UNSTOPPABLE! Here are all records broken during Sanju Samson-Tilak Varma show in 4th IND vs SA T20I

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.

Tilak Varma-Sanju Samson maul South Africa

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*

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.