Sanju Samson created history by scoring a ‘double century’ against Delhi, the third batsman to do so in IPL.

Chennai Super Kings wicketkeeper batsman Sanju Samson is wreaking havoc in IPL 2026. He has scored two centuries this season, and now he has also scored a special double century against Delhi Capitals. On Tuesday, Samson played an unbeaten match-winning inning of 87 runs against Delhi. With this, a big record has been made in his name.

In IPL 2026, Sanju Samson scored a century against Delhi Capitals in Chepauk. Then he played an innings of 115 runs. Now Samson scored unbeaten 87 runs against Delhi at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Tuesday. In this way, Sanju Samson scored 202 runs against Delhi Capitals this season. In this way Samson made a unique achievement. Before him, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul have achieved this feat in IPL.

Against Delhi Capitals on Tuesday, Sanju Samson played an unbeaten inning of 87 runs with the help of 6 sixes and 7 fours in 52 balls. Sanju Samson scored a century in the first match of this season against Delhi. Samson had scored unbeaten 115 runs in that match. Including both the matches, he scored 202 runs against Delhi this season. In the history of IPL, Samson has become the third batsman to score 200 or more runs in both the matches against a single team in a season. Before him, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul had achieved this feat.

Virat had scored centuries in both the matches against Gujarat Lions in IPL 2016. Then he scored a total of 209 runs while playing unbeaten innings of 100 and 109 runs. Kohli is at first place in terms of scoring most runs in two matches against any team in a season.

KL Rahul played unbeaten innings of 103-103 runs in both the matches against Mumbai Indians in IPL 2022 and scored a total of 206 runs. At that time Rahul played for Lucknow Super Giants and was the captain. Rahul is second in terms of scoring the most runs in two matches against any team in a season. Now Samson is at third place in this record list. Chris Gayle is at number four. Gayle scored a total of 196 runs including an unbeaten 175 and an inning of 21 runs against Pune Warriors India in IPL 2013.