Two minutes of silence for those who missed the incredible show put up by Sanju Samson and Tilak Varma in Johannesburg!
Phew! What a show put up by the duo of Sanju Samson and Tilak Varma in the fourth T20I between India and South Africa. Batting first after winning the toss, the Indian juggernaut steamrolled the hapless South African bowlers, amassing a colossal 283/1 in their allotted 20 overs.
The star of the show was the young prodigy Tilak Varma, who played a scintillating knock of 120* off just 47 deliveries. Lacing his innings with 9 fours and a staggering 10 sixes, Varma toyed with the South African attack, sealing the number three spot in the Indian team.
But Varma’s heroics were matched by the veteran Sanju Samson, who played a sublime innings of 109* off 56 balls. Samson’s clean ball-striking and effortless boundary-hitting left the spectators in awe, as he and Varma stitched together a record-breaking unbeaten 210-run partnership.
The South African bowlers seemed helpless in the face of this onslaught, conceding 283 runs in their 20 overs. The second highest total ever scored by India, and their highest against the Proteas, this innings will go down as one of the most dominant batting performances in the history of T20 cricket. Following this mayhem, let us look at all the records that were broken by India and Samson-Tilak in the fourth T20I.
Most runs in a T20I bilateral for India ft. Tilak Varma
Player
Opponent
Year
Runs
Tilak Varma
South Africa
2024
280
Virat Kohli
England
2021
231
KL Rahul
New Zealand
2020
224
Highest T20I score by an Indian (Overseas) ft. Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson
Player
Opponent
Year
Score
Tilak Varma
South Africa
2024
120*
Suryakumar Yadav
England
2022
117
Suryakumar Yadav
New Zealand
2022
111*
KL Rahul
West Indies
2022
110*
Sanju Samson
South Africa
2024
109*
Sanju Samson/Tilak Varma ~ 1st Indian Pair with 200+ Partnership in T20I format
Fastest T20I centuries by an Indian ft. Tilak Varma
Player
Balls
Opponent
Venue
Year
Rohit Sharma
35
Sri Lanka
Indore
2017
Sanju Samson
40
Bangladesh
Hyderabad
2024
Tilak Varma
41
South Africa
Johannesburg
2024
Suryakumar Yadav
45
Sri Lanka
Rajkot
2023
KL Rahul
46
West Indies
Lauderhill
2016
Abhishek Sharma
46
Zimbabwe
Harare
2024
Sanju Samson
47
South Africa
Durban
2024
Tilak Varma ends Suryakumar Yadav’s dominance?
Player
Opponent
Year
Score
Tilak Varma
South Africa
2024
120*
Suryakumar Yadav
England
2022
117
Suryakumar Yadav
Sri Lanka
2023
112*
Suryakumar Yadav
New Zealand
2022
111*
Highest score as a non-opener for India
Most 50+ scores by an Indian WK in T20Is ft. Samson
Player
50+ Scores
Sanju Samson
4
KL Rahul
3
Ishan Kishan
3
MS Dhoni
2
Rishabh Pant
2
Highest partnerships for India in T20Is ft. Samson-Tilak
Partnership
Players
Opponent
210*
Sanju Samson/Tilak Varma
South Africa
190*
Rohit Sharma/Rinku Singh
Afghanistan
176
Deepak Hooda/Sanju Samson
Ireland
173
Sanju Samson/Suryakumar Yadav
Bangladesh
165
Rohit Sharma/KL Rahul
Sri Lanka
Sanju Samson ~ 1st Player to Score 3 T20I 100s in a Year
Highest run-rate in a 150+ run partnership
Run-Rate
Players
Opponent
Year
15.04
Sanju Samson/Suryakumar Yadav
Bangladesh
2024
14.82
Sanju Samson/Tilak Varma
South Africa
2024
14.75
Dawid Malan/Eoin Morgan
New Zealand
2019
Most 200+ totals in T20Is in a year
Year
Team
200+ Totals
2024
India
9
2023
India
7
2024
Japan
7
Sanju and Tilak become the FIRST EVER Indian pair with a double century stand in T20Is.
India become the FIRST TEAM in the world with 4 centuries in a men’s T20I series/tournament.
