Shameful Sanju, nose cut 2 times in one year; For the first time an Indian made such a poor record in T20I

MN news November 13, 2024

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South Africa captain Aiden McCram won the toss and decided to bowl first in the third T20 match against India on 13 November. India have given a debut to all-rounder Ramandeep Singh, who replaced fast bowler Avesh Khan. After losing the toss, Team India’s openers Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma entered the field to start the Indian innings. Sanju Samson, who scored a brilliant century in the first match of the series, could not open his account in the second match. In such a situation, better performance was expected from him in the third match. However, Sanju met with the same fate as he had in the second match.

Sanju Samson returned to the pavilion on the second ball of the first over. Marco Janson showed Sanju the way to the pavilion on a duck. In this way Sanju Samson made a very shameful record in his name. In fact, Sanju has become the 7th Indian player to be out for most consecutive ducks in T20I cricket. Before this, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Ambati Rayudu, Ashish Nehra, Deepak Hooda have been out on duck in 2 consecutive matches. Washington Sundar is the only Indian to be out for a duck in 3 consecutive T20I matches.

Indian players who have been out for ducks the most number of consecutive times in T20I matches

3 – Washington Sundar (2019-20)

2 – Ashish Nehra (2010)

2 – Ambati Rayudu (2015)

2 – KL Rahul (2021)

2 – Deepak Hooda (2022)

2 – Rohit Sharma (2024)

2 – Sanju Samson (2024)

2 – Sanju Samson (2024)

Not only this, Sanju Samson has been out on duck in two consecutive T20I matches this year. He is the first batsman from India to do so. Earlier, no batsman had been out on duck in two consecutive matches within a year.