Sanju Samson’s maiden international century gave India victory over South Africa in the ODI series. The Indian wicketkeeper hit 108 off 114 balls after emerging as third in the series decider as India won the third One-Day International (ODI) by 78 runs and sealed the series against South Africa at 2 Decided on -1.
Sanju Samson struggled cautiously to start the innings but regained his confidence on a tricky mid-wicket and scored his first century in international cricket. The right-handed batsman was criticized for his poor performance in the last ODI against South Africa. In the last ODI against South Africa, he surprised everyone with a match-winning innings.
The Kerala wicketkeeper-batsman, along with Tilak Varma, who also scored his maiden ODI fifty, scored 116 runs for the fourth wicket, contributing to India’s total score of 296 runs. Samson was allowed to move higher up in the rankings after failing to score in his second ODI, but the 29-year-old took some time to find his feet at the crease. We made a declaration to break the century.
Sanju Samson helped India win the series final, scoring his maiden ODI century and was named Player of the Match. After the ODI series ended, Sanju took to Instagram to share a picture of himself enjoying his maiden ODI century and captioned the post: “I have decided to move on.”
India’s series victory against the Proteas on South African soil was rare. This is the second time India has defeated South Africa at home in a bilateral series. The first time it happened was in 2018 when Virat Kohli was the captain. KL Rahul became the second Indian captain to achieve this success.
Sanju Samson will return to India as he is not in the Test squad for the two-match Test series against South Africa. He will next play for state team Kerala in the Ranji Trophy 2024 season and is expected to return to India’s third consecutive T20I match against Afghanistan after an impressive win against the southern team. The team will be appointed to Africa followed by India Premier. league.
