Sanju Samson's explosive performance continues in Kerala Cricket League. On Tuesday, he scored 89 runs in 46 balls for Kochi Blue Tigers against Thrissur Titans. During this, he scored 13 runs for the team on one ball of Sijomon Joseph. Earlier on Sunday, Samson scored 121 runs in 51 balls against Aries Kollam.
Before Asia Cup, Sanju Samson is making a blast with the bat in Kerala Cricket League. He plays for Kochi Blue Tigers in KCL. First, he scored 121 runs in just 51 balls against Aries Kollam Sailors on Sunday and gave his team a memorable victory of 4 wickets. After that, on Tuesday, he played a brilliant innings of 89 runs in 46 balls against Thrissur Titans. During this, he added 13 runs to the team's account on one ball of Sijomon Joseph's over. However, his team lost this match by 5 wickets.
Batting first, Kochi scored 188 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Opening the innings, Sanju Samson scored 89 runs in 46 balls with the help of 4 fours and 9 sixes.
Samson scored 13 runs on one ball of spinner Sijomon Joseph. It so happened that Thrissur Titans captain Joseph came to bowl the fifth over. On the fourth ball, Samson hit a six on deep extra cover. The umpire declared the ball a no ball because Joseph had overstepped while bowling the ball. Now the next ball was a free hit and Samson hit a six on that too and this time made the ball fly over deep-mid wicket.
Chasing the target of 189 runs for victory, Thrissur Titans lost their first wicket at 19 runs only. Half the team was out for 117 runs but Titans won by 5 wickets thanks to the unbeaten innings of Sijomon Joseph and Arjun AK. Joseph scored unbeaten 42 runs in 23 balls and AK scored unbeaten 31 runs in 16 balls. Ahmed Imran played the highest innings of 72 runs in 40 balls for Titans.