Sanju Samson matches Rohit Sharma's legendary record with century against Mumbai Indians in IPL 2026

Chennai Super Kings opener Sanju Samson stole the show in the marquee clash against Mumbai Indians in the IPL 2026. When all the other batters were struggling to keep the scoreboard ticking, the keeper-batter took the responsibility on himself, smacking a century in 54 balls. He reached the feat in the final delivery of the innings, pulling Krish Bhagat for a boundary. He remained unbeaten on 101 runs as Chennai posted 207 runs on the board in the first innings.

With that, the Kerala-born have matched Rohit Sharma’s feat of most centuries by



an Indian in T20 cricket. Abhishek Sharma tops the list with nine tons in the format, while Virat Kohli stands second with eight. Rohit and Samson, in the meantime, are joint-third wth seven tons to their name in the format.

It was Samson’s second century in the last four games. He had a rather slow start to the season after the T20 World Cup, but the 31-year-old soon found momentum, hitting a century against Delhi Capitals a couple of weeks back and now played a scintillating knock against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium.