South Africa captain Aiden McCrum won the toss in the third T20 against India on November 13 and decided to bowl first. India debuted all-rounder Ramandeep Singh in place of fast bowler Avesh Khan. Openers Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma came on to start the Indian innings after the toss failed. Sanju Samson, who hit a brilliant century in the first game of the series, could not open his account in the second game. Under such circumstances, he is expected to perform better in the third game. However, three weeks later suffered the same fate as the second game.
Sanju Samson returned to the pavilion off the second ball of the first over. Marco Janson rode a duck to the pavilion for three weeks. In this way, Sanzhou Samson set a very shameful record in his own name. In fact, Sanju has become the 7th Indian player to have the most consecutive dismissals in T20I cricket. Prior to this, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Ambati Rayudu, Ashish Nehra, and Deepak Hooda had been eliminated in two consecutive games. Washington Sundar is the only Indian to get out in 3 consecutive T20I matches.
Indian player with the most consecutive absences in T20I matches
- 3 – Washington Sundar (2019-20)
- 2 – Ashish Nehra (2010)
- 2 – Ambati Rayudu (2015)
- 2 – Rahul, Kuala Lumpur (2021)
- 2 – Deepak Hooda (2022)
- 2 – Rohit Sharma (2024)
- 2 – Tri-State Samson (2024)
- 2 – Tri-State Samson (2024)
Not only that, Sanju Samson has been dismissed twice in a row in T20I matches this year. He was the first Indian batsman to do so. No batsman had ever been dismissed in two consecutive games in a year before.
The wicketkeeper who has taken the most ducks in T20Is
- 5-Sanzhou Samson
- 4 – Rishabh Pants
- 1 – MS Dhoni
- 1 – Ishan Kishan
- 1 – Jitesh Sharma
- 1 – Rahul, Kuala Lumpur
India’s most T20I ducks in a year
- 5 – Tri-State Samson (2024)*
- 3 – Yusuf Pathan (2009)
- 3 – Rohit Sharma (2018)
- 3 – Rohit Sharma (2022)
- 3 – Virat Kohli (2024)
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