India 202 for 8 (Samson 107) beat South Africa 141 (Chakravarthy 3-25, Bishnoi 3-28) by 61 runs Sanju Samson struck his second successive T20I century and shattered records and South African hopes at Kingsmead. His was the fastest T20I hundred by an Indian ...

Former India cricketer Dinesh Karthik has hailed Sanju Samson saying that the wicketkeeper batter has sealed his spot as an opener in T20Is. Notably, Samson recently smashed his second consecutive century in the format during the first T20I against South Africa in Durban and became the first Indian to achieve the feat.

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.