4,4,4,4,4… Sanju Samson took revenge on Bangladeshi bowler, and made a record by scoring the fastest half-century
In the T20 series against Bangladesh, Team India's batsmen stole the show with their explosive innings. First, this scene was seen in Gwalior and then in New Delhi, Indian batsmen rained fours and sixes. Now this trend has reached Hyderabad as well, where in the last match of the series, India rained runs even after losing the first wicket early. The star of this attacking style was opener Sanju Samson, who took revenge for the failure of the last match from a Bangladeshi bowler and hit 5 consecutive fours on him. During this, Sanju made a special record by scoring a half-century in just 22 balls.
India and Bangladesh were face to face in the third and final match of the series on Saturday 12 October in Hyderabad. Team India, which had already won the series, decided to bat first in this match. In the last match, Team India's top-order failed miserably, which included Sanju Samson as well. He was dismissed early by Bangladesh's fast bowler Taskin Ahmed in the second T20 match. In the third T20 match, Sanju gave a befitting reply and thrashed Taskin Ahmed badly.
Sanju was on strike against Taskin who came to bowl the second over. Sanju played shots on his first and second ball but both times the ball went straight to the fielder and no run was scored. That was all Taskin could do because after that Sanju rained fours. Sanju made up his account by hitting 4 big fours on the next four balls of the over. He did not stop here and the next time when both of them faced each other, Sanju again hit the first ball for a four. In this way, Sanju hit 5 fours on 5 consecutive balls of Taskin.
Sanju's attack was not limited to Taskin only and soon he targeted leg spinner Rishad Hossain. He hit fours on the first and second balls of Rishad in the seventh over and then hit a six on the third ball. With this, Sanju scored the third half-century of his T20 International career in just 22 balls. Not only this, this also became a new record for the fastest half-century in T20 from India against Bangladesh.