India’s trendy wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson is only one century away from rewriting the historical past books of T20I cricket. Samson, 29, has already scored two back-to-back a whole bunch in T20Is and wishes another to grow to be the primary participant ever to hit three consecutive a whole bunch within the shortest format of the sport.
Presently, there are solely three gamers apart from Sanju who’ve scored consecutive a whole bunch in T20I cricket – England’s Phil Salt, France’s Gustav Mckeon and South Africa’s Rilee Rossouw. Samson had scored a 47-ball 111 within the third T20I towards Bangladesh final month and backed it up with a 107-run knock within the first match of the continuing sequence towards Proteas at Kingsmead in Durban.
However, Arshdeep Singh and Hardik Pandya even have the chance to scale the ladder of the all-time main wicket-takers for India in T20Is and get nearer to the zenith. Presently, Arshdeep is the fourth-leading wicket-taker within the format for India with 88 scalps whereas Hardik is fifth with 87 wickets to his credit score.
Notably, Jasprit Bumrah is third on the chart with 89 wickets and the out-of-favour pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar is second with 90 wickets. Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, who was part of India’s squad on the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup within the USA and the Caribbean is on the high with 96 wickets in 80 matches.
Most wickets for India in T20Is
| S. No | Participant | Matches | Wickets |
| 1. | Yuzvendra Chahal | 80 | 96 |
| 2. | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 87 | 90 |
| 3. | Jasprit Bumrah | 70 | 89 |
| 4. | Arshdeep Singh | 57 | 88 |
| 5. | Hardik Pandya | 106 | 87 |
South Africa T20I squad:
Aiden Markram (c), Ottneil Baartman, Gerald Coetzee, Donovan Ferreira, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Patrick Kruger, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Mihlali Mpongwana, Nqaba Peter, Ryan Rickelton, Andile Simelane, Lutho Sipamla (third and 4th T20Is), and Tristan Stubbs.
India T20I squad for South Africa sequence:
Suryakumar Yadav (c), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Rinku Singh, Tilak Varma, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Avesh Khan, Yash Dayal.