India’s wicketkeeper batsman Sanju Samson (Photo: PTI)
Sanju samson 12th player: Sanju Samson, who was the hero of the match played against wicketkeeper batsman and Oman, can be the 12th player of India. Yes, we do not mean to be out of India’s playing XI. Samson will remain in the Indian playing XI of Super-4 match against Pakistan. Being his 12th player here, means joining the list of Indian players who scored 1000 plus runs in T20 International. So far, 11 Indian players have names in that list and Sanju Samson can become the 12th player to join it.
See the names of these 11 players before the match against Pakistan
First of all, we look at the names of those 11 Indian players and the runs made in their T20 International. Rohit Sharma is at the top of the list of Indian players who have scored the most runs in T20 International, who has scored 4231 runs. Just after Rohit, Virat Kohli is with 4188 runs in the list. Both these players have now said goodbye to T20I.
India’s T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav has 2652 runs and is at number three in the list. At the same time, KL Rahul has scored 2265 runs so far and he is at number four. Hardik Pandya, who has scored 1813 runs in the list of 11 players. Shikhar Dhawan has 1759 runs and MS Dhoni has 1617 runs. Suresh Raina is at number 8 in the list with 1605 runs. Rishabh Pant is at number 9, who has scored 1209 runs. While Yuvraj Singh is ranked 10th and 11th with 1177 runs and Shreyas Iyer 1104 runs.
Sanju Samson will be the 12th player!
Sanju Samson can be the 12th player to join the list of these 11 Indian players. But for that, he will have to score 83 runs against Pakistan in the first Super-4 match. Sanju Samson has so far scored 917 runs in 39 innings of 45 T20I. If Sanju Samson achieves this achievement against Pakistan in Super-4, then nothing better. But, even if this is not done, they will have a chance to achieve further in the Asia Cup 2025.