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Africa blown away by Sanju's storm, Samson becomes the first Indian to score two consecutive centuries in T20

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Sanju Samson Century T20I: India's star batsman Sanju Samson has scored a brilliant century in the first T20 match played against South Africa in Durban. He completed his century in just 47 balls, which shows his excellent batting. Sanju Samson has now become the first Indian cricketer in the history of international T20 cricket to score centuries in two consecutive innings.

According to media reports, before this, he had played an inning of 111 runs in the last match of the series played against Bangladesh. Now, Samson scored a century while maintaining the same rhythm against South Africa. Along with this, the Indian team has given a target of 203 runs to South Africa to win the match.

Samson's brilliant innings for Team India

Sanju Samson started the innings with Abhishek Sharma. However, Abhishek was out after scoring just 7 runs, but Samson kept scoring runs continuously from the other end. He completed his fifty in 27 balls and then faced only 20 balls to score the next 50 runs.

There was an important partnership of 66 runs between Samson and captain Suryakumar Yadav. Apart from this, Tilak Verma also supported him brilliantly and strengthened the innings by scoring 33 runs in 18 balls. This century of Sanju Samson was very important for Team India and he continued his form and played another memorable inning.

Sanju Samson's two consecutive T20 centuries

Indian batsman Sanju Samson has made a brilliant record of scoring centuries in two consecutive innings in T20 cricket. He has become the first Indian cricketer to achieve this feat. Earlier, Gustave McKeown of France, Riley Rousseau of South Africa, and Phil Salt of England had scored two consecutive centuries in T20 cricket.

Players who scored two consecutive centuries in T20

  • Gustave McKeon, 2022
  • Riley Rosso, 2022
  • Phil Salt, 2023
  • Sanju Samson, 2024

Highlights of Samson's century innings

Sanju Samson played an innings of 107 runs while playing against South Africa, in which he hit 7 fours and 10 sixes. His innings created a strong position for the Indian team. This innings was particularly impressive, as he completed his century in very few balls.

Had also played a century against Bangladesh

Earlier, Sanju Samson had scored the second fastest T20 century for India by completing a century in just 40 balls against Bangladesh. In this matter, he was ahead of Suryakumar Yadav, although Rohit Sharma still holds the record of scoring the fastest century (in 35 balls) in T20 cricket. Even against South Africa, Samson continued his excellent form by scoring a century in less than 50 balls.

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