Gujarat Titans face Rajasthan Royals at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium in Match 23 of the 2025 IPL season. It’s Sanju Samson’s 300th T20 match, the skipper who recently returned to lead RR. Samson, who debuted in 2011, played for India, Kerala, Delhi Capitals, and RR. Key stats follow.
Samson debuted in T20 cricket in 2011. Over 10 years, he has scored 7,400+ runs in 286 innings. At 30, he averages close to 30 with a strike rate above 137. His T20 record includes 6 centuries and 48 fifties. In the IPL, he has accumulated over 4,500 runs.
Samson, the 14th player in IPL history to reach 4,500 runs, achieved this milestone in his 166th inning. He debuted for RR in 2013, played for Delhi Capitals in 2016 and 2017 before rejoining RR. At 30, he has featured in 173 matches.
Samson debuted in T20Is in 2015, scoring 19 versus Zimbabwe, but struggled for consistency. Since then, he has become a key top-order batsman for India, amassing 861 runs in 42 matches with a strike rate of 152.38, including three centuries and two half-centuries.
In November 2024, Samson scored his third T20I century against South Africa, making him the third Indian with multiple tons in T20Is, following Rohit Sharma (5) and Suryakumar Yadav (4). Samson is also the first player to achieve this feat in South Africa and the first Indian with consecutive T20I centuries.
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