IPL 2021: Sanju Samson Becomes First-Ever IPL Captain To Achieve THIS Elusive Feat

Rajasthan Royal's newly-appointed skipper Sanju Samson started his captaincy journey in the IPL 2021 with a stormy century. In the fourth match of IPL 2021 against Punjab Kings, RR skipper Sanju Samson completed his century in just 54 balls by hitting a four off Jhye Richardson. (Pic Courtesy: PTI)

This is Sanju Samson's first ton as a captain and overall third in IPL. In his first match as captain, he scored 119 runs off 63 balls with 12 fours and seven sixes, breaking Shreyas Iyer's record of highest score in the first match as captain. Iyer had scored 93 runs in his first IPL game as Delhi Capitals skipper.  Iyer had played this innings against Kolkata Knight Riders in 2018. Sanju Samson is also now the first man to score a ton on IPL captaincy debut. (Pic Courtesy: PTI)

Sanju Samson had earlier scored a century against Rising Pune Supergiant in 2017.  Then in 2019, he attained a century against Sunrisers Hyderabad.  He has so far scored an IPL century only in the odd years. (Pic Courtesy: PTI)

Samson is also the youngest batsman to score first three IPL centuries. He has equaled AB de Villiers in terms of scoring centuries in IPL. AB de Villiers has also scored three centuries in IPL. Sanju Samson has scored his three IPL centuries in 108 matches while de Villiers has scored his three centuries in 170 IPL matches. (Pic Courtesy: PTI)

In the history of Indian Premier League (IPL), maximum centuries have been scored by Chris Gayle (6), Virat Kohli (5), David Warner (4) and Shane Watson (4).  Samson is the sixth player to score a century as captain in the IPL.  Before him Sachin Tendulkar, Adam Gilchrist, Virat Kohli, David Warner and KL Rahul have scored centuries as captain. (Pic Courtesy: @IamSanjuSamson / Twitter)