Sanju Samson created history, became the first Indian batsman to score 2 consecutive centuries in T20 International.

IND vs SA 1st T20I: Team India's wicketkeeper batsman Sanju Samson played a brilliant innings in the first T20 match against South Africa. In which Sanju has created history by scoring the second consecutive century of his T-20 International career. Earlier, Sanju Samson had also scored 111 runs in the T-20 match against Bangladesh. With today's innings, Sanju Samson has also completed 7 thousand runs in his T20 career.

In today's match, Sanju Samson completed his half-century in just 27 balls. After which the South African bowlers converted their half-century into a century by hitting the thrown ball across the field. Meanwhile, Sanju Samson also made a partnership of 66 runs with captain Suryakumar Yadav.

With this, Sanju Samson became the first Indian and fourth batsman in the world to score centuries in two consecutive T20 International matches. Before Sanju Samson, Gustave McCann of France, Riley Rossouw of South Africa and Phil Salt of England have achieved this feat.

Talking about Sanju Samson's career, he made his T20 International debut against Zimbabwe in 2015. Sanju Samson has scored 2 centuries and 2 half-centuries in his career so far. Samson has been out on zero 4 times so far.