New Delhi. Sanju Samson, who started the South African tour with a century, has become upset after just one match. Sanju Samson could not even open his account in two consecutive matches after scoring a century. The Indian wicketkeeper batsman was clean bowled by Marco Jansen in the third T20 match. With this, Sanju Samson has made an Indian record of being out on zero the most number of times in a calendar year.
The third T20 match between India and South Africa was played at the Supersports Park Stadium in Centurion. India won the first match of the series. The second match was in the name of South Africa. For this reason, everyone’s eyes were on the third match. South Africa won the toss in this match and decided to bowl first. The Indian team, which came on the field after being invited to bat first, had a bad start and opener Sanju Samson was out without opening the account.
Yansen clean bowled
Sanju Samson tried to take a single by playing the first ball of the match at square leg, but failed. The next ball of the match was on such a length on which Sanju could neither come on the front foot nor on the back foot. This ball of Marco Jansen scattered the balls of the off-middle stump while making an angle.
2 centuries in 2024 and also out on 0 5 times
This was the second consecutive time on the South Africa tour, when Sanju Samson could not open the account. Similarly, this is the fifth time in 2024 in T20 International matches, when Sanju was out on 0. He has scored 327 runs in 12 T20 matches this year at an average of 32.70. This also includes two centuries and one half-century.
FIRST PUBLISHED: November 13, 2024, 21:02 IST