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Sanju Samson
31India
- Right-handed ultra-aggressive opener
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First-class record
Batting
| Mat | Inns | Runs | Avg | SR | 100/50 | HS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class matches | 35 | 57 | 1,928 | 35.05 | 63.0 | 6/9 | 175 |
| Last 10 | 10 | 18 | 737 | 46.06 | 69.7 | 2/5 | 116 |
Batting style
Middle-order batter
| Figure | Player | Par | Against par |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average | 50.0 | 27.9 | |
| Average v pace | 49.0 | 25.9 | |
| Average v spin | 102.0 | 31.5 | |
| Strike rate v pace | 91 | 54 | |
| Strike rate v spin | 102 | 57 | |
| Balls per dismissal | 54 | 51 | |
| Dot % | 57.5 | 72.2 |
268 balls in first-class matches · Sept 2024 – Oct 2025
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First-class streaks
| Last 10 | Career | Now | Best | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50+ score | 4/10 | 26% | 1 | 2 | 0116185785401064554 |
- Sanju Samson has made 50 or more in 4 of the last 10 First-class innings.
Last 10 first-class matches
| Date | Team | Opponent | Ground | Bat | Bowl | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2025 | Kerala | Maharashtra | Sports Hub International Cricket Stadium | 54 (63) | – | Drawn |
| 19 Sept 2024 | Duleep Trophy Team D | Duleep Trophy Team B | Rural Development Trust Stadium B | 106 & 45 | – | Duleep Trophy Team D won by 257 runs |
| 12 Sept 2024 | Duleep Trophy Team D | Duleep Trophy Team A | Anantapur Cricket Ground, Ananthapur | 5 & 40 | – | Duleep Trophy Team A won by 186 runs |
| 25 Dec 2019 | Kerala | Gujarat | Contractor Stadium | 5 & 78 | – | Gujarat won by 90 runs |
| 17 Dec 2019 | Kerala | Bengal | St'Xavier's KCA Cricket Ground, Trivandrum | 116 & 18 | – | Bengal won by 8 wickets |
| 15 Jan 2019 | Kerala | Gujarat | Krishnagiri Stadium | 17* & 0 | – | Kerala won by 113 runs |
| 7 Jan 2019 | Kerala | Himachal Pradesh | Atal Bihari Vajpayee Cricket Stadium, Amtar | 51 & 61* | – | Kerala won by 5 wickets |
| 30 Dec 2018 | Kerala | Punjab | Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium, Mohali | 14 & 3 | – | Punjab won by 10 wickets |
| 14 Dec 2018 | Kerala | Delhi | St'Xavier's KCA Cricket Ground, Trivandrum | 24 (43) | – | Kerala won by an innings and 27 runs |
| 6 Dec 2018 | Kerala | Tamil Nadu | MA Chidambaram Stadium | 9 & 91 | – | Tamil Nadu won by 151 runs |
Records
Read more
- What Sanju Samson's 67 at Hagley Oval says about his feast-or-famine runA match-winning knock in a record chase, from a batter whose last ten India innings swung between fifties and single figures.
- Sanju Samson's T20 batting has shifted into a much faster gearAn 82 off 41 balls against West Indies showed the new tempo. Seven single-figure scores in ten innings for India show what it costs.
- What the tale of the tape says about Samson and SooryavanshiOne of these two has five T20 hundreds in two years and a best of 27 in his last five innings for India. Both belong to Sanju Samson.