Sanju Samson’s wife, Charulatha Remesh, has reacted to her husband’s record-breaking hundred in the first T20I of the four-match series against South Africa in Durban.
The right-handed batter completed his fifty in 27 balls and reached the three-figure mark in 47 balls. The 29-year-old was dismissed after scoring 107 runs off 50 deliveries, hitting 10 sixes and 7 fours in the process. Charulatha took to Instagram to hail her partner.
“My forever favourite Hero,” she wrote.
He is the first Indian batter to score two consecutive centuries in T20Is. He also equalled Rohit Sharma’s record for hitting the most sixes by an Indian batter in a T20I game, with 10 maximums.
Samson’s maiden ton in the shortest format came in the third and final T20I against Bangladesh in the previous series. With Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal missing from the team due to Test matches, captain Suryakumar Yadav and head coach Gautam Gambhir decided to open the innings with Sanju.
Although he registered back-to-back ducks in Sri Lanka, the decision-makers agreed to stick with him for Bangladesh matches.
He repaid the trust by finally justifying his selection in Hyderabad. The recent contest in Durband showed that Samson is now ready to consistently deliver match-winning performances.
Varun Chakravarthy and Ravi Bishnoi were Team India’s top performers with the ball as they claimed three wickets each in the game.
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