Sanju Samson hammers 73* against Andhra in SMAT: Key stats
What's the story
Sanju Samson played a captain's knock for Kerala in the team's crucial Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy clash against Andhra Pradesh at Lucknow's A.B. Vajpayee Stadium. He scored an unbeaten 73* in an innings where no other batter was able to touch the 15-run mark. Despite his brilliance, Kerala could only manage 119/7 batting first. This was Samson's second fifty of the ongoing season.
Knock
A knock of character from Samson
Batting first, Kerala were off to a woeful start as the Andhra bowlers struck at regular intervals. Such was the team's misery that MD Nidheesh (13*) was the only other batter with a double-digit score. Samson, who opened the innings, played some fine shots at one end and returned unbeaten on 73 (56 balls). This knock was laced with eight fours and three sixes.
Stats
57 fifty-plus scores for Samson in T20s
With this knock, Samson has raced to a tally of 7,996 runs from 319 T20s at 30.06 (SR: 136.75), as per ESPNcricinfo. This was his 51st fifty in T20s. He also owns 6 tons. As many as 995 of his T20 runs have come for India in T20Is from 51 matches (43 innings). He owns three tons and three fifties in T20Is.
Campaign
Samson slams his 19th fifty in SMAT, surpasses 2,000 runs
As per ESPNcricinfo, Samson now owns 19 fifties in SMAT. Playing his 83rd match, he has raced to 2,067 runs at 30.39. He has smoked 87 sixes and 185 fours with his strike rate being 128.62. 233 of his runs have come across six games in the ongoing season at 58.25. The tally now includes two fifties.