Sanju Samson scripted historical past as he grew to become the first-ever cricketer to hit back-to-back T20I centuries for India, slamming a superb hundred within the first T20I in opposition to South Africa in Durban on Friday. Samson slammed this century having already made a scintillating 47-ball 111 in India’s earlier T20I, in opposition to Bangladesh. Samson introduced up his century in simply 47 balls with the assistance of seven fours and 9 sixes. Samson additionally hit the quickest century by an Indian in opposition to South Africa in T20I cricket.
Tons of in consecutive innings in T20Is
Gustav Mckeon
Rilee Rossouw
Phil Salt
Sanju Samson
Following the retirements of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma from T20I cricket, two slots have opened up within the Indian high order within the shortest format. Within the fringes of the XI beforehand, Samson has grabbed this chance with each fingers because of constant performances within the shortest format.
The 29-year-old, who captains Rajasthan Royals (RR) within the Indian Premier League (IPL), grew to become the third cricketer amongst Check-playing nations and fourth cricketer general to hit T20I centuries in consecutive matches. Earlier, this feat has been achieved by England’s Phil Salt, South Africa’s Rilee Rossouw and France’s Gustav McKeon. The Frenchman was the primary participant to realize this.
Samson was Rajasthan Royals’ first retention forward of the IPL 2025 mega public sale, being retained for Rs 18 crore. Having led the franchise to 2 playoffs within the earlier three seasons, Samson is considered one of India’s premier batters in T20I cricket for the time being.
Earlier, South Africa have gained the toss and selected to area first in opposition to India.
Enjoying XIs:
India: Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Varun Chakravarthy
South Africa: Ryan Rickelton (wk), Aiden Markram (c), Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Partrick Kruger, Marco Jansen, Andile Simelane, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Nqabayomzi Peter
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