4,4,6,4,4… Sanju Samson unraveled the threads of England's hat-trick-taking bowler, and thrashed him in a single over

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In the first T20 match against England in Kolkata, Indian bowlers bowled brilliantly. On the basis of excellent bowling by Arshdeep Singh and Varun Chakraborty, Team India bowled out England for just 132 runs. While chasing the small target of 133 runs, Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson gave Team India a stormy start. Samson scored 22 runs in the second over of India's innings. He thrashed England's fast bowler Gus Atkinson, who took a hat-trick in Test cricket.

Samson scored 22 runs in one over

The Indian innings was started by Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma. In the first over, Sanju played all the balls and scored just one run. But in the second over, his bat created a storm. The second over of the Indian innings was bowled by Gus Atkinson. But this over proved to be very expensive for Atkinson. Sanju hit fours on the first two balls of Atkinson. The third ball was a dot. After this, Samson hit a six on the fourth ball. At the same time, Samson scored fours on the fifth and sixth balls. In this way, Sanju scored a total of 22 runs in a single over.


Still, Samson got out cheaply

Samson started his innings brilliantly but he could not convert it into a big score. Despite a fast start, Sanju Samson returned to the pavilion early. Sanju scored 26 runs in 20 balls with the help of four fours and a six. Jofra Archer got him caught by Atkinson on his own ball.

Atkinson has taken a hat-trick in Tests

Gus Atkinson is playing only his fourth T20 International match. He still lacks experience in this format. But he has proven himself in Test cricket. He has also taken a hat-trick in this biggest format of cricket. This England fast bowler has done this feat only in the end of 2024. The second match of the three-match series between England and New Zealand was played in Wellington. In this, he created history by taking a hat-trick by dismissing three New Zealand batsmen Nathan Smith, Matt Henry and Tim Southee one after the other.