Tilak Verma and Sanju Samson played unbeaten century innings in the fourth T20 match.
SA vs IND, 4th T20I: South Africa and India The last match of the four-match T20 series between is being played in Johannesburg on 15 November. Indian team won the toss and batted first and scored 283 runs on the board at the loss of one wicket. This is India’s second highest total in T20 International.
SA vs IND: The pair of Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson gave a great start
In the fourth T20 match, the pair of Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson gave a great start to India. There was a partnership of 73 runs between the two batsmen for the first wicket. Abhishek Sharma returned to the pavilion after playing a stormy innings of 36 runs in 18 balls with the help of 2 fours and 4 sixes. He was out in the sixth over against Adele Simlane.
Sanju Samson and Tilak Verma played century innings
There was a record partnership of 210* runs for the second wicket between Sanju Samson and Tilak Verma. Sanju Samson played an unbeaten inning of 109 runs in 56 balls with the help of 6 fours and 9 sixes. He completed his century in 51 balls. Sanju has become the first batsman in the world to score three T20 International centuries in a calendar year.
Tilak Verma played an unbeaten inning of 120 runs in 47 balls with the help of 9 fours and 10 sixes. He has become the second Indian batsman to score centuries in two consecutive innings in T20 International.
SA vs IND, 4th T20I: These records were made in Johannesburg-
1. Tilak Verma (41 balls) has become the third batsman for India to score the fastest century in T20. Rohit Sharma (35 balls) is at first place and Sanju Samson (40 balls) is at second place.
2. India registered its second highest total (283/1) in T20 International cricket in Johannesburg. The team had recorded its highest total this year by scoring 297 runs against Bangladesh.
3. Sanju Samson (3 centuries) has become the batsman who has scored most centuries in T20 as a wicketkeeper.
4. Sanju Samson is the first player to score 3 centuries in a calendar year in T20 International cricket.
5. Highest team total in T20 International
- 344/4 – Zimbabwe vs Gambia, Nairobi, 2024
- 314/3 – Nepal vs Mongolia, Hangzhou, 2023, Asian Games
- 297/6 – India vs Bangladesh, Hyderabad, 2024
- 286/5 – Zimbabwe vs Seychelles, Nairobi, 2024
- 283/1 – India vs South Africa, Johannesburg, 2024
- 278/3 – Afghanistan vs Ireland, Dehradun, 2019
6. Tilak Verma (10 sixes) has equaled the record of Rohit Sharma and Sanju Samson for hitting most sixes in an innings of T20 International.
7. Team India (23 sixes) has become the fourth team to hit the most sixes in an innings of T20 International.
8. The partnership of 210* runs between Sanju Samson and Tilak Verma is the third highest partnership for any wicket by a full members team in T20 International.
9. The partnership of 210* runs between Sanju Samson and Tilak Verma is the highest partnership by India for any wicket in T20 International.
10. Tilak Verma has now become the fifth player after Sanju Samson, France’s Gustave Macon, South Africa’s Riley Rousseau and England’s Phil Salt to score two consecutive T20 International centuries.
11. India (283/1) also made the highest T20 International total against South Africa. Which was earlier made by West Indies (258/3) in Centurion in 2023.