In the first T20I match against South Africa, Team India's Sanju Samson scored a wonderful century. Here are all the records which he achieved after his ton (Pic: File Pic)
Updated On: 2024-11-09 09:24 AM IST
Compiled by : Sujay Shivalkar
Facing just 50 deliveries, Team India's opening batsman Sanju Samson played a stellar knock of 107 runs. Batting with a strike rate of 214.00, the right-hander blasted 7 fours and 10 sixes during his knock
Following his heroic feat, Samson joined the exclusive club of cricketers who have struck successive centuries in consecutive innings. Before Samson, Gustav Mckeon, Rilee Rossouw and Phil Salt achieved the feat
The 29-year-old's 107 is the highest individual score in a T20I between India and South Africa. He removed David Miller's unbeaten 106 in Guwahati in 2022. His single-handed effort sent India to a mammoth score of 202/8
With a gritty century in Durban, Sanju Samson has become the first Indian cricketer to score two consecutive T20I centuries
Samson's fiery knock included 10 maximums. With this, he also levelled the record with Rohit Sharma for the most sixes by an Indian batsman in a single T20I match which is 10
This was his second T20I century, following which the right-hander has made the cut in the elusive list of Indian players with the most centuries in the shortest format of the game. Before Samson, Rohit Sharma (5), Suryakumar Yadav (4) and KL Rahul (2) have etched their name on the list
