Samson's heroics came during India's record-breaking innings of 283/1 in the final T20I against South Africa. This performance wasn't just about numbers; it was about a player who has faced his fair share of struggles in international cricket.

With his third century in last five innings, Samson has now become the first player in T20I history to score three tons in a calendar year.

Each of Samson's three T20I hundreds have come as a designated wicketkeeper-batter. No other gloveman has accomplished this feat more than twice. Salt and Serbia's Leslie Dunbar are the only other keepers with multiple T20I centuries (2 apiece). Meanwhile, no other Indian keeper has a hundred in this format.

India captain Suryakumar Yadav was quizzed after the T20I series win vs South Africa about Sanju Samson's place in the playing XI. The skipper said that India had a good headache of having too many players competing for the same spot.

Sanju Samson etched his name in the record books with a breathtaking century in the fourth T20I against South Africa. His unbeaten 109, studded with nine sixes, marked his third T20I century in 2023,

Samson and Varma also posted the highest partnership for India in T20 Internationals --- 210 off just 93 balls for the second wicket.

On Friday Sanju Samson not only ensured that he opened his account but went to smash a century, his third in T20Is, and returned unbeaten on 109 off 56 deliveries.

Sanju Samson became only the second man in the history of T20I cricket to score more than one century in a bilateral series on Friday, November 15. Samson hit his third hundred in his last five matches in the format.