History of Sanju Samson’s scripts! He becomes the first Indian to achieve this feat.

Sanju Samson wrote history during his magnificent performance in the first T20I against South Africa in Durban. He scored a 47-ball hundred to enter the record books, becoming the first Indian to achieve a notable feat.

With his century against South Africa, Samson became the first Indian and the fourth overall, with Gustav Mckeon, Rilee Rossouw and Phil Salt to hit consecutive centuries in T20Is. Samson scored a marvelous century in his last outing against Bangladesh in Hyderabad, scoring 111 runs in just 47 balls, including 11 boundaries and eight maximums.

In the last game, he scored 107 runs off 50 deliveries, aided by seven fours and ten sixes, at a fantastic strike rate of 236.17. He also becomes the fastest Indian centurion against South Africa, surpassing Suryakumar Yadav’s record of 55 ton balls.

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Additionally, Samson reached ten maximums, the joint-most with Rohit Sharma by an Indian batsman in a T20I innings. He was especially harsh against spin, hitting them for 58 runs in 27 balls at a marvelous strike rate of 214.81, while some of his shots against the pacers were outrageous, something only he is capable of.