Sanju Samson's double blast in Durban, hits a stormy century, name added to the list of greats

Sanju Samson Century: Sanju Samson has created havoc with the bat in the first T20 International match being played against South Africa. Sanju has scored his second consecutive century while batting in a stormy style. The Indian wicketkeeper batsman completed his century in just 47 balls. At the Kingsmead ground in Durban, Sanju played havoc with the bowling attack of the host team and hit many powerful shots all around the ground.

Sanju's stormy century

After losing the toss, the opening pair of Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma came on the field for the Indian team. Sanju started his innings in a strong manner and destroyed the bowling attack of South Africa. Sanju completed his half-century in just 26 balls. After scoring fifty, the Indian wicketkeeper batsman assumed his formidable form and scored a century in the next 21 balls, adding fifty runs. This is the second century scored by Samson in T-20 International cricket.

Samson’s show in full bloom!

Sanju Samson becomes the first Indian ever to rack up two consecutive T20I centuries. What a feat! 🔥#PlayBold #TeamIndia #SAvIND pic.twitter.com/GbcZbIZDta

— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) November 8, 2024

first indian batsman

Earlier, Sanju Samson had created a lot of chaos with the bat in the last T20 match played against Bangladesh. Sanju batted brilliantly and played a century. That means Samson has scored his second consecutive century. He has become only the fourth batsman in the world and the first batsman from India to achieve this feat. Sanju played an explosive inning of 107 runs facing 50 balls. During this inning, Sanju hit more sixes than fours. Samson hit 7 fours and 10 skyscraper sixes.

equal to Rohit's record

Sanju Samson has also equaled the big record of Rohit Sharma during his century innings. The Indian wicketkeeper batsman has become the batsman for Team India to hit the most number of sixes in a T20 International match. Sanju hit 10 sixes during his innings. Earlier in 2017, while playing against Sri Lanka, Rohit had hit 10 sixes in a single match. Sanju Samson has also become the batsman with the highest score in the India and South Africa series. He has destroyed David Miller's record.

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