After losing an early wicket of Yashasvi Jaiswal in only the third over, Rajasthan Royals captain Steve Smith and Sanju Samson combined for 121 runs to take their side out from the state of bother against Chennai Super Kings. Samson, in particular, took no time to settle and there was absolutely no stopping him. While Smith stayed on the line, playing it slow, Samson hit the Chennai bowlers left, right and centre.
His favourite prey, however, was leg-spinner Piyush Chawla, who was coming on the back of an excellent game against Mumbai Indians in the tournament opener. Showing no mercy, Samson hit the leggie for three sixes in an over after having hit Ravindra Jadeja for two in the earlier over. His efforts continued after a rather quite over, but his innings came to unfortunate end in the after being caught by Deepak Chahar off Lungi Ngidi's delivery.
The rest of the Rajasthan pack fell like the house of cards, but the skipper stayed on the field until the 19th over, and the fans, or even the neutrals, can't help but appreciate the efforts from the Rajasthan duo. This is how they are reacting to it:
Steve Smith and umpire watching Sanju Samson's batting be like:
— Mojo (@Singhlicious)
Sanju Samson just played the best innings of yet & Steve Smith seems invincible
How scary will the Rajasthan Royals be once Jos Butler & Ben stokes are back!— Sushant Mehta (@SushantNMehta)
Sanju Samson and Steve Smith right now
— Himanshu Duragkar (@himaxduragkar)
Carnage out there from Sanju Samson and Steve smith don’t miss this epic match
— Naveen Anand (@filmlover4life)
Sanju Samson playing a screamer here but STILL! STEVE SMITH IS THE DANGERMAN! make no mistake about it
— ArunAshok (@arun661)
Sanju Samson is not just the best wicketkeeper batsmen in India but the best young batsman in India!
Anyone up for debate?— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir)
Congrats to Steve Smith, Sanju Samson and Piyush Chawla for their half centuries
— Wokebuster Musafir (@MadarasiMunda)
Stayed up to watch Steve Smith, but have instead been treated to a masterclass from Sanju Samson.
74 off 31 balls for Samson, including nine sixes.
Rajasthan Royals are 132/2 off 11.4 overs, with Smith on 49*.
— Nic Savage (@nic_savage1)
Sanju Samson and Steve Smith playing EA Sports Cricket with 2 stars difficulty
— THANK YOU GARETH BALE (@ronaldobhakt)
Sanju samson and steve smith hitting sixes to CSK bowlers
— punindian (@punindiann)
