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Sanju Samson Creates a Storm in Hyderabad, Smashes Century in Record Time

An amazing sight was seen in the third T20I between India and Bangladesh. During the third T20I in Hyderabad, opener Sanju Samson thrashed the Bangladeshi bowlers so much that he scored a record century. Sanju Samson scored a century in just 40 balls. In this way, he became the second Indian batsman to score the fastest century in T20I. The record for the fastest century is in the name of Rohit Sharma. Rohit did the great feat of scoring a century in 35 balls. During this stormy inning, Sanju also did the great feat of hitting 5 consecutive sixes in an over. He thrashed Rishhad Hussain in the 10th over and hit 5 sixes on 5 consecutive balls after the first ball.

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Fastest T20I century (Full Member Team)

35 – David Miller (SA) vs BAN, Potchefstroom, 2017
35 – Rohit Sharma (IND) vs SL, Indore, 2017
39 – Johnson Charles (WI) vs SA, Centurion, 2023
40 – Sanju Samson (IND) vs BAN, Hyderabad, 2024
42 – Hazratullah Zazai (AFG) vs IRE, Dehradun, 2019
42 – Liam Livingstone (ENG) vs PAK, Trent Bridge, 2021

This is Sanju’s first century in T20I cricket which he has scored in a stormy manner. With this, Sanju has become the first Indian wicketkeeper to score a century in T20I cricket. Not only this, this century of Sanju is the fourth fastest century in T20I cricket history. Earlier, David Miller and Rohit Sharma had achieved the feat of scoring centuries in 35 balls each. At the same time, West Indies’ Johnson Charles scored a century in 39 balls. After this comes Sanju Samson.

Indians who scored the fastest century in T20I

Rohit Sharma (35 balls)

Sanju Samson (40 balls)

Suryakumar (45 balls)

Abhishek Sharma (46* balls)

KL Rahul (46 balls)

Sanju completed his stormy century with the help of 8 sixes and 9 fours. Sanju along with Surya made a brilliant partnership of 173 runs for the second wicket. Sanju was busy taking his innings forward when he became the victim of Mustafizur Rahman in the 14th over. Sanju returned to the pavilion after scoring 111 runs with the help of 11 fours and 8 sixes in 47 balls. This is the highest score by any Indian wicketkeeper in T20I.