Ever since Team India has fielded Sanju Samson in the opening in T20 International, his bat has been on fire. First he targeted Bangladesh and now it seems as if Samson’s ferocious form is being seen in South Africa. After scoring a brilliant century in the first match, Sanju scored another century in the fourth T20 match by playing an explosive innings. In the match played in Johannesburg, Sanju beat the South African bowlers fiercely, but one of his shots not only caused pain to the South African team and its fans but also actually hurt a fan. It proved impossible for this fan to avoid this shot of Sanju and the ball hit this fan hard on his face.
The last match of the T20 series took place between India and South Africa on Friday 15 November in Johannesburg. The fate of the series was to be decided by this match and Sanju Samson played an important role in it. Leaving behind the disappointment of being out on 0 in the last two matches, the Indian opener again showed his explosive style of sending the balls out of the boundary to the fans. Sixes again rained from Samson’s bat, which frightened the South African bowlers and their fans, but one six proved to be really fatal.
The ball hit Sanju’s sixer on his face.
This incident happened in the 10th over of the Indian innings. Part time spinner Tristan Stubbs came to bowl but Sanju did the same to him as he did to the main bowlers. Sanju hit 2 consecutive sixes in this over but one of his shots was so dangerous that it hit the railing built in the stands. There were many spectators sitting near him but the luck of one female fan was not good. After hitting the railing, the ball came towards him rapidly and he did not even get a chance to save himself. As a result, the ball hit him hard on the left side and cheek of his face. This scared every spectator present there. This fan screamed due to pain but the people present there immediately helped him. At the same time, an ‘ice pack’ was applied on his face, which helped to reduce the pain.
Sanju Samson’s six hit one of the fan in the stadium. pic.twitter.com/fYvUG1k1ZX
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) November 15, 2024
Scored second consecutive century, made a big score
Sanju must have hoped that his shot did not cause serious injury to the fan but even this small accident did not stop him. After this, the Indian batsman continued the same attack in the next 10 overs and scored a century in just 51 balls. This was Sanju’s second century in this series and third overall in his career. Sanju scored unbeaten 109 runs in just 56 balls, which included 6 fours and 9 sixes. Not only Sanju, but Tilak Verma, who came at number three, also scored a brilliant century for the second consecutive match. Tilak completed his century in 41 balls and along with Sanju made an unbeaten partnership of 210 runs, on the basis of which Team India scored 283 runs.