Tri-State Samson Career: Sanju Samson scored a brilliant goal in the first T20 match against South Africa. Then he played 107 innings. Earlier, he also scored a goal against Bangladesh and looks like he is back to form. But instead of scoring in the past two games, he’s eager to stay on the court. In the second and third T20 games against South Africa, he could not even open his account and was eliminated with zero runs. He had a very bad record as a result.
Sanju tops the bad list
Sanju Samson became the Indian wicketkeeper with the most zero dismissals in T20 international cricket. As a wicketkeeper in T20Is, he has been dismissed for nil 5 times. In the poor list, he has secured the first position, leaving Rishabh Pant behind. As India’s wicketkeeper, Pant has four zeroes to his name in T20Is. Three weeks had to go through one of the worst days of his career due to two consecutive scoreless outs.
List of Indian goalkeepers with zero run outs in T20Is:
- Sanju Samson – 5 times
- Rishabh Pant- 4 times
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni- 1 time
- Ishaan Kishan – Once
- KL Rahul- once
- Jitesh Sharma- 1 time
Overall, he is the player with the third highest number of zero dismissals in T20 international cricket for India. He has struck out with zero six times. Rohit Sharma is ranked number one. So far, he has struck out 12 times with nil. Virat Kohli ranks second with 7 wickets in T20I matches.
India’s batsman with the most dismissals in T20 Internationals:
- Rohit Sharma – 12 times
- Virat Kohli- 7 times
- Tri-State Samson – 6 times
- KL Rahul – 5 times
Has scored two centuries in T20Is
Sanju Samson made his debut for India in 2015 in T20 Internationals. He struggled early in his career. He has been in and out of the team for this and on the other hand, Rishabh Pant has also confirmed his place. He didn’t get many opportunities for this. He has scored 701 runs in 36 T20 internationals so far, in which he has scored two centuries and two half-centuries.
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