Sanju Samson, who plays for Kerala, flopped against Mumbai in the domestic T20 tournament Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. In this match being held in Hyderabad on 29th November, he returned to the pavilion after scoring only 4 runs. Shardul Thakur, who remained unsold in the IPL mega auction, hunted him. Thakur bowled him in the very first over. After Samson was tackled cheaply, his own team’s Salman Nijar gave a ‘dominant’ performance. He scored 99 runs in just 49 balls at a strike rate of 202. During this, he hit 8 sixes and 5 fours. Due to his strong batting, Kerala team managed to score a huge score of 234 runs.
Partnership of 140 runs in 13 overs
27 year old Salman Neezer, who wreaked havoc with the bat against Mumbai, remained unsold in the mega auction of IPL. He had kept his brace price at just Rs 30 lakh. Despite this, no team bid for him. Now Salman has answered everyone with his performance. Let us tell you that Kerala team had lost two wickets at the score of 40 runs in 3.5 overs.
After this, he came to bat at number 4 and along with Rohan Kunnummal made a partnership of 140 runs in the next 13 overs. In this partnership, Rohan made an important contribution by scoring 87 runs in 48 balls at a strike rate of 181. He hit 7 sixes and 5 fours. Even after his departure, Salman continued the fireworks and scored an unbeaten 99 runs.
Such was the performance of Prithvi Shaw and Shreyas Iyer
Shreyas Iyer was captaining Mumbai in this match. Whereas Prithvi Shaw took the responsibility of opening for Mumbai. Shaw, who came to chase 235 runs, scored 23 runs in 13 balls with the help of 2 fours and 2 sixes. He got out after giving a stormy start to Mumbai. Let us tell you that he also remained unsold in the mega auction. Shreyas Iyer, the second most expensive player of IPL 2025, became the victim of Abdul Basit after scoring 32 runs in 18 balls.