Indian batter Sanju Samson was in blitzing form in his die’s third and final T20I against Bangladesh at Hyderabad on Saturday as he scored his maiden T20I ton.
Samson reached the triple-digit mark in just 40 deliveries, the fourth-fastest century by a batter from a Test-playing nation. The century was also the second quickest by an Indian.
Rohit Sharma’s 35-ball-ton against Sri Lanka at Indore in 2017 and South African David Miller’s 35-ball century against Bangladesh at Potchefstroom in the same year 2017 stand at the top of the list.
Windies batter Johnson Charles’s 39-ball-hundred against South Africa at the Centurion in the year 2023 ranks behind Rohit and Miller’s milestones.
Samson’s incredible knock in Hyderabad comes in next on the list, ahead of Afghanistan batter Hazratullah Zarzai’s 42-ball-ton against Ireland in Dehradun in 2019 and Liam Livingstone’s 42-ball-ton against Pakistan at the Trent Bridge in 2021.
India opened the innings with Samson and Abhishek Sharma before the youngster fell early to Tanzim Hasan in the third over of the game for just 4 runs off as many deliveries.
However, Samson and Suryakumar took the game to the Bangladesh bowlers as they smashed them all over the park.
Samson added 111 runs off just 47 balls before departing the field as he fell to Mustafizur Rahman when Mahedi Hasan held on to the catch offered up at deep by the batter.
Skipper Suryakumar added 75 runs off just 35 deliveries before falling to Mahmadullah.
Riyan Parag and Hardik Pandya posted a 70-run partnership for the fourth wicket before the former was caught behind by Liton Das off Taskin.
Pandya chipped in with 47 runs before falling to Tanzim, before the Bangladesh bowler picked up another scalp in the succeeding delivery to dismiss Nitish Kumar Reddy for a golden duck.
Rinku Singh and Washington Sundar remained unbeaten on 8 runs and 1 run respectively as India made a mammoth total of 297 for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs.
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