Sanju Samson scored his second successive T20I century, smashing 107 off just 50 balls as India took a 1-0 lead in the series in Durban.

On the back of a brilliant hundred, Samson made it to the elite list of batters who have made multiple tons as he joined the likes of Suryakumar Yadav, Rohit Sharma, and KL Rahul.

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 Ind

After the match on Friday, Samson gave an insight into his aggressive approach while batting in T20Is. "I trust my shot-making ability and approach each ball with an attacking mindset, especially in T20Is. With this approach, there is success and failure as well - there are a lot of questions around me building the innings and consistency."

Sanju Samson's spectacular 50-ball 107 played an important role in India's commanding 61-run victory over South Africa in the opening T20I.

Former South African captain AB de Villiers wants Indian wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson to be included in India's all formats team. Samson has been in outstanding form, recently scoring back-to-back T20I centuries.

The century against South Africa was Sanju Samson's second consecutive T20I hundred after the Bangladesh ton in the last T20I of the 3-match series back in October.

Before the match against SA, Samson had also hit a ton during the third and last T20I against Bangladesh at home - he his only the fourth player in the history to hit back-to-back T20I centuries.