The Indian team, under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav, is touring South Africa for a four-match T20 series, the first match of which will be played at the Kingsmead ground in Durban. In this match, the Indian team had the opportunity to bat first in which they scored 202 runs with the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. In this match, the Indian team saw an innings of 107 runs in 50 balls from the bat of Sanju Samson. While Samson scored his second consecutive century in T20 Internationals, he also equaled a great record by Rohit Sharma.
Sanju matched Rohit Sharma in this issue of sixes.
Sanju Samson hit a total of 10 sixes in his innings of 107 runs in the first match of this T20 series played in Durban against South Africa. With this, Sanju has now jointly equaled Rohit Sharma in terms of scoring the most sixes for India in an innings of a T20 international match. Rohit had hit a total of 10 sixes during his hundred innings in the T20 match against Sri Lanka played at Indore Ground in 2017.
Players who hit the most sixes in an innings of T20 international match for India
Rohit Sharma – 10 sixes (vs 8 Sri Lanka, year 2017, Indore)
Sanju Samson – 10 sixes (against South Africa, year 2024, Durban)
Suryakumar Yadav – 9 sixes (vs Sri Lanka, year 2023, Rajkot)
KL Rahul – 8 sixes (vs Sri Lanka, 2017, Indore)
India scored their fifth century in T20.
Virat Kohli still ranks first in terms of scoring most centuries in T20 format with 9 innings centuries. Rohit Sharma occupies the second position with 8 centuries. Sanju Samson has scored his fifth century in T20 format, his second consecutive century in International. Earlier last month, Sanju had played a century in the last match of the T20 series against Bangladesh in early October.
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