Sanju Samson made history as the first cricketer to get back-to-back T20I hundreds for India, hitting a stunning century against South Africa in Durban on Friday. Samson slammed this century after scoring a spectacular 47-ball 111 in India’s previous T20I against Bangladesh. Samson scored his century in 47 balls, including 7 fours and 9 sixes. Samson also scored the fastest century by an Indian against South Africa in T20I cricket.
Hundreds in consecutive innings of T20Is.
Gustav Mckeon
Rilee Rossouw
Phil Salt
Sanju Samson
Following Virat Kohli’s and Rohit Sharma’s retirements from T20I cricket, two spots have opened up in India’s top order for the shortest format. Samson, who had previously been on the margins of the XI, has seized this opportunity with both hands due to his regular performances in the shorter format.
The 29-year-old, who captains the Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL), became the third Test player and fourth overall to score century in successive T20Is. Previously, England’s Phil Salt, South Africa’s Rilee Rossouw, and France’s Gustav McKeon accomplished this. The Frenchman was the first player to accomplish this.
Samson was the Rajasthan Royals’ first retention ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction, costing Rs 18 crore. Samson, who has guided the franchise to two playoffs in the past three seasons, is one of India’s top T20I batters. Previously, South Africa won the toss and elected to field first against India.
Playing XI’s:
India: Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma(wk), Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, the actor Hardik P Rinku Singh, Ariel Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Varun Chakravarthy.
South Africa: Hayden Rickelton (wk), Aiden Markram ( ), (c), Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Partrick Kruger, is Marco Jansen, Andile Simelane, Gerald co., Keshav Maharaj, and Nqabayomzi Peter