Samson hits maiden worldwide century throughout SA vs IND third ODI

India’s Sanju Samson smashed his maiden worldwide hundred in the course of the third ODI in opposition to South Africa at Boland Park in Paarl on Thursday.

Samson reached the three-figure mark off 110 balls within the forty fourth over of India’s innings. His earlier greatest within the format was an unbeaten 86 in opposition to South Africa in Lucknow final yr.

The right-hander was ultimately dismissed for 108 off 114 balls off the bowling of Lizaad Williams. Since making his ODI debut in 2021, Samson has solely performed 16 matches within the format.

He has batted at No. 5 and 6, a place he isn’t thought-about greatest fitted to, in 10 ODI innings although he made his debut at No. 3. On Thursday, Samson was batting at one-drop just for the third time in ODIs and stamped his class with 100.

India misplaced debutant Rajat Patidar within the fifth over after South Africa elected to bowl. Once Sai Sudharsan perished within the eighth over, Samson and Rahul went right into a shell attempting to consolidate and stem the circulate of wickets.

They shared a 52-run alliance that took 68 balls earlier than Rahul was dismissed. Samson then reached his fifty off 66 balls however scored at lower than run-a-ball for his subsequent 50 runs.

His 116-run partnership with Tilak Varma fo fourth wicket gave India a very good platform to publish a aggressive whole. Tilak scored his maiden ODI half-century after getting off to a sluggish begin.

Though Tilak and Samson perished in fast succession, Rinku Singh’s carnage within the loss of life overs ensured India got here near the 300-run mark.