India are currently taking on South Africa in the first T20I of the four-match series at the Kingsmead Cricket Stadium in Durban. The visitoes, after being put to bat first, put on a lofty total of 202, and the wrechker-in-chief was none other than Sanju Samso. He slammed his secpnd T20I century, slamming multiple records in the process. In fact, he became the first Indian to slam a massove feat, which even the likes of re great MS Dhoni could not.
Sanju Samson Becomes First Indian Wicketkeeper To Achieve Huge FeatSanju Samson slammed 107 from 50 balls in the first T20I vs South Africa. He thus became the first Indian wicketkeeper to slam an overseas century in history. This is a feat that the likes of MS Dhoni, Rishabh Pant or even KL Rahul has not achieved in history.In fact Samson also now holds tghe pretigious record of the player with the highest individual score as wicketkeeper-batter for India in both home and away T20Is.Samson's 111 vs Bangladesh is the highest score by an Indian wicketkeeper-batter at home, while his 107 against South Africa is the highest by an Indian-wicketkeeper batter away from home in T20Is. Sanju Samson Creates History With Century Vs SASanju Samson became the first-ever Indian to hit two consecutive T20I centuries. This knock against South Africa was preceeded by his first T20I century which came in the final T20I of the three-match series against Bangladesh back in October in Hyderabad. Overall he became the fourth batter in history after Gustav Mackeon (France), Phil Salt (England) and Rilee Russouw (South Africa).En route to this innings he slammed 10 sixes and 7 fours. He thus became the player with the joint-most number of sixes for India in an innings in T20I history. He equalled the record set by Rohit Sharma.You may also like
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