Indian T20 Team
India vs South Africa 4th T20I: Sanju Samson and Tilak Verma performed amazingly in the fourth T20 International match against South Africa. These players presented an excellent example of batting. African bowlers could not stand in front of these two. He rained runs on the field and Team India did wonders by making a mountain-like score of 283 runs. Both these players have been successful in impressing with their batting.
For the first time for India, two batsmen scored centuries together in a T20I match.
This is the first time for the Indian team that two Indian batsmen have scored centuries in a T20 International match. This had not been seen before. Abhishek Sharma came to open with Sanju Samson against Africa. Abhishek also scored runs in explosive fashion. But he was out on the score of 36 runs. After this, Tilak Verma came to bat at number three. He then batted with Sanju in a way which is history in itself. Tilak scored 120 runs and Sanju scored 109 runs.
West Indies record broken
By scoring 283 runs, the Indian team has become the team making the highest score in T20 International against South Africa. Before the Indian team, no team had been able to score such a big score against Africa. India has broken the record of West Indies, which it had made in the year 2023. The Windies team had scored 258 runs in the T20I against Africa in the year 2023.
Apart from this, the Indian team has made its second highest score in T20 International. Earlier in the year 2024 itself, India had scored 297 runs in a T20I match against Bangladesh. Then Team India had missed scoring 300 runs.
Team India’s biggest scores in T20I:
Against Bangladesh- 297 runs, 2024
Against South Africa- 283 runs, 2024
Against Sri Lanka – 260 runs, 2017
244 runs against West Indies, 2016
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IND vs SA: Sanju Samson created history by scoring a century, became the first player to do so in Indian cricket.
