Sanju Samson celebrates after scoring his maiden century throughout the third T20 worldwide towards Bangladesh in Hyderabad on October 12, 2024.
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Sanju Samson grew to become the primary Indian wicketkeeper-batter to attain a T20I century on Saturday (October 12, 2024). Samson achieved this feat throughout his facet’s third and ultimate T20I towards Bangladesh at Hyderabad.
Samson scored 111 runs in simply 47 balls, with 11 fours and eight sixes. His runs got here at a strike charge of 236.17. This was Samson’s first T20I century and will simply assist him solidify his spot in T20Is as a first-choice wicketkeeper-batter. In 33 T20Is and 29 innings, he has scored 594 runs at a median of twenty-two.84, with a century and two fifties.
Sanju has a wonderful document on the Rajiv Gandhi Worldwide Stadium, scoring 398 runs in eight innings at a median of 66.33 and a strike charge of 162.44, with a century and two fifties. Samson has additionally registered the second-fastest T20I century by a full-member group (those that play Take a look at cricket). The quickest T20I century by a full-member group participant are by South Africa’s David Miller and Indian skipper Rohit Sharma, who registered their tons in 35 balls every.
The quickest T20I century amongst all nations is by Sahil Chauhan of Estonia, who registered a 27-ball ton towards Cyprus solely this yr in June.
Coming to the match, India received the toss and opted to bat first. After an early dismissal of Abhishek Sharma, Samson (111 in 47 balls, with 11 fours and eight sixes) and skipper Suryakumar Yadav (75 in 35 balls, with eight fours and 5 sixes) placed on a quickfire 173 run stand. Following this, fiery cameos from Riyan Parag (34 in 14 balls, with a 4 and 4 sixes) and Hardik Pandya (47 in 18 balls, with 4 boundaries and 4 sixes) took India to their highest T20I whole of 297/6 of their 20 overs. Tanzim Hasan Sakib (3/66) was the main bowler for Bangladesh.
Revealed – October 12, 2024 10:37 pm IST
