Indian cricket fans were ecstatic after Sanju Samson's record-breaking T20I century in the series opener against South Africa on November 8 in Durban. After his previous heroics against Bangladesh ...
His 40-ball ton is second to RohitSharma, who made a century in 35 deliveries ... which is one less than Rohit took to reach to his fifty against Bangladesh in a T20I in 2019.
Later, the hosts restricted Bangladesh to 164/7 and swept away the series 3-0. With a century in 40 balls, Samson became the second-fastest Indian centurion in T20Is after RohitSharma (35 balls ...
Notably, when Rohit was named the all-format skipper for India in early 2022, Pant was named among the potential successors with the then Chetan Sharma-led selection committee wanting the India star, ...