It appears Sanju Samson’s celebrations have simply begun since his recall into the Indian ODI facet. Samson, who has been out and in of the Indian staff far too typically, missed the Asia Cup and the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup adopted by the Australia T20 collection. His numbers within the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and T20Is weren’t sufficient for him to make a return to the facet however bought a recall within the ODIs and has repaid the selectors’ religion with back-to-back two good knocks within the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Samson started the event with a half-century however struggled within the subsequent few video games earlier than taking part in a quickfire knock of 35 off simply 13 balls to assist his facet’s internet run price and slammed his first century of the season within the last Group A recreation towards Railways on Tuesday, December 5. Chasing 256, Kerala underwent a top-order collapse earlier than Samson and Shreyas Gopal stitched a 138-run stand to assist their facet keep within the contest.
Samson scored 128 off 139 whereas Gopal smashed a fifty, nonetheless, as soon as the partnership was damaged, all of it got here downhill for Kerala as soon as once more, who have been subjected to solely their second loss within the event.
Kerala nonetheless topped the desk (with a greater NRR than Mumbai) and skipper Samson shall be desperate to take his facet all the way in which however he shall be comfortable together with his type going into the South Africa collection. Averaging 55, Samson has carried out effectively in ODIs within the alternatives he has gotten and shall be keen to construct upon it towards the Proteas, holding the Champions Trophy 2025 in thoughts.
India’s ODI squad for South Africa collection: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sai Sudharsan, Tilak Varma, Rajat Patidar, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (C)(wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Deepak Chahar
