Sanju Samson scored a century in just 47 balls.Image Credit Source: PTI
Sanju Samson, who was in and out of the Indian team for a long time and continually disappointed in the hope of opportunities, now seems to be cementing his place. With many players given a break from this format after the T20 World Cup, Sanju is making a lot of use of the opportunity he gets. After putting up a stunning performance against Bangladesh, Sanju has now made an explosive debut in South Africa as well. In the first match of the T20 series between India and South Africa, Sanju played an amazing innings and scored a century. In this match which was played in Durban, Sanju also achieved excellent results based on his century.
Rohit-Surya’s records were also destroyed.
- Sanju Samson scored the second century of his career in T20 International. In doing so, he became the fourth Indian batsman to score more than a century in T20 Internationals. Before him, Rohit Sharma (5), Suryakumar Yadav (4) and KL Rahul (2) achieved this feat.
- Sanju also scored a century in his last T20 match against Bangladesh. In this way, he became the first Indian batsman and the fourth in the world to score centuries in two consecutive T20 Internationals.
- What is special is that Sanju completed this century in just 47 balls, which is India’s fastest century against South Africa. He broke Suryakumar Yadav’s record (55 balls).
- Not only this, Sanju has become the fourth Indian batsman to score a T20 century against South Africa. Before him, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav had achieved this feat.
- Sanju hit 10 sixes in this innings and thus tied Rohit. Rohit had hit 10 sixes in his hundred innings against Sri Lanka in 2018, which is an Indian record.
