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Chennai Super Kings' Sanju Samson (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
Sanju Samson roared backmost to signifier with a stunning period for Chennai Super Kings against Delhi Capitals successful IPL 2026, marking a decisive instrumentality to bushed aft a dilatory commencement to his caller franchise career. After being traded from Rajasthan Royals to CSK, Samson had endured a hard opening to the season, failing to scope treble figures successful his archetypal 3 outings.
But successful his 4th match, helium produced a connection sound that reminded everyone of his people and consistency. Walking successful aft the aboriginal nonaccomplishment of Ruturaj Gaikwad successful the powerplay, Samson anchored the innings brilliantly and stitched a important 113-run concern with young Ayush Mhatre, who made 59 earlier being retired retired arsenic CSK pushed for acceleration. Samson batted with fluency and power throughout, surviving a reprieve connected 52 earlier making DC wage successful style.
He brought up a superb century, his 4th successful the IPL, and paced his innings with authorization against some gait and spin. Coming into the play aft a standout run that saw him triumph Player of the Tournament honours successful the T20 World Cup, expectations were high, and Samson yet delivered connected them with a commanding knock. The milestone besides saw him scope 400 sixes successful T20 cricket, becoming lone the 4th Indian to execute the feat aft
Rohit Sharma
,
Virat Kohli
, and Suryakumar Yadav.
Samson’s IPL centuries present read: 102 vs RPS (Pune, 2017), 102* vs SRH (Hyderabad, 2019), 119 vs PBKS (Wankhede, 2021), and 102* vs DC (Chennai, 2026). This innings besides marked lone the 2nd IPL period by a CSK batter against Delhi Capitals, aft Murali Vijay’s 113 successful 2012.
