Sanju Samson Equals MASSIVE Rohit Sharma Record, Becomes Player With Most...

India are currently taking on South Africa in the first T20I of the four-match series at the Kingsmead Cricket Stadium in Durban. After being put to bat first, the Indian team have put on a massiv total of 202 in their 20 overs, and were led by none other than Sanju Samson. he picked up frm where he left off in the final T20I of the Bangladesh series in October, as he smashed his 2nd T20I century. During this massive innings, the star Indian wicketkeeper-batter equalled a huge record set by the great Rohit Sharma.

Sanju Samson Equals Massive Rohit Sharma RecordSanju Samson slammed 107 from just 50 deliveries during India's massive innings of 201. 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. The former India T20I captain had slammed 10 sixes on his way to 117 against Sri Lanka in 2017. Here are the Indian batters with the most sixes in a T20I innings:Rohit Sharma- 10 (Vs Sri Lanka, 2017)Sanju Samson- 10 (Vs South Africa, 2024)Suryakumar Yadav-9 (Vs Sri Lanka, 2023)KL Rahul-8 (Vs Sri Lanka, 2017)Sanju Samson also thus became the second Indian to hit 10 sixes in a T20I innings. Sanju Samson Becomes First Indian To Achieve Huge FeatSanju 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).Sanju Samson also became the first Indian wicketkeeper-batter to hit an overseas T20I century.