IPL 2021: RR captain Sanju Samson can achieve 5 records in IPL 2021- Sanju Samson will lead Rajasthan Royals in the upcoming edition of the IPL, beginning April 9. The opening batsman was chosen for the role after the RR franchise released Steve Smith. Samson, who is the leading runscorer of RR in IPL, can achieve several records this season.
Sanju Samson IPL career
Sanju Samson is one of the brightest talents in the cash-rich league. He has amassed 2,584 runs in 107 matches at an average of 27+. It includes 2 centuries and 13 fifties. Besides this, he has also slammed 115 sixes in the T20 competition.
Sanju Samson can achieve these records in IPL 2021
3,000 runs in IPL
Samson is only 416 runs away to complete 3,000 runs in the Indian Premier League. He can surpass Murali Vijay (2,619), Virender Sehwag (2,728) and Yuvraj Singh (2,750).
Boundaries
The Rajasthan Royals batsman is only nine fours away from completing 200 boundaries in the IPL.
Most Centuries in IPL
The right-handed-batsman can equal AB De Villiers (3) and David Warner (4) in the list of most IPL hundreds. Samson needs two centuries to equal SRH captain Warner.
2,000 runs for Rajasthan Royals
Samson can become the third batsman to complete 2,000 runs in IPL. He has racked up 1,907 runs in 79 matches for the ‘Hall bol’ franchise. He is only behind Ajinkya Rahane (2,810) and Shane Watson (2,272 runs).
Most sixes in IPL 2021
Samson can hit the most number of sixes in IPL 2021. He had scored the second-highest number of sixes (26) in the previous edition of IPL, only 4 behind Ishan Kishan of Mumbai Indians.
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NOTE: Samson had a couple of years stint at Delhi Capitals (2016-17) and had played for KKR on his IPL debut.
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