Sanju Samson scripts history with second T20I hundred in a row
Sanju Samson completed the rare feat of two hundreds in a row in men's T20Is during the first match of the series against South Africa.
Sanju Samson smashed his second T20I hundred in as many games, putting the South African attack to sword at Kingsmead with some extraordinary hitting.
The wicketkeeper-batter, who had made 111 off 47 balls in the previous T20I he played against Bangladesh in Hyderabad, was in spectacular form from the get-go, racing to 35 off just 20 balls inside the Powerplay overs.
A hundred off just 47 balls 💯
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Samson continued to play his shots even after the field spread out, taking on Nqaba Peter for back-to-back sixes in the eighth over.
The onslaught continued through the middle overs as Samson moved into the nineties in the 13th over of the innings.
He completed his hundred off just 47 balls in the over, taking seven balls more for his ton than he did against Bangladesh in the previous game.
Samson became the first Indian batter to make back-to-back centuries in T20Is. Overall, only three batters have done it before.
Players with back-to-back T20I hundreds
| Player | Century 1 | Century 2 | Year |
| Gustav McKeon (France) | 109 v Switzerland | 101 v Norway | 2022 |
| Rilee Rossouw (South Africa) | 100* v India | 109 v Bangladesh | 2022 |
| Phil Salt (England) | 109* v West Indies | 119 v West Indies | 2023 |
| Sanju Samson (India) | 111 v Bangladesh | 107 v South Africa | 2024 |