The Rajasthan Royals star smashed 21 fours and 10 sixes in his explosive innings. The right-handed batsman has been in phenomenal touch in the Vijay Hazare Trophy as he has already amassed 379 runs in the tourney. Also, in the unofficial one-day series played versus South Africa ‘A’ last month, Samson had played a fabulous innings of 91 runs from just 48 balls.
With this innings, Samson now holds the record of the highest individual score by a wicket-keeper in List ‘A’ cricket. The previous record-holder, Abid Ali had played a knock of 209* in the Pakistan One-Day Cup but Samson shattered his record today.
The most interesting fact about Samson’s innings is that this was the first occasion he crossed the 100-run milestone in List ‘A’ cricket and his skills helped him convert his maiden hundred into a double century.
He had built a magnificent partnership of 338 runs for the third wicket with Sachin Baby (125). While Baby supported him to perfection, Samson played the role of the aggressor with the strike-rate of 164.34. Ultimately, Kerala posted a score of 377/3 on the board despite losing the wickets of their openers Robin Uthappa and Vishnu Vinod early in the innings.
As the Kerala-based wicket-keeper broke multiple records today, he has become the talk of the Twitter. Here’s how the Twitterati reacted to Sanju Samson’s innings of 212*:
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