IND vs SA: Sanju Samson double blast, history made; Suryakumar-Abhishek Sharma entered the exclusive club

• Sanju Samson made the opportunity golden
• Sanju, who replaced Shubman, set a new record
• Made a maximum in India vs South Africa match

India and South Africa In the last T20 match between them, Team India’s star opener Sanju Samson was sensational whenever he got the chance. With his explosive batting against South Africa, Sanju completed 8,000 runs in his T20 career. In terms of balls required to complete 1000 T20 runs, Sanju became the fastest player to complete 1000 T20 runs, surpassing KL Rahul (686 balls) and Tilak Verma (690 balls). He equaled Hardik Pandya’s record of 1000 T20 runs off 679 balls.

1000 T20I runs in the lowest balls for India

• 528 – Abhishek Sharma
• 573 – Suryakumar Yadav
• 679 – Hardik Pandya
• 679 – Sanju Samson*
• 686 – KL Rahul
• 690 – Tilak Verma

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Suryakumar clarified

Team India is playing with three changes in this match. Captain Suryakumar Yadav announced during the toss that Shubman Gill was not playing in the match, hence Sanju Samson’s place in the squad. Shubman Gill has been replaced by Sanju Samson, Harshit Rana has been replaced by Jasprit Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav has been replaced by Washington Sundar. Suryakumar added, “The last match was very important for the team as the World Cup is coming up early next year. What we want from this match is more important than winning the series.”

Sanju had a slow start

By Sanju Samson Started the innings cautiously and opened his account on the third ball. He then hit Marco Jansen for a six on the last ball of the second over. The six became historic for him, as it was his 1000th T20I run for India.

Before this match, Sanju needed just five runs to reach this milestone and he achieved it without any pressure. With this, he became the 14th Indian batsman and third overall wicket-keeper-batsman to complete 1000 runs for India in T20Is.

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Players from both teams

India (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Varun Chakraborty, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh

South Africa (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock (wicketkeeper), Reza Hendricks, Aidan Markram (captain), Dewald Brewis, David Miller, Donovan Ferreira, George Linde, Marco Jansson, Corbin Bosch, Lungi Ngidi, Otneil Baartman