The last match of the Asia Cup 2025 Super-4 is being played between India and Sri Lanka in Dubai. While losing the toss, India batted first and scored the highest score of the tournament 202 runs. At the same time, the team’s wicketkeeper batsman Sanju Samson did wonders. In fact, Sanju, who came to bat at number 5, hit a big record by hitting three sixes. He has become the first Indian wicketkeeper batsman to hit the most sixes in the T20 Asia Cup. Earlier, this record was recorded in the name of MS Dhoni.
Sanju has hit 6 sixes in the Asia Cup of T20 format. In this way he has managed to beat MS Dhoni. Dinesh Karthik and Rishabh Pant have also played some matches of the T20 Asia Cup, but they did not hit a single six. MS Dhoni hit a total of 4 sixes in the T20 Asia Cup 2016, while Sanju Samson has hit 6 sixes in the 2025 season. Samson played a shock of 39 runs in 23 balls against Sri Lanka with the help of 1 fours and 3 sixes.
At the same time, Sanju has become the third such wicketkeeper batsman of India who has hit 6 sixes in a T20 tournament. MS Dhoni did this charisma in the T20 World Cup 2009, while Pant hit 6 sixes in the 2024 T20 World Cup. However, Samson is the only Indian wicketkeeper batsman to hit 5 or more sixes in the T20 Asia Cup.