Overview

• Samson moved to 969 T20I runs for India, overtaking Gautam Gambhir’s 932 during his Super Four outing.
• In the Super Four against Sri Lanka he was promoted to No. 5 and struck 39 off 23 with three sixes and a four.
• He has 108 runs in three Asia Cup innings at a strike rate of 127.05, highlighted by a 56 against Oman.
• He needs 64 more runs in this tournament to surpass Rishabh Pant’s tally for the best multi-nation T20I event by an Indian wicketkeeper-batter, with MS Dhoni’s 2007 mark also in the frame.
• His current run consolidates a stop-start career that began in 2015, included a four-year absence and a 2019 return, and has settled into a regular middle-order role without opening in this campaign.