Cricket
oi-Rahul Singh
new Delhi.
In the fifth match of IPL 2022, Rajasthan Royals defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 61 runs. Batting first, Rajasthan Royals, led by Sanju Samson, scored 210 runs, then in reply Sunrisers Hyderabad’s team could only manage 149 runs for 7 wickets. Captain Sanju Samson’s performance was commendable. Played 27 balls and entertained the fans by scoring 55 runs. An interesting figure related to him was also seen with this innings.
Sanju Samson completed his fifty in just 25 balls. His innings included 3 fours and 5 sixes. It was also Samson’s first match of the season. With this, if we look at the score made in his first match in the last 5 seasons, then it is clear that Samson’s bat starts raining runs from the very first match.
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In 2018, Samson played an innings of 49 runs in 42 balls against Hyderabad. Then in 2019, when Rajasthan started the season by playing against Punjab Kings, then Sanju Samson scored 30 runs in 25 balls. In his first match of IPL 2020, Samson played a quick innings of 74 runs in 32 balls against Chennai Super Kings. Then in the first match against Punjab in 2021, he scored a century of 119 runs in 63 balls. Now in 2022 his opening match innings of 55 runs continued the order of keeping the season off to a great start.
Record of first match of last 5 seasons –
55(27) vs Hyderabad-2022
119(63) vs Punjab – 2021
74(32) vs Chennai – 2020
30(25) vs Punjab – 2019
49(42) vs Hyderabad – 2018
