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Samson scored 121 runs from 51 balls for Kochi Blue Tigers on Sunday and through his stay on the crease hammered 14 fours and seven sixes.
Sanju Samson scored 121 runs from 51 balls. (Picture Credit: Screengrab)
Sanju Samson was in motion for Kochi Blue Tigers on Sunday (August 24). Within the eighth match of the Kerala Cricket League 2025 at Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram, the 30-year-old right-handed batter scored 121 runs from 51 balls. During his stay on the crease within the 237-run chase against Aries Kollam Sailors, Samson hammered 14 fours and seven sixes.
Within the match which Kochi Blue Tigers won by 4 wickets after Muhammad Ashik smacked a six on the last ball of the run chase, Samson crossed the 100-run mark in only 42 balls.
He opened the innings within the 237-run chase and accomplished his century by taking a single on the fifth ball of the 14th over bowled by Ajayaghosh N S.
After crossing the triple-digit mark, Sanju acknowledged fans’ support after which hugged his elder brother, Saly.
Saly, like Sanju, is a cricketer and can be the captain of Kochi Blue Tigers. He was on the non-striker’s end when Sanju accomplished his century.
The clip of the heartfelt moment between the Samson brothers was shared on X by the Kerala Cricket League, and inside no time it went viral on the web.
Sanju’s IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals shared three posts on X to have fun Samson’s knock.
Within the last one month, there have been multiple reports of a rift between Samson and Rajasthan Royals management.
The truth is, it was reported by Cricbuzz that Samson desires to part ways with the franchise and even formally expressed his desire to be released or traded to a different team ahead of the 2026 mini auctions.
Samson has played a complete of 149 matches within the IPL for Rajasthan Royals and, with the assistance of two centuries and 23 fifties, amassed a complete of 4027 runs. He’s the leading run getter for the Jaipur-based franchise and is the one player to attain greater than 4000 runs for them on this planet’s richest franchise league.
Samson, who was retained for Rs 18 crore by RR ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auctions, has led RR in a complete of 67 matches and won 33 of them, which is essentially the most by any Rajasthan Royals captain.
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Thiruvananthapuram [Trivandrum], India, India
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