Sanju Samson races past 6,500 runs in T20 cricket: Stats
Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson has completed 6,500 runs in T20 cricket. He accomplished the milestone with his 34th run against in Match 38 of IPL 2024 against the Mumbai Indians at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur. Earlier in the game, he went past 3,500 IPL runs for RR. Samson scored an unbeaten 38 versus MI as RR claimed victory. Here are his stats.
Decoding Samson's journey in T20 cricket
In a career spanning over a decade, he has clobbered 6,504 runs across 265 T20s. He was handed his maiden IPL cap in the 2014 season. The 29-year-old averages 29.03 and has maintained a strike rate of 134.10. He has slammed three hundreds and 43 fifties. 374 of his runs have come in 25 T20Is for India at 18.70 (50: 1).
Here are his IPL numbers
With this knock, Samson has raced past 4,200 runs (4,202) across 160 games, averaging 30.44. His strike rate is 138.22 as the tally includes three tons and 23 fifties. During the course of his knock, he raced past 3,500 IPL runs for the Royals (3,525), becoming the first batter to get this feat. He averages 31.19 for the franchise.
Samson averages 62.80 in IPL 2024
Samson has led RR from the front in IPL 2024. He has surpassed 300 runs (314) at 62.80 across eight matches. Jos Buttler is the next batter in terms of highest runs for RR this season (285). Against MI, Samson raced to 601 IPL career runs across 23 matches at an average of 28.61 as the tally includes five half-centuries.
Samson shares 109-run stand alongside Yashasvi as RR beat MI
Samson came to the crease when RR were 74/1 following the dismissal of Buttler. Alongside centurion Yashasvi Jaiswal, the RR skipper added 109 runs for the second wicket. RR scored 183/1 in 18.4 overs after MI managed 179/9 in 20 overs.
