Samson smashed his way to a brilliant 55 from 27 balls, including three fours and five sixes.
The result is a boost for South Africa, who need a clean sweep of the series to stay on course for guaranteed qualification for the World Cup in India this year.
Strangely, Gill's innings resembled something off a One Day International scorecard rather than a T20 considering its steady pacing, patience and sheer resolve.
The Player of the Match scored 66 off 47 balls with a strike rate of 140.42, including six sixes and two fours.
Skipper Rohit Sharma was left shattered after Mumbai Indians suffered their fourth straight defeat, losing to Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, in Pune, on Saturday.
Punjab Kings skipper Mayank Agarwal was disappointed with the poor showing of his batters after losing to Lucknow Super Giants by 20 runs in the IPL match, at the MCA International Stadium in Pune, on Friday, saying they were below par.
Debutants Rising Pune Supergiants, on Saturday made a splendid debut in the Indian Premier League by thrashing defending champions Mumbai Indians by nine wickets in the opening game of the season at the Wankhede Stadium, in Mumbai.
Pat Cummins smashed 56 from just 15 balls as the Kolkata Knight Riders crushed the Mumbai Indians by five wickets and four overs to spare.
IMAGES from the IPL match played between Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants in Pune on Tuesday.
'You want a certain type of wicket when you play at home and when you don't get it you still have to perform. The guys have worked hard, they have toiled a little bit when they have had to'
Gujarat Titans captain Hardik Pandya looks back on the victory over Delhi Capitals in Saturday's IPL match in Pune.
With final figures of 3-19 including a maiden wicket, Avesh had the all-important scalp of in-form Andre Russell.
Images from the second T20 International between India and Sri Lanka, in Pune, on Thursday.
Marcus Stoinis and Kyle Mayers put on a power-hitting masterclass as Lucknow Super Giants slayed Punjab Kings by 56 runs in a high-scoring contest in Mohali .
He struck an imperious 84 off just 46 balls which included six fours and four sixes -- his highest T20 score.
New Zealander Lockie Ferguson finished with 4/28 which accounted for Shaw, Singh, Pant and Patel.
Royal Challengers Bangalore must thank their two unheralded batters Rajat Patidar and Mahipal Lomror for their crucial knocks which played a big role in their 13 run victory against the Chennai Super Kings.
Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway posted 182 runs for the first wicket at the MCA stadium in Pune, May 1, 2022, the highest opening stand in IPL 2022.
Lucknow Super Giants pounced on the mistakes of a self-destructing Punjab Kings to record a convincing 20-run win in the IPL 2022 match at the MCA International Stadium in Pune on Friday.
Russell's eyes lit up immediately, much like a hungry tourist at a breakfast buffet, as he chomped through the deliveries, starting with two singles before finishing with three sixes off the final four deliveries.
On Saturday, Sunrisers Hyderabad beat RCB by nine wickets after dismantling the star-studded batting line-up for a mere 68 run
Pat Cummins reached his half century off just 14 balls, same as KL Rahul, to help KKR chase down MI's total of 161 with four overs to spare
Lucknow started to scratch their heads to find ways to dismiss a man who was seemingly playing in God mode.
Choudhary's four strikes at crucial intervals put the brakes on the SRH scoring. The first two wickets changed the momentum of the game in CSK's favour.
The Supernovas beat Velocity by four runs in a tense match at the MCA Stadium in Pune on Saturday night to win their third title in four editions. However, it was not an easy win as Laura Wolvaardt almost single-handedly took Velocity within striking distance of a sensational victory, with a blazing 65 not out off 40 balls.
Abhishek Sharma had gone about scoring runs meticulously and the game turned following his dismissal.
Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Shreyas Iyer was all praise for his team's "outstanding mindset" during its 54-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad, in the IPL match in Mumbai on Saturday, saying his players had nothing to lose at this stage of the tournament.
Chameera's second, which was pitched short and wide, was flicked by Bairstow towards the third man boundary. To the batter's dismay, Krunal Pandya was strategically placed to make the catch and Punjab's last big hope was gone.
Arshdeep Singh has taken just three wickets from nine IPL games so far, but the Punjab Kings pacer's performance in the death overs is phenomenal, forcing many cricket pundits to call for his inclusion in India's T20 World Cup squad.
Gujarat Titans spinner Rashid Khan expressed happiness after his side defeated Delhi Capitals on Saturday, saying he is enjoying his time in Indian Premier League 2022.
Pat Cummins blasted the quickest half-century in IPL history to power Kolkata Knight Riders to an emphatic five-wicket victory against Mumbai Indians at the MCA stadium in Pune on Wednesday.
Pat Cummins played one of the most amazing knocks in T20 cricket as he blasted the Kolkata Knight Riders to a stunning five-wicket victory against the Mumbai Indians on Wednesday.
Mumbai Indians, the Indian Premier League's most successful franchise, is struggling this season having suffered four defeats on the trot, but Zaheer Khan, their Director of Cricket, feels it's just a matter of finding that "one win" and missing "spark" to get their campaign back on track.
Krishna had superb figures of 2/2 in three overs, including a maiden, while Boult took 1/8 in three overs, to leave Sunrisers reeling on 14/3 in six overs -- the joint lowest score in the Powerplay in IPL history.
Had Stokes scored quicker and hung around longer, the script could have read differently for the world champions.
Unheralded left-arm spinner Steve O'Keefe grabbed a sensational match-haul of 12 wickets as a sloppy India slumped to a humiliating 333-run defeat inside three days in the first Test against Australia in Pune.
RCB pacer Harshal Patel took 3/35 and was rightly named player of the match against CSK.
Captaining a young side could be tricky, but Hardik Pandya, who led India to a 2-1 series win over Asian champions Sri Lanka, feels it was not that difficult, as he just had to ensure that they "belong at this level".
David Miller blasted a quickfire 51-ball 94 as Gujarat Titans pulled off an incredible come-from-behind three-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings in the IPL 2022 match at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune on Sunday.
India opener Shikhar Dhawan, who hit a match-winning 98 in the first ODI against England, in Pune on Tuesday, after warming the bench for the major part of the T20 series, says international cricket is all about pressure, and, as an experienced player, he knows how to handle it.
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