Kamal Ghorui
Chennai Super Kings batter Sanju Samson struck his fifth Indian Premier League (IPL) century on Thursday during his team’s IPL 2026 match vs Mumbai Indians on Thursday at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium. Sanju Samson completed his century on the last ball of the innings with a four off Krish Bhagat’s bowl. That was his second century of the season, his second for CSK and his fifth in the IPL history. Samson’s century was the first individual century by a CSK batter against MI in IPL. In the process, Samson joined Rohit Sharma at number two in the list of most centuries in T20s among Indians. Most centuries in T20s among Indians9 – Virat Kohli9 – Abhishek Sharma8 – Rohit Sharma8 – Sanju Samson*Most centuries in the IPL8 – Virat Kohli7 – Jos Buttler6 – Chris Gayle5 – KL Rahul5 – Sanju Samson*Samson’s 101 not out powered Chennai Super Kings to 207/6 against Mumbai Indians in clash between the two five-time champions.The CSK opener and keeper-batter stayed till the end and held the innings together with wickets falling at regular intervals at the other end.Samson hit 10 fours and six sixes in his 54-ball knock. It was his second century for his new franchise CSK.For MI, AM Ghazanfar and Ashwani Kumar bagged two wickets each, while Jasprit Bumrah was tidy with 1/31.
