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India ends this year's T20I campaign by winning all bilateral series along with the T20 World Cup triumph and victory percentage of 92

Sanju Samson looks to continue his domination of the bowlers but India need more stability in the top order

I made maximum utilisation of my current form you can say," says the wicketkeeper after collecting his player of the match award following India's 61-run win over South Africa in the first T20I

Indian captain Rohit Sharma on Thursday backed the retention of national team players in the Mumbai Indians squad for IPL 2025 while franchise skipper Hardik Pandya summed it up as "five fingers but one fist".

Tharoor, a long-time supporter of Samson, felicitated the wicketkeeper-batter during a special ceremony at his residence on Monday, where he presented him with a blue ‘ponnada’ (shawl).

Thanks the leadership group for guiding him through dark phases of self-doubt, giving him another chance to prove his worth

Samson hammered 8 sixes and 11 fours to make 111 off only 47 balls while also recording the second-fastest T20I ton by an Indian — off just 40 balls

Samson and Suryakumar brought out fireworks ranging from splendid to brutal in their 173-run stand at a run-rate of 15.04 to leave Bangladesh shellshocked, as India posted its highest-ever T20I total. It is also the highest score posted by a full member of the ICC.

Both wickets were pretty good to bat but as a team we didn't play to our best potential, says the pacer

Rinku blasted 53 runs off 29 balls at No 5 while forming a crucial 108-run partnership off 49 balls with Nitish Kumar Reddy (74)

The script is not expected to deviate much when the two sides clash in the second T20 International on Wednesday

Having consistently generated speed in excess of 150kmph in his maiden IPL earlier this year, Mayank had drawn attention of cricketing world

Zimbabwe had won the first T20 by 13 runs, with India then rebounding with four consecutive wins. It won the second, third and fourth T20s by 100 runs, 23 runs, and 10 wickets, respectively.

This will be the fourth time that Zimbabwe will host India in a bilateral men's T20I series, having previously faced off in 2010, 2015, and 2016, respectively.

Manjrekar believes the wicketkeeper-batter has finally matured and this is the best Sanju Samson that India will get at international level

Kohli stood out with his quick-fired 70* played a significant role in RCB's triumph and brushed off the recent debate around his strike rate.

The former spinner added that there should not be any further debate regarding wicketkeeper batter in the Men in Blue squad and Samson should be included in India's T20 World Cup 2024 squad.

Buttler is the third-highest run-getter for RR, scoring 2,707 runs at an average of 41.64, with a strike rate of over 148.

Sanju Samson was overlooked for the ODI World Cup in India with selectors preferring to go with the likes of Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav despite the Kerala batter averaging 55.7 in 13 ODI innings

His 50-run innings against South Africa came as a great relief for Tilak Varma, considering the tremendous pressure on him to perform.