Sanju Samson Career: Sanju Samson scored a brilliant century in the first T20 match against South Africa. Then he played an innings of 107 runs. Earlier he also scored a huge century against Bangladesh and seemed to be back in form. But in the last two matches, far from scoring runs, he has been desperate to stay at the crease. In the second and third T20 matches against South Africa, he could not even open the account and was dismissed for zero runs. With this he has made a very bad record.
Sanju reached the top of the bad list
Sanju Samson has become the Indian wicketkeeper with the most wickets in T20 international cricket. He has been dismissed for 5 wickets in T20 as a wicketkeeper. In the list of the poor, he has overtaken Rishabh Pant to occupy the first position. As a wicketkeeper for India, Pant has four wickets in T20Is. Sanju had to face a bad day in his career as he was dismissed twice in a row.
List of Indian wicketkeepers who got out for a wicket in T20Is:
- Sanju Samson- 5 times
- Rishabh Pant- 4 times
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni- 1 time
- Ishan Kishan- Once
- KL Rahul- Once
- Jitesh Sharma- 1 time
Overall, he is the third wicket-taker for India in T20 International cricket. He has been dismissed 6 times for zero. Rohit Sharma is at number one. He has been out for 12 wickets so far. Virat Kohli is second in T20Is with 7 outs.
Batsmen with most wickets in T20 Internationals for India:
- Rohit Sharma- 12 times
- Virat Kohli- 7 times
- Sanju Samson- 6 times
- KL Rahul- 5 times
Has scored two centuries in T20Is
Sanju Samson made his T20 International debut for the Indian team in 2015. He did not perform well in his early career. For this reason, he kept moving in and out of the team and on the other hand, Rishabh Pant cemented his place. Due to this he did not get many opportunities. He has so far scored 701 runs in 36 T20 Internationals, scoring two centuries and two fifties.
Latest Cricket News