India’s Record T20I Total: Samson and Tilak’s Struggle

• India’s record 210-run unbroken second-wicket partnership with South Africa secured a massive 135-run win in the fourth and final T20 International.

• This is India’s highest T20I total overseas and the best by a team on South African soil.

• The two Indian batters scored centuries in the same T20I innings, setting a new record for India in T20Is.

• The Indian batters hit a record 23 sixes, with Samson’s nine maximums being one less than Tilak’s.

• The Indians were unable to chase the Proteas, who were dismissed by the opposition’s best fast bowler Gerald Coetzee.

• The Indians’ in-form Varun Chakaravarthy and Axar Patel finished the series 3-1.