Sanju Samson created history in Johannesburg, became the first batsman in the world to achieve this feat.
Sanju Samson played an unbeaten inning of 109 runs with the help of 6 fours and 9 sixes in 56 balls in the fourth T20 match. Sanju Samson (Photo Source: Getty Images) The last match of the T20 series between South Africa and India is being played in an exciting manner in Johannesburg. Batting first, India put 283 runs on the board, this is the team’s second highest total in T20. Sanju Samson who was seen playing the role of opener in this series. He made a great start to the series by scoring a century in the very first match, but then created a shameful record by getting out on a duck in the next two matches. Sanju Samson has made a big record in his name by scoring a century against South Africa in the fourth T20 match. Let us tell you, not only legends like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, no batsman in the world has been able to come close to this record. Sanju Samson became the first batsman to score 3 centuries in a calendar year By scoring a century in the fourth T20 against South Africa, Sanju Samson has become the first batsman in the world to score three centuries in a single calendar year in T20 International. Let us tell you, this is also Sanju’s third century in the last five T20 innings. Sanju had scored his first century this year in the last series against Bangladesh. He played an inning of 111 runs in 47 balls in the last match of the series against Bangladesh. Then he created history by scoring a century in the first and last match of the T20 series against South Africa. SANJU SAMSON – FIRST PLAYER IN HISTORY TO SCORE 3 T20I CENTURIES IN A CALENDAR YEAR. pic.twitter.com/3H9LWlMF1Z — Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) November 15, 2024 Record partnership between Sanju Samson and Tilak Verma In the fourth T20 match against South Africa, there was a partnership of 210* runs for the second wicket between Sanju Samson and Tilak Verma. This is the highest partnership by India for any wicket in T20 International. And it is the third highest partnership for any wicket by a full members team in T20 International. Sanju played an unbeaten inning of 109 runs with the help of 6 fours and 9 sixes in 56 balls. At the same time, Tilak Verma played an unbeaten inning of 120 runs in 47 balls with the help of 9 fours and 10 sixes.