India vs South Africa 1st T20I: Sanju Samson looked in great touch as he played a key role in India's victory in the first T20I match against South Africa in Durban on Friday.

The crowd at the Kingsmead witnessed an absolute masterclass with the bat from Samson who smashed the second century of his T20I career.

On the back of his 107-run knock in just 50 deliveries, India posted a mammoth total of 202/8 in their 20 overs. He smashed seven fours and 10 sixes.

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The visitors bowled South Africa out for 141 runs in 17.5 overs and registered a 61-run win to go 1-0 up in the three-match series.

Here’s a look at the list of records broken by Sanju Samson during his 107-run knock in the 1st India-South Africa T20I:

1. Sanju became the first Indian cricketer in history to score two back-to-back 100s in the shortest format of the game. In his last T20I match for India which was against Bangladesh, Samson scored 111 runs in just 47 balls.

2. He is also the first Asian and overall fourth batter in the world to hit consecutive hundreds in T20Is.

3. Samson has become the fourth Indian cricketer after Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, and Suryakumar Yadav to score a century in T20Is against South Africa.

4. The right-handed batter Samson is also just the second Indian batter after Suryakumar Yadav to score a T20I century in South Africa.

Suryakumar had scored 100 runs from 56 balls against the Proteas in Johannesburg on December 14, 2023.

5. Samson is the fourth Indian cricketer after Rohit Sharma (5), Suryakumar Yadav (4), and KL Rahul (2) to score multiple centuries in T20Is.

6. Sanju is the third Indian after Rohit and Suryakumar to score multiple T20I centuries in a calendar year.

In 2018, Rohit scored centuries against England and West Indies whereas Suryakumar scored two centuries each in 2022 and 2023.

7. Samson’s 107 from 50 balls is the highest individual score in T20I matches played between India and South Africa.

8. Samson smashed as many as 10 sixes during his 107-run knock on Friday, which is a record for hitting joint-most sixes in a T20I inning by an Indian batter.

9. Samson now holds the record for hitting most sixes in a T20I match between India and South Africa.

10. Samson is the second Indian after Rohit Sharma to score centuries in both ODIs and T20Is against South Africa.

Rohit has three ODIs and one T20I century to his name vs Proteas, whereas Samson has scored one century each in both formats.

Sanju Samsom for his memorable knock was adjudged as the Player of the Match. 

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Having made his debut for India way back in 2015, Sanju has scored 701 runs in 34 T20I matches on the back of two fifties and as many hundreds.

The second match of the ongoing T20I series is scheduled to be played at St George's Park in Gqeberha on Sunday, November 10.