Sanju Samson has given a befitting reply to his critics. In fact, Sanju Samson played a brilliant century in the third ODI against South Africa. This is the first century of Sanju Samson’s ODI career. Although Sanju Samson returned to the pavilion after completing his century, this batsman played a brilliant innings in difficult times for Team India. Sanju Samson scored 108 runs in 114 balls. He hit six fours and three sixes in his innings. After scoring a century, Sanju Samson returned to the pavilion on the ball from Viaan Mulder.
The Indian team struggled after losing two wickets for 49 runs but after that Sanju Samson first formed a good partnership with captain KL Rahul and then Tilak Verma and got Team India out of trouble. There was an important partnership of 116 runs for the fourth wicket between Sanju Samson and Tilak Verma.
In fact, Sanju Samson’s ODI career has not gone as expected so far. Questions have constantly been raised over the selection of Sanju Samson in the Indian ODI team. This wicketkeeper-batsman has always been the target of his critics but today he scored a memorable century in difficult times. If we look at Sanju Samson’s ODI career, this player has represented India in 16 matches. Sanju Samson has scored 510 runs at a strike rate of 99.61 and an average of 56.67. Sanju Samson has crossed the fifty-run mark thrice in the ODI format. At the same time, this wicketkeeper-batsman touched the century figure for the first time in ODI format today.