Samson came to bat when India D were at 175/4 and the Kerala batsman smashed 89 off 83 balls, including ten fours and three sixes, to take India D's total to 306/5 at stumps on Day 1 of the Duleep Trophy match against India B at Anantapur.
Sanju Samson scored a blistering half-century, taking India D to 306/5 against India B at stumps on Day 1 of the Duleep Trophy third round match at Anantapur. The wicketkeeper batsman smashed ten fours and three sixes to take his score to 89 off 83 deliveries.
What a inning by India's best WK batsman and vice captain of India D team in Duleep Trophy Sanju Samson counter attack when pressure was building and scored unbeaten 89* off 83 including 10 4's and 3 huge sixes till the stumps.
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Samson came to bat when India D were at 175/4. The Kerala cricketer stitched together a partnership of 41 runs with Ricky Bhui (56) in the next ten overs or so before the latter was dismissed by Rahul Chahar. After the departure of Bhui, Samson and Saransh Jain took the total to 306, with the former scoring the bulk of the runs.
Sanju Samson is unbeaten on 89* runs in just 83 balls at the end of Day 1. 💪🔥🔥
He is just 11 runs away on reaching his maiden Duleep Trophy hundred. 💯 pic.twitter.com/XYWBGfXdi7
Samson, who is known for his ruthless hitting in T20 cricket displayed the same in red ball. The right-handed batter has scored his first half-century in Duleep trophy and he is just 11 runs away from a memorable hundred. The Rajasthan Royals captain has played a total of 46 matches for India in white ball cricket but haven't yet made his Test debut.
India D, who came into the third round match on the back of a defeat to India A, started positively as the openers Devdut Padikkal (50) and Srikar Bharat (52) added 105 runs, before the former was dismissed by Navdeep Saini. Bhui scored 56 runs off 87 balls, Nishant Sidhu (16) struck two fours and departed, before captain Shreyas Iyer was sent back for a five ball duck.
Rahul Chahar was the pick of the India B bowlers, as the leg spinner took three wickets for 60 runs. Mukesh Kumar and Navdeep Saini picked up one wicket each for India B.
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