Sanju Samson Becomes First Batter Ever To Register Embarrassing T20I World Record

It looks like Sanju Samson is flattering to deceive once again. After two back-to-back centuries in two straight T20Is, the wicketkeeper-batter has now scored two back-to-back ducks. Sanju Samson has often not received a consistent run in the national team, but when he scored those tons against Bangladesh and then against South Africa (in the 1st T20I), everyone thought that Samson was finally doing justice to his immense talent. But now, Samson has scored back-to-back ducks. 

Sanju Samson now has five ducks in 2024. He is now only the second batter from an ICC Full Member to bag five ducks in a calendar year after Zimbabwe's Regis Chakabva in 2022. Samson is also the first player in history to score two consecutive ducks after scoring two consecutive centuries in T20Is.

Talking about India's innings in the third T20I, Tilak Varma's powerful knock pushed India to 219/6 against South Africa on Wednesday in Centurion. India ended their first inning at 219/6 as Tilak smashed his maiden century in the 20-over format.

After winning the toss, the Proteas sent India to bat, however, Aiden Markram's decision did not go in their favour as they failed to break partnerships.

South Africa had an amazing start in the game when seamer Marco Jansen removed India opener Sanju Samson in the second ball of the match in Centurion.

Following the first dismissal, Abhishek Sharma (50 runs from 25 balls, 3 fours and 5 sixes) and Tilak Varma (107 runs from 49 balls, 8 fours and 7 sixes) cemented a 107-run partnership which helped the Men in Blue add some crucial runs on the board.

In the ninth over, Abhishek slammed fifty from 24 balls, however, in the next ball, Keshav Maharaj removed the Indian batter from the crease.

The third wicket of the