Last Update on: August 20th, 2023 at 09:27 pm
The second T20I between India and Ireland is currently taking place at The Village in Dublin. Sanju Samson stole the limelight in the first innings with his blistering batting and made the crowd’s money worth after his show.
Sanju Samson came to bat after India lost two quick wickets. The keeper-batter took a little bit of time to settle but once he found himself in, he didn’t look back and took the Irish pacers to the cleaners. It was expected that he would end up scoring big but unfortunately was unlucky.
Sanju Samson chopped on off a delivery from Ben White. The spinner bowled a top-spinner outside off, to which the keeper batter tried to smash it through covers. He was on the backfoot but went too hard at the ball as a result of which he ended up getting a thick inside edge that deflected back onto the stumps.
Here’s the video of Sanju Samson:
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Sanju Samson looked in fine nick today as he went after bowlers and put them under immense pressure. The keeper smashes Joshua Little for 18 runs in an over that included three boundaries and one six in his innings.
Sanju Samson ended with the knock of 40 runs in 26 balls. He came with positive intent and batted with a strike rate of 153.58. His impressive knock also included 5 fours and one six.
IND vs IRE: Sanju Samson’s 40 powers India to a total of 185 runs
India were asked to bat first and they had a fine start with the bat as Yashasvi Jaiswal (18) and Ruturaj Gaikwad (58) smashed 29 runs for the opening partnership. But after that team lost two wickets and Samson along with Gaikwad bailed the team out of trouble and played some fine strokes.
After their partnership, Rinku Singh (38) and Shivam Dube (22*) finished the innings on high as India posted a total of 185 runs on the board.