84 runs away… Sanju Samson will be crowned number 1, Rohit Sharma’s reign will end, Tector will also be left behind.

New Delhi. The Indian cricket team’s tour of Ireland is going to start from June 26. Although this is a small T20 series, but it is going to be very special for Indian cricket fans and many players. On this tour, everyone’s eyes will be on Team India’s star wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson. Sanju has such a golden opportunity in this series, by capitalizing which he can register his name in the pages of history. If Sanju’s bat performs as expected in this series, then he will break a big record of former captain Rohit Sharma and become the number-1 batsman in India-Ireland T20 matches.

If we look at the history of T20 International matches between India and Ireland, Rohit Sharma’s name shines at the top. Rohit Sharma, popularly known as ‘Hitman’, is the only batsman to score more than 200 runs in the T-20 series between the two countries. He batted brilliantly in 4 innings of 4 matches against Ireland and scored a total of 201 runs. During this period, he has also scored 3 brilliant half-centuries. Since Rohit Sharma has now retired from international T20 cricket, he is not a part of Team India in this format. In such a situation, this record of his is now on the verge of being broken and Sanju Samson is at the forefront of the race to break it.

Sanju Samson has a chance to create history
India has to play a total of 2 T20 matches on this current tour of Ireland. In these two matches, Sanju Samson will have the best chance to cross Rohit Sharma’s figure of 201 runs. Sanju Samson is the only player in the current Indian team who has scored more than 100 runs in the T20 series against Ireland. Talking about statistics, Sanju Samson has played only 3 T20 matches against Ireland so far, in which he has scored 118 runs with an unmatched average of 59.00 and a stormy strike rate of 171.01. To leave behind Rohit’s record, Sanju needs only 84 runs. Looking at the kind of form Sanju is in, scoring 84 runs in 2 matches does not seem like a big challenge for him.

There will be competition with Harry Tector also, but Sanju will have the upper hand.
Not only Sanju Samson but also Irish batsman Harry Tector are involved in the race to surpass this big record of Rohit Sharma. However, compared to Tector, Samson seems to have the upper hand. Harry Tector has scored 123 runs in 5 matches against India, but his average (30.75) and strike rate (123) are much lower than Sanju Samson. Whereas Samson has scored as many runs as Tector in just 3 matches. Samson’s explosive strike rate makes him the strongest contender to be the first to reach Rohit Sharma’s magical figure of 201 runs.

There is no one around Samson in the current Indian team
In the current young Indian brigade that has toured Ireland, no other batsman comes close to Sanju Samson’s experience and statistics. After Sanju, Ishan Kishan is the second highest run-scorer Indian batsman in the current team. However, Ishaan has scored only 29 runs in the 2 matches played so far against Ireland. In such a situation, Sanju Samson seems to be the only warrior in the entire Indian team who can challenge the reign of Rohit Sharma and sit on the throne of number-1 himself.