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UNSTOPPABLE! Here are all records broken during Sanju Samson-Tilak Varma show in 4th IND vs SA T20I

UNSTOPPABLE! Here are all records broken during Sanju Samson-Tilak Varma show in 4th IND vs SA T20I

Two minutes of silence for those who missed the incredible show put up by Sanju Samson and Tilak Varma in Johannesburg!

Phew! What a show put up by the duo of Sanju Samson and Tilak Varma in the fourth T20I between India and South Africa. Batting first after winning the toss, the Indian juggernaut steamrolled the hapless South African bowlers, amassing a colossal 283/1 in their allotted 20 overs.

Tilak Varma-Sanju Samson maul South Africa

The star of the show was the young prodigy Tilak Varma, who played a scintillating knock of 120* off just 47 deliveries. Lacing his innings with 9 fours and a staggering 10 sixes, Varma toyed with the South African attack, sealing the number three spot in the Indian team.

But Varma’s heroics were matched by the veteran Sanju Samson, who played a sublime innings of 109* off 56 balls. Samson’s clean ball-striking and effortless boundary-hitting left the spectators in awe, as he and Varma stitched together a record-breaking unbeaten 210-run partnership.

The South African bowlers seemed helpless in the face of this onslaught, conceding 283 runs in their 20 overs. The second highest total ever scored by India, and their highest against the Proteas, this innings will go down as one of the most dominant batting performances in the history of T20 cricket. Following this mayhem, let us look at all the records that were broken by India and Samson-Tilak in the fourth T20I.

Most runs in a T20I bilateral for India ft. Tilak Varma

PlayerOpponentYearRuns
Tilak VarmaSouth Africa2024280
Virat KohliEngland2021231
KL RahulNew Zealand2020224

Highest T20I score by an Indian (Overseas) ft. Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson

PlayerOpponentYearScore
Tilak VarmaSouth Africa2024120*
Suryakumar YadavEngland2022117
Suryakumar YadavNew Zealand2022111*
KL RahulWest Indies2022110*
Sanju SamsonSouth Africa2024109*
  • Sanju Samson/Tilak Varma ~ 1st Indian Pair with 200+ Partnership in T20I format

Fastest T20I centuries by an Indian ft. Tilak Varma

PlayerBallsOpponentVenueYear
Rohit Sharma35Sri LankaIndore2017
Sanju Samson40BangladeshHyderabad2024
Tilak Varma41South AfricaJohannesburg2024
Suryakumar Yadav45Sri LankaRajkot2023
KL Rahul46West IndiesLauderhill2016
Abhishek Sharma46ZimbabweHarare2024
Sanju Samson47South AfricaDurban2024

Tilak Varma ends Suryakumar Yadav’s dominance?

PlayerOpponentYearScore
Tilak VarmaSouth Africa2024120*
Suryakumar YadavEngland2022117
Suryakumar YadavSri Lanka2023112*
Suryakumar YadavNew Zealand2022111*
Highest score as a non-opener for India

Most 50+ scores by an Indian WK in T20Is ft. Samson

Player50+ Scores
Sanju Samson4
KL Rahul3
Ishan Kishan3
MS Dhoni2
Rishabh Pant2

Highest partnerships for India in T20Is ft. Samson-Tilak

PartnershipPlayersOpponent
210*Sanju Samson/Tilak VarmaSouth Africa
190*Rohit Sharma/Rinku SinghAfghanistan
176Deepak Hooda/Sanju SamsonIreland
173Sanju Samson/Suryakumar YadavBangladesh
165Rohit Sharma/KL RahulSri Lanka
  • Sanju Samson ~ 1st Player to Score 3 T20I 100s in a Year

Highest run-rate in a 150+ run partnership

Run-RatePlayersOpponentYear
15.04Sanju Samson/Suryakumar YadavBangladesh2024
14.82Sanju Samson/Tilak VarmaSouth Africa2024
14.75Dawid Malan/Eoin MorganNew Zealand2019

Most 200+ totals in T20Is in a year

YearTeam200+ Totals
2024India 9
2023India 7
2024Japan 7
  • Sanju and Tilak become the FIRST EVER Indian pair with a double century stand in T20Is.
  • India become the FIRST TEAM in the world with 4 centuries in a men’s T20I series/tournament.
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