'Century or duck'… Sanju Samson's explosive comeback scored a century after consecutive 0s
'Century or duck'. It seems that Team India's wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson is currently playing with this thought only. This is the style of Sanju Samson being seen in the T20 series against South Africa. Sanju, who started the T20 series with a great century, also scored a century in the last match by playing an amazing innings. Sanju, who failed to open his account in the last 2 consecutive matches, again showed his aggressive attitude in Johannesburg and thrashed the South African bowlers. Sanju scored the third century of his career and the second century of this series in just 51 balls.
Consecutive ducks, then come back with a century
Sanju Samson, who has been handling the opening responsibility for the last few matches, has continued the trend of hitting the bowlers across the boundary by showing his true ability by coming into this position. Samson failed to open the account in the last 2 consecutive matches. In both these matches, he was bowled by Marco Jansen in the very first over. In such a situation, the question in everyone's mind was whether the same will happen to him for the third time or will he make a comeback? In the very first over, the ball took the edge of the bat and went to the slip but the catch was a little away from the fielder and he was saved. After this, Samson's bat kept speaking and the Indian batsman took rest only after scoring the third century of his career.
Sanju along with Abhishek Sharma gave the team a quick start by making an explosive partnership of 73 runs within the powerplay itself. Abhishek could not play a big innings but Sanju continued to attack. The star batsman completed his half-century in just 28 balls and even after this his bat did not stop. After the arrival of Tilak Verma, Sanju's pace seemed to slow down a bit but still he scored the third century of his career and the second century of this series in just 51 balls. Sanju hit 7 fours and 8 sixes while reaching the century.
Not only Sanju, but Tilak Verma also supported him completely and continued his excellent form and scored his second consecutive century. Tilak had scored the first century of his career in the last match while coming at number three and now in Johannesburg, he again showed the same magic by coming at the same position. However, Tilak also got full support from the South African fielders, who dropped two of his catches, while also dropped one catch of Sanju. Tilak took full advantage of this and scored an explosive century in just 41 balls.