After starting the series with his 2nd straight century in the format, Sanju Samson became only the second T20I batter from a full-member nation to record five ducks in a calendar year.

Sanju Samson has become only the fourth batter to score consecutive hundreds in Twenty20 international cricket after he backstopped India’s 61-run win over South Africa in Durban.

Sanju Samson hit his second century in a row in the first T20 international against South Africa. He achieved this feat in Durban. He is the first Indian to score back-to-back centuries in T20 internationals.

Sanju Samson scored a scintillating century as India inflicted a 61-run defeat on South Africa in the first T20I on Friday.

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Varma and Sharma put on 107 from 50 balls for the second wicket to lay the platform for the visitors as South Africa lacked discipline with the ball, conceding 10 wides and three no balls in the innings.

India survived a scare from big-hitting Marco Jansen to become the first team in five years to defend a total at the SuperSport Park in Centurion successfully. Tilak Varma's maiden T20I hundred gave India a record total of 219 on Wednesday,

Tilak Varma conceded pressure was mounting on him and Abhishek Sharma before the third T20I against South Africa, but he was a chuffed man after lifting the burden with his maiden international hundred here on Wednesday.

Tilak Varma’s hundred in the 3rd T20I was the second hundred by an Indian batter against South Africa in the ongoing series. Sanju Samson scored 107 in the first match.