Team India's wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson started the South Africa tour with a bang. He scored a century in the first match of the 4-match T20 series. But now he has suddenly lost his form. He could not open his account in the second match of the series. Now something similar happened with him in the third match of the series also. Sanju Samson was once again out on 0. That means he has returned to the pavilion for the second consecutive match without opening an account. With this, a shameful record has also been registered in his name.

This shameful record was registered in the name of Sanju

Sanju Samson has played 32 innings for Team India so far in T20, during which he has been out 6 times without opening the account. At the same time, this year he has been out at 0 5 times. Let us tell you, Sanju Samson is the first player among the top-10 teams of T20, who has been out without opening the account 5 times in a year. At the same time, the record of being out most number of times in T20 within a year is in the name of Rwanda's Orchid Tuisenge. He returned to the pavilion 7 times in the year 2023 without opening the account.

came out ahead in this list

Sanju Samson has now come third in the list of Indian batsmen who have been out on 0 the most number of times in T20Is. At the same time, Rohit Sharma is at number one with being out at 0 12 times and this has happened with Virat Kohli 7 times, due to which he is at number two. On the other hand, if we talk about Indian wicketkeepers, Sanju Samson has gone ahead in this list. As a wicketkeeper, he has been out at 0 5 times in T20I. Apart from him, Rishabh Pant is at second place in this list with 4 times. Apart from these two players, no Indian wicketkeeper has been out on 0 more than once in T20.

Two ducks after two consecutive centuries

In the first match of this series, Sanju Samson played an inning of 107 runs in 50 balls at the Kingsmead Cricket Stadium in Durban. In this innings, 7 fours and 10 sixes were seen from Sanju's bat. Sanju Samson had also scored a century against Bangladesh in the previous T20 match. In such a situation, he became the first Indian batsman to score centuries in two consecutive T20 matches. But now he has also been out on duck in 2 consecutive matches.