Sanju Samson 5 Sixes
Indian team’s senior wicket keeper-cum-batter Sanju Samson has been playing for the Indian team for a long time. But due to poor form, injuries and negligence, he faced ups and downs in his career.
Sanju Samson, who entered the Indian team in 2015, has been working hard to establish a place in the team since these 9 years. In this process, he faced insults from the team on many occasions. Most of the matches were restricted to the reserve bench.
Answer to the critics with a century
In the T20 series that ended on Saturday night against Bangladesh, when Sanju Samson failed in the first two matches, there were huge demands to attack him. There are reports that Team India management is also thinking in that direction. But… Team India management once again trusted Sanju Samson in the match against Bangladesh at Uppal Stadium in Hyderabad on Saturday night.
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In the match, the sky was the limit, Sanju Samson scored 111 runs in just 47 balls with 11 fours and 8 sixes. This is Sanju Samson’s first century in his long T20 career. In order to score a century, Sanju Samson scored 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 respectively in a single over.
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How did you miss that one ball?
In the 10th over of the innings, the spinner Rashid hit a six off the second ball of Rashid’s head, Sanju Samson hit the third ball towards the longoff, the fourth ball was again over the bowler’s head, the fifth ball was again in Longan, the last ball was towards mid-wicket. Moved in form. Due to the blow, 30 runs were scored in the form of 0,6,6,6,6,6,6 respectively in that over.
But… Sanju Samson could not turn the first ball of that over into a six. Sanju also tried to hit the first ball of Rashid’s leg side. But.. the ball hit the fads directly without getting his bat. With that, the chance of hitting a six to the first ball was missed. Otherwise, Sanju Samson revealed after the match that his plan was to hit six sixes in six balls. Sanju Samson said after the match that he has been trying for many days and said, “I am very happy. I know how to deal with stress. There is pressure when playing for the country. I wanted to perform better in this match. That’s why I kept reminding myself as I batted to stick to the basics.
I got out at zero twice in the last series. However, the team management supported me,” he revealed. Talking about hitting five sixes in a single over, he said, “I have been trying to hit like this in domestic cricket since many days. Now it is possible against Bangladesh,” said Sanju Samson. Sanjuki, who was the top scorer in the match, also got the player of the match award.