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Sanju Samson created history by scoring a century in Durban, became the first Indian to do so

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Sanju Samson Century T20I: Sanju Samson has created a sensation by scoring a brilliant century in the first T20 match being played in Durban against South Africa. He completed his century in 47 balls. With this, Sanju Samson has now become the first Indian player in the history of International T20 cricket to score centuries in two consecutive innings. Samson had earlier played an inning of 111 runs in the last match of the series against Bangladesh. Now in his very next innings, Samson has scored a century against South Africa.

Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma started for Team India in this match. Abhishek was out after scoring just 7 runs, but Sanju remained at the crease from the other end. He scored his fifty in 27 balls. After this he scored 50 runs in the next 20 balls. Sanju made an important partnership of 66 runs with captain Suryakumar Yadav. Tilak Verma also supported him well and contributed 33 runs in 18 balls.

Centuries in consecutive innings in T20 cricket

Sanju Samson has now become the first Indian batsman to score a century in two consecutive T20 International matches. Before him, Gustave McKeon of France, Riley Rousseau of South Africa and Phil Salt of England have achieved the feat of scoring two consecutive centuries in T20 cricket. in this match Nakabayomji Peter dismissed Sanju. Sanju played an innings of 107 runs in 50 balls. During this period, 7 fours and 10 sixes came from his bat.

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