Watch: When a pizza delivery interrupted Sanju Samson's superb knock
What's the story
Sanju Samson showed his intent in match number eight of the Indian Premier League 2019. The promising right-handed batsman smashed this season's maiden IPL ton against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Friday. Interestingly, while batting on 44 during Rajasthan's innings, Sanju's play was interrupted as a pizza delivery stopped him ahead of facing a delivery. Here are the details of this bizarre incident.
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What happened in the match between SRH and RR?
Samson had to face an unlikely situation. A pizza delivery boy was walking in front of the sight screen that halted the play. Samson was smiling as he signalled the person to move out. Many fans often pass the sight screen, but this was rare.
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When a pizza delivery boy halted the game
When pizza delivery boy halted play https://t.co/UbCj2gWNad via @ipl
— Yogesh Gajjar (@imyogesh_07) March 30, 2019
Samson feats
Samson steals the show with a superb unbeaten ton
Samson (102*) smashed 10 fours and four sixes in a 55-ball knock. This was Samson's second career IPL century. He now has 1,999 runs in IPL and is one short of the 2,000-run mark. Samson and Ajinkya Rahane stitched a solid 119-run partnership for the second wicket. This was the sixth highest stand for any wicket by RR in IPL.
SRH vs RR
SRH beat RR despite Samson heroics
Sunrisers Hyderabad sealed a stunning victory against the Royals, which faced a second successive loss in IPL 2019. Batting first, Samson's heroics saw RR post 198/2. In reply, David Warner (69) and Jonny Bairstow (45) responded with a bang. Their efforts helped SRH stay in the game, before Rashid Khan and Yusuf Pathan won the match with one over to spare.