Dubai, Sept. 20 -- Indian wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson is on the verge of becoming the 12th batter in T20Is to score 1,000 runs for India, with 83 runs left to achieve the milestone.

Sanju could achieve this milestone during his side's Super Four stage starting clash against Pakistan in the Asia Cup on Sunday. Scoring a solid 45-ball 56 with three fours and sixes each during the previous match against Oman, Samson would be high on confidence to score something even bigger.

In 45 T20Is and 39 innings, Samson has scored 917 runs at an average of 26.20 and a strike rate of 150.32, with three centuries and fifties each and a best score of 111.

Since the T20I series against Bangladesh last year, Samson has found a new life as an opener....