‘Shatak or Duck’ (Duck). It seems that Team India’s wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson is currently playing with only this thought in mind. The same style of Sanju Samson is being seen in the T20 series against South Africa. Sanju, who started the T20 series with an excellent century, played a surprising innings and scored a century in the last match also. Sanju, who had failed to open his account in the last two consecutive matches, again showed his aggressive attitude in Johannesburg and destroyed the South African bowlers. Sanju scored the third century of his career and second century of this series in just 51 balls.
Consecutive ducks, then comeback with a century
Sanju Samson, who has been handling the responsibility of opening for the last few matches, has shown his true ability by coming to this position and has continued the process of taking the bowlers across the boundary. Samson had failed to open the account in the last two consecutive matches. In both these matches, he was bowled by Marco Janson in the very first over. In such a situation, the question that was in everyone’s mind was whether he would face the same fate for the third time or would he make a comeback? In the very first over, the ball took the edge of the bat and went near the slip but the catch remained a little away from the fielder and he was saved. After this, Samson’s bat kept talking and the Indian batsman breathed his last after scoring the third century of his career.
Sanju, along with Abhishek Sharma, gave a fast start to the team by making an explosive partnership of 73 runs within the powerplay. Abhishek could not play a big innings but Sanju continued the 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 second century of this series in just 51 balls. Sanju had hit 7 fours and 8 sixes before reaching his century.
Tilak’s second consecutive century
Not only Sanju, but Tilak Verma also supported him fully and continued his excellent form and scored his second consecutive century. In the last match itself, Tilak had scored the first century of his career by playing at number three and now in Johannesburg also he showed the same feat by playing at the same position. However, Tilak also got full support from the South African fielders, who dropped two catches, while Sanju also dropped one catch. Tilak took full advantage of this and scored an explosive century in just 41 balls.
