Sanju Samson, who captained Rajasthan Royals in the IPL, is celebrating his 30th birthday today. Sanju Samson is known for his aggressive batting and amazing wicketkeeping skills. Born on 11 November 1994, Sanju Samson made his T20 International cricket debut in 2015 by playing a match against Zimbabwe. Due to his aggressive batting style, he got a place in white ball cricket and has many records to his name so far. Sanju Samson is the first wicketkeeper batsman from India to score a century in T20 International and has scored consecutive centuries in T20Is. Sanju Samson is getting a lot of love from fans on his birthday. Fans are wishing him a happy birthday on social media. So on his special day, let us tell you in detail about Sanju Samson's career struggle and his net worth.
Sanju Samson's net worth is between Rs 75 crore and Rs 80 crore. Sanju Samson's IPL career started in 2013, when Rajasthan Royals included him in their team for Rs 8 lakh. Now till the 2024 IPL, the Rajasthan team pays him Rs 14 crore every season. Apart from this, BCCI has included him in Group-C in the annual contract, due to which he gets Rs 1 crore.
| Format | Match | Inn | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100 | 200 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODI | 16 | 14 | 510 | 108 | 56.67 | 99.61 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 22 |
| T20I | 35 | 31 | 701 | 111 | 25.04 | 151.08 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 37 |
| IPL | 167 | 163 | 4419 | 119 | 30.69 | 138.96 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 352 | 206 |
Sanju Samson created history by becoming the first Indian wicketkeeper batsman to score a century in T20 Internationals against Bangladesh. He crossed the 100-run mark by hitting a four on the 40th ball of his innings. Before Samson, the record for the highest individual score by an Indian wicketkeeper in T20 Internationals was held by Ishan Kishan, who scored 89 runs against Sri Lanka in February 2022.
With the century scored in Hyderabad, Samson has become the first batsman to score a century in all 17 T20 matches played between India and Bangladesh. Before Samson, the record for the highest individual score in an India-Bangladesh T20 match was in the name of Rohit Sharma, who scored 89 runs in Colombo on 14 March 2018.
Samson hit eight sixes during his 111-run innings in the third T20I against Bangladesh. With these eight sixes, he broke Nitish Kumar Reddy's record for hitting the most sixes in an India-Bangladesh T20I. Reddy hit seven sixes for India in the second T20I against Bangladesh, which was played in Delhi on 9 October 2024.
Sanju Samson crossed the 100-run mark in just 40 balls in the second T20 match against Bangladesh and became the second fastest Indian batsman to score a century in T20. Rohit holds the record for the fastest century for India in T20. He crossed the century mark in just 35 balls during his 118-run innings against Sri Lanka in December 2017.
Sanju Samson hit five consecutive sixes off Bangladeshi spinner Rishad Hussain in the 10th over of the Indian innings, becoming the second Indian batsman to hit five sixes in an over in a T20 match after Yuvraj Singh. Yuvraj had hit six sixes in an over during the India-England T20 match played in Durban on 19 September 2007.
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