Sanju Samson And Phil Salt Create Rare Feat of Hero to Zero With Duck Following Century in T20I

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Centurions in their previous outings, India's Sanju Samson and England's Phil Salt joined a rare list after registering ducks in their respective matches against South Africa and West Indies on Sunday (November 10).

Samson, who scored his second successive T20I hundred in the series opener, was sent back into the dug out without troubling the scorers as South Africa pacer Marco Jansen dismissed the Indian wicketkeeper-batter in the third delivery of the match at St George's Park.

Samson came into the South Africa tour on the back of a fine hundred against Bangladesh at home. The Indian wicketkeeper-batter, who turned 29 on Monday (November 11), scored 107 in the series opening win in Durban and followed that up with a 3-ball duck in defeat in Gqeberha.

Salt, on the other hand, did not waste any time as he fell to Akeal Hosein in the very first delivery of England's successful run-chase of 159 in the second T20I at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados, where he had scored a century earlier in the week.

The England wicketkeeper-batter smashed an unbeaten 103 in the first match at the same venue in Barbados on Saturday (November 9), but had a very quick change from a hero to zero, posting a golden duck.

With this, both Samson and Salt created an unwanted record, but were not the first players to achieve this rare feat of a duck following a century in T20 Internationals. Legendary Chris Gayle, who holds many big records in the format, also was the first to this unwanted record.

Samson's compatriot and his Rajasthan Royals mate Yashasvi Jaiswal also features in the rare list that also includes South Africa's Rilee Rossouw and New Zealand great Brendon McCullum among others. Here is a look at players with the rare unwanted record:

Players with duck following century in T20I

• Chris Gayle (West Indies) - 117 off 57 balls vs South Africa in September 2007 & 0 off 3 balls vs Bangladesh in September 2007
• Brendon McCullum (New Zealand) - 116* off 56 balls vs Australia in February 2010 & 0 off 4 balls vs Sri Lanka in April 2010
• Colin Munro (New Zealand) - 101 off 54 balls vs Bangaldesh in January 2017 & 0 off 3 balls vs Bangladesh in January 2017
• Leslie Dunbar (Serbia) - 104* off 61 balls vs Bulgaria in October 2019 & 0 off 1 ball vs Greece in October 2019
• Rilee Rossouw (South Africa) - 109 off 56 balls vs Bangladesh in October 2022 & 0 off 2 balls vs India in October 2022
• Aaron Johnson (Canada) - 109* off 69 balls vs Oman in November 2022 & 0 off 4 balls vs Bahrain in November 2022
• Yashasvi Jaiswal (India) - 100 off 49 balls vs Nepal in October 2023 & 0 off 4 balls vs Bangladesh in October 2023
• Sanju Samson (India) - 107 off 50 balls vs South Africa in November 2024 & 0 off 3 balls vs South Africa in November 2024
• Phil Salt (England) - 103* off 54 balls vs West Indies in November 2024 & 0 off 1 ball vs West Indies in November 2024

Samson also registered another unwanted record with the latest duck. The 29-year-old became the first Indian player to register four ducks in a calendar year in T20 internationals.