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Samson opened the innings for Kochi Blue Tigers on Sunday within the 237-run chase and scored a century in only 42 balls.
Sanju Samson scores century in 42 balls on Sunday. (Picture Credit: Screengrab)
Wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson is playing for Kochi Blue Tigers within the 2025 edition of the Kerala Cricket League. On Sunday (August 25), the 30-year-old batter opened the innings for the Saly Samson-led side within the 237-run chase against Aries Kollam Sailors at Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram and scored a century in only 42 balls.
By scoring a century as an opener, that too in 42 balls, Samson has presented a powerful case for the opener’s role within the Asia Cup 2025.
Samson played as an opener for India in his last three T20I series, however the inclusion of Shubman Gill as vice-captain within the Asia Cup 2025 squad last week put his place as opener in jeopardy. Many experts felt that Gill will open the innings with world No. 1 T20I batter Abhishek Sharma, and Samson might be unnoticed.
In the continued match, before completing his century in 42 balls, Samson crossed the 50-run mark in only 16 balls. He has hammered 13 fours and 5 sixes thus far.
He got out after making 121 runs from 51 balls. He scored 14 fours and seven sixes during his fighting knock.
Within the last match, Sanju batted at No. 6 but could only manage to attain 13 runs from 22 balls.
Samson’s record as opener for India in T20Is
Samson has played 17 T20Is for India as an opener thus far and, with the assistance of three centuries and one fifty, scored 522 runs. In 2024, Samson entered his name within the history books by becoming the primary cricketer on the earth to attain three T20I centuries in a calendar 12 months.
On October 12, 2024, Samson scored 111 runs from 47 balls against Bangladesh in Hyderabad. In his next T20I against South Africa in Durban on November 8, 2024, Samson amassed a complete of 107 runs from 50 balls. In that match he hammered 7 fours and 10 sixes.
Within the last match of the away series against the Proteas in Johannesburg on November 15, Samson remained unbeaten on 109 runs from 56 balls. In that fixture he scored six fours and nine sixes and added 210 runs for the second wicket with Tilak Varma (120 runs from 47 balls).
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Thiruvananthapuram [Trivandrum], India, India
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