Will Sanju Samson break this special record of Rohit Sharma? Only 84 runs to be scored in the series against Ireland

Sanju Samson Could Break Rohit Sharma Record: Indian wicketkeeper batsman Sanju Samson will have a chance to make a special record in his name in the two-match T20 series against Ireland starting from June 26. If Sanju scores 84 runs in this series, he can leave Rohit Sharma behind and record this record in his name.

The Indian team will play a two-match T20 series on Ireland tour from Friday (June 26). The second and final match will be played on June 28 and both the matches will be played in Belfast. In this series, all eyes will be on wicketkeeper batsman Sanju Samson, who is in excellent form and is standing very close to a big record.

In fact, the record of scoring the most runs for India in T20 International cricket against Ireland is held in the name of former captain Rohit Sharma. Rohit has scored 201 runs in 4 T20 matches played against Ireland at an average of 138.62. During this period, he has also scored three half-centuries with his bat.

Although Rohit Sharma has retired from T20 International cricket, Sanju Samson has a golden opportunity to make this record in his name. Sanju has so far scored 118 runs in 3 T20 matches against Ireland at an excellent average of 59.00 and strike rate of 171.01. If he scores 84 more runs in the upcoming two-match series, he will leave Rohit Sharma behind.

Batsmen who scored the most runs in Ireland vs India T20 International

Player Match Runs

Rohit Sharma 4 201

andy balbirnie 7 161

Deepak Hooda 2 151

Harry Tector 5 123

Sanju Samson 3 118

Indian team for T20 series against Ireland: Shreyas Iyer (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Shivam Dubey, Tilak Verma (vice-captain), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Prasidh Krishna.