New Delhi, Sept. 15 -- Sanju Samson may have spent much of his India career battling for a permanent place, but his numbers at the top of the order are beginning to tell a very different story.
The Kerala batsman has now crossed the 1,000-run mark as an opener for India in T20Is, joining an exclusive list that includes Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan and Abhishek Sharma.
What makes Samson's achievement particularly striking is not just the volume of runs, but the manner in which he has scored them. His 1,026 runs have come at a staggering strike rate of 181.59, with boundaries accounting for 29.73 per cent of his scoring.
Only Abhishek Sharma, who has 1,726 runs at an extraordinary strike rate of 191.56, has scored faster among In...