Delhi: Indian cricket team's wicketkeeper batsman Sanju Samson stole the show with his explosive batting in the fourth T20 International against West Indies. In this match being played in Hyderabad, Sanju played a stormy inning of 56 runs in just 23 balls. This inning of his not only gave a fast start to India, but also two big records were registered in his name.

Sanju completed his half-century in just 20 balls during his innings. With this he equaled his fastest half-century in T20 International cricket. Before this, he had also scored a fifty in 20 balls against Afghanistan in Delhi last month.

Sanju Samson made a special record in terms of sixes

Sanju Samson hit 6 fours and 4 sixes in his 23-ball innings. As soon as he hit the second six of the innings, he completed his 100 sixes in T20 International cricket. With this achievement, Sanju became the sixth Indian batsman to score a century of sixes in this format.

Before him, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Abhishek Sharma, Hardik Pandya and Virat Kohli have achieved this feat. Sanju has hit 102 sixes in 68 innings so far. His aggressive batting can be gauged from the fact that he has scored runs at a strike rate of more than 158.

Fifty in 20 balls, made place in this special list also

Sanju's fifty against West Indies was not only fast but was also special in terms of overs. He completed his half-century in 3.4 overs of the innings. According to the available data, Sanju has reached the first place among the batsmen of the full member country in terms of overs scored in T20 International cricket.

Overall he is at second place in this list.

This list also includes Namibia's Jan Frylink, who completed his half-century in 3.4 overs against Zimbabwe in 2025. Kuldeep Gholia of Portugal and Patrick Matuatava of Vanuatu also achieved this feat in 3.6 overs.

Indian batsman who hit most sixes in T20I

Rohit Sharma still tops the list of sixes hit by Indian batsmen in T20 International cricket.

He has 205 sixes registered in his name. Suryakumar Yadav is at second place with 179 sixes and Abhishek Sharma is at third place with 141 sixes. Hardik Pandya is ahead of him with 126 sixes and Virat Kohli with 124 sixes.

Sanju Samson has reached sixth place in this special list with 102 sixes. With this achievement, he has further strengthened his aggressive batting identity in Indian T20 cricket.