India’s opener Sanju Samson struggled once more, as Mitchell Santner dismissed him for a modest rating within the fourth T20I of the five-match series against Recent Zealand. The sport is happening on Wednesday, January 28, in Visakhapatnam.
The wicket fell on the fourth delivery of the seventh over of India’s innings. Santner bowled a 95.3 kph length delivery from across the wicket, pitching near middle. Samson leaned back and tried to drive it but missed, because the ball barely straightened and clipped the stumps.
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Sanju Samson was dismissed for twenty-four from 15 deliveries, including three fours and a six. His wicket left the house side struggling at 55 for 3 after 6.4 overs. Across the series, the 31-year-old has scored only 40 runs in 4 innings, averaging 10.00.
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Chasing a tricky goal of 216, India got off to a shaky start, with Abhishek Sharma dismissed on the opening delivery. Skipper Suryakumar Yadav also found little success, scoring just eight runs from eight balls.
Sanju Samson and Rinku Singh then steadied the innings with a 46-run partnership off 28 balls for the third wicket, before Samson was dismissed for twenty-four from 15 deliveries. Hardik Pandya too didn’t make an impact, getting out for just two runs off five balls.
By the halfway mark, India were in trouble at 77 for 4, with Rinku (35) and Shivam Dube (8) on the crease, still needing 139 runs from 60 balls to succeed in the goal. Earlier, Tim Seifert starred for Recent Zealand, scoring 62 from 36 balls, while opener Devon Conway contributed 44 off 23.
In the ultimate overs, Daryl Mitchell remained unbeaten on 39 from 18 deliveries, guiding the visitors to a complete of 215 for 7 of their 20 overs.
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