Leaders Online Desk : T20 World Cup 2024 : The T20 World Cup will start from June 2. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced its squad for this tournament. Both Sanju Samson and Rishabh Pant, who have been in excellent form in the Indian Premier League (IPL), have got a chance in the Indian team. Pant last played a T20 International on 22 November 2022. Let's take a look at the T20 cricket statistics of these two wicketkeeper batsmen.
How many international matches did Pant-Samson play?
Pant played his first T20 international in 2017 against England. He then went on to represent India in 66 T20 Internationals. In which he has managed to score 780 runs at an average of 22.43 and a strike rate of 126.54. Meanwhile, he has 3 fifties to his name. His highest score is 65. Pant has taken 27 catches and 9 stumpings in his T20 international career. (T20 World Cup 2024)
Samson made his T20 international debut in 2015 against Zimbabwe. He has played 25 T20 Internationals so far and has scored 374 runs at an average of 18.70 and a strike rate of 133.09. Meanwhile, he has scored only 1 half-century with the bat. He has taken a total of 10 wickets in 11 matches as a wicketkeeper. Which also includes 2 stumpings.
Statistics of both the players in T20 cricket
Pant has played 190 matches in his T20 cricket career, scoring 4,752 runs at an average of 32.10 and a strike rate of 145.90. In between, he has hit 2 centuries and 25 fifties. Samson, on the other hand, has so far played 266 T20 matches, scoring 6,575 runs at an average of 29.35 and a strike rate of 134.65. He has 3 centuries and 44 fifties to his name during this period.
How is the IPL career of both?
Pant has played 109 matches in IPL so far. In 108 of these innings, he has scored 3,236 runs at an average of 35.56 and a strike rate of 149.19. He has scored 1 century and 18 fifties. Samsung has played 161 matches in IPL so far. During this period, he has scored 4,273 runs at an average of 30.96 and a strike rate of 139.05. He has hit 3 centuries and 24 fifties. (T20 World Cup 2024)