bat, a decision which they bitterly regretted right till the end.

Even though the ball reacted quite similarly in both innings, Markram admitted that their failure to get a brisk start was the moment when they lost the game.