Sanju Samson Break Records: Climbs to Top 3 in IPL 2024 Orange Cap Race, Breaks Dhoni Sixes Record

Sanju Samson Break Records in IPL 2024, DC vs RR.

Sanju Samson Break Records: During Tuesday's match against Delhi Capitals, Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson was among the top-five run scorers of the Indian Premier League.

In a knock that included eight fours and six maximums, Samson fell for 86 off 46 balls.

The top four players in the tally are Kolkata Knight Riders' Sunil Narine, Chennai Super Kings' Ruturaj Gaikwad, Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Virat Kohli, and Sunrisers Hyderabad's Travis Head.

Whenever the Indian Premier League (IPL) season approaches, a lot of attention is paid to the players who score the most number of runs in the season, thus earning the Orange Cap.

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Shubman Gill, the current captain of the Gujarat Titans, won the Orange Cap with 890 runs last season.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru skipper Faf du Plessis came in second with 730 points, followed by Chennai Super Kings Devon Conway with 672 points. RCB's Virat Kohli was fourth with 639 points while Yashasvi Jaiswal ranked fifth with 625 points.

Moreover, Sanju Samson became the first Indian to hit 200 sixes in the IPL.

Having reached the milestone in only 159 innings, he has surpassed MS Dhoni's 200th six, which he hit in 165 innings.

He is the 10th batter in IPL history to hit 200 or more sixes, behind Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Suresh Raina.

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Also included are Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers, David Warner, Kieron Pollard, and Andre Russell.

The Royals were chasing 222 and Samson was on 199 sixes. He took just six balls to reach the epic milestone after hitting Khaleel Ahmed's bowls.

With 28 balls remaining in the match, Samson reached his half-century off 28 balls. He recently gained a huge boost to his confidence after being selected to play for India in the T20 World Cup 2024 to be played in the West Indies and the United States.

Since taking over from Steve Smith following the 2020 season, Samson has not looked back and has scored loads of runs.

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