The Indian cricket team is currently on a tour of South Africa and is playing a 4-match T20I series. The first match of the series was played in Durban where Sanju Samson’s explosive century saw India beat South Africa by 61 runs. Sanju Samson created a new history by scoring a century in 2 consecutive T20 innings with a century in this match. Sanju became the world’s fourth and India’s first batsman to score centuries in two consecutive T20I innings. Now the Indian team will face South Africa in the second T20I match. Sanju Samson was once again expected to have a big innings in this match but he could not even open the account and returned to the pavilion after facing only 3 balls. With this, a very embarrassing record was added to Sanju’s name.
In fact, Sanju Samson has been dismissed for the fourth time in T20I cricket this year. In doing so, he became the Indian batsman with the most number of wickets in T20I cricket in one year with 4 times. Before this, Yusuf Pathan, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli had a record of getting out for nil 3 times each in a year.
Batsman with most centuries for India in a year (T20Is)
- 4 – Sanju Samson (2024)*
- 3 – Yusuf Pathan (2009)
- 3 – Rohit Sharma (2018)
- 3 – Rohit Sharma (2022)
- 3 – Virat Kohli (2024)
Sanju Samson, who scored a century in the first T20I against South Africa, joined a unique club when he was dismissed for a wicket in the second match. Sanju became the 13th batsman in the world to score a century in two consecutive innings in T20I cricket. He is only the second Indian to feature in this list. Earlier only Yashaswi Jaiswal from India had done this feat.
A batsman who scored a century and a zero in two consecutive T20I innings
- Chris Gayle vs South Africa and Bangladesh, 2007
- Ahmed Shehzad vs Bangladesh and West Indies, 2014
- Colin Munro vs Bangladesh and South Africa, 2017
- Leslie Dunbar v Bulgaria and Greece, 2019
- Ravija Sanduruwan vs Bahamas and Saudi Arabia, 2019
- Aravinda de Silva v Serbia and Romania, 2021
- Aaron Johnson v Oman and Bahamas, 2022
- Simon Sesaji v Tanzania and Rwanda, 2022
- Riley Rousseau vs Bangladesh and India, 2022
- Johnson Charles vs South Africa, 2023
- Yashaswi Jaiswal v Nepal and Bangladesh, 2023
- Anish Param v Philippines and Cameroon, 2023
- Sanju Samson vs South Africa, 2024
Indian batsman with most wickets in T20Is
- 12 – Rohit Sharma (151 innings)
- 7 – Virat Kohli (117 innings)
- 5 – Sanju Samson (31 innings)
- 5 – KL Rahul (68 innings)
Also read:
What Virat couldn’t do, Haris Rauf’s stunning record, Dhoni-Rohit’s entry into the club
What a record Pakistan made, they also defeated Team India; Became the first Asian team to do so
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