“I have seen a lot of failures, and…”, Sanju Samson gets emotional after his century in Johannesburg


Sanju Samson played an unbeaten inning of 109 runs in 56 balls in the fourth T20 match against South Africa.

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The Indian team defeated South Africa by 135 runs in the last match of the T20 series in Johannesburg and captured the series 3-1. Sanju Samson who was seen playing the role of opener in this series. He made a great start to the series by scoring a century in the very first match, but was out on duck in the next two matches. Sanju again created history by scoring a century in the fourth T20 match. He has become the first batsman to score three T20 International centuries in a calendar year.

Sanju Samson has had to face a lot of struggles in his career. He made his debut in international cricket against Zimbabwe in 2015, but till now he has not been able to make a permanent place in the team. Sanju became very emotional while talking about his innings in the fourth T20 match against South Africa.

I kept believing in myself- Sanju Samson

Sanju Samson said during a conversation with broadcasters after his century,

It’s a little difficult to tell right now because I’m breathing very fast. I have seen a lot of failures in my life, two centuries and then two zeroes, I kept believing in myself, kept working hard and today it was successful. After some failures, a lot of things were going on in my mind, Abhishek helped me in the beginning and then Tilak also.

Tilak is the future of Indian cricket- Samson

In the fourth T20 match against South Africa, there was a partnership of 210* runs for the second wicket between Sanju Samson and Tilak Verma. Sanju scored 109* runs in 56 balls and Tilak Verma played an unbeaten inning of 120* runs in 47 balls. This is the highest partnership by India for any wicket in T20 International. Also, this is the third highest partnership made for any wicket by a full members team in T20 International. Talking about the partnership with Tilak Verma, Sanju said,

I have had many partnerships with him, he is a very young player and he is the future of Indian cricket and it is great to partner with him. I don’t like to talk too much, the last time I talked too much I was out for zero twice, I want to keep it simple and focus on what I can do. (That’s) what our captain (Suryakumar Yadav) was expecting from us, and we are happy that we accomplished it.

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