Sanju Samson hit a stormy century in the Kerala Premier League on Sunday, completing a century in 42 balls. Playing for Kochi Blue Tiger, he played a brilliant innings of 121 runs in 51 balls, due to which his team won the mountain target of 237 runs and won by 4 wickets. Before the Asia Cup, this form of Sanju Samson is good news, but it must have increased the tension of Team India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Suryakumar Yadav.

Kochi Blue Tigers had a target of 237 runs to win. Sanju Samson came to opening, he started putting brilliant shots as soon as he came. Sanju had completed his half -century in the first 16 balls, after which he scored a century in 42 balls. Samson hit 7 sixes and 14 fours in 51 balls in an innings of 121 runs.

After this, Muhammad Aashiq did not let Samson’s innings go inning by playing a 45 -run knock off 18 balls. In this innings, Muhammad hit 5 sixes and 3 fours. Kochi won this match on the last ball. Earlier, the Eries Kollam Sellorce scored 236 runs while batting first. Vishnu Vinod scored 94 off 41 balls and captain Sachin Baby scored a good innings of 91 runs in 44 balls.

Sanju Samson’s century before Asia Cup increased the captain’s tension

The Cricket Asia Cup will start in UAE from 9 September. Sanju Samson has been included in the Indian team, with him Jitesh Sharma is the second wicket keeper. It is almost certain that in the beginning Sanju Samson will be made part of the playing 11, but his batting position remains a question. Actually Samson has been coming opening with Abhishek Sharma for a long time, but it was when Shubman Gill was not playing.

Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar had said at the time of the team announcement that Sanju Samson was opening when Gill was not playing, now Gill is back. Shubman Gill has been elected as the vice -captain of Team India in the Asia Cup, it is almost certain that he will open with Abhishek Sharma. However, Sanju Samson has also hit a stormy century in Kerala Premier League as an opener and has also hit his claim for opening position.

Sanju Samson flopped at number six

In the match played earlier, Sanju Samson batted at number six, but he was flopped, he was able to score only 13 runs in 22 balls. But in the match played on Sunday, he played an amazing innings of 121 runs in 51 balls. Sanju has been opening international cricket for many time, he has scored a century in 3 in the last 10 innings. Now this century must have increased the tension of coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Suryakumar Yadav on which position they should be fed.

Sanju Samson was opening with Abhishek Sharma in T20 cricket for many time, after which it was believed that he would play in the same position in the Asia Cup. In the last 10 T20 international innings, Sanju Samson scored 3 centuries, although the remaining innings were not very good but he was considered to be a big contender for this position in the Asia Cup. But the thinking of team management is somewhat different. Shubman Gill will now open, although Sanju has started preparations for the new position but he failed in the first attempt.

Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar made it clear at the time of the team announcement that Sanju Samson was opening because Shubman Gill was not in the team, now he has come back. That is, there is every possibility that Gill and Abhishek Sharma will start the innings in the Asia Cup. Tilak Verma will come at number three and Suryakumar Yadav will come at number four. Hardik Pandya can bat at number five, so the number six slot will be vacant for wicket -keeper Samson.

Sanju Samson is preparing the number six

Sanju Samson has also started batting attempts on this sequence (number six). In the fifth match of Kerala Premier League, Sanju Samson batted at number six. Sanju, who was in the Kochi Blue Tigers team, however failed in his first attempt. In this match played on Saturday, he played 22 balls to score 13 runs. He could not hit a single four or six. This performance is not good for Samson preparing for the Asia Cup.

In the first match of Kochi Blue Tigers in Kerala Premier League, Sanju Samson’s batting could not come, but if he got a chance in the second match, he could score just 13 runs in 22 balls. However, both matches have won both matches.

Sanju Samson’s 1st Outing in Kerala Cricket League, He Has Been Discussed for 13 (22).

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In the last 10 T20 international innings, Sanju has scored 3 centuries, of which 2 are against South Africa and one against Bangladesh. But 5 times out of other 7 innings, he could not even touch the double figure, it also includes 2 ‘Duck’.

Indian players involved in Asia Cup squad

Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Shubman Gill (Vice -captain), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Akshar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Jaspreet Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakraborty, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh.

Sanju samson joined new team: Indian batsman Sanju Samson has joined a new team a month after the end of IPL 2025. Samson will now be seen playing for Kochi Blue Tigers in the second season of Kerala Premier League. During this time Samson registered his name in the pages of history. Samson has become the most expensive player in the history of this league. For Samson, Kochi’s team spent more than 50 percent of their total budget.

Samson became the most expensive player

Samson is considered one of the best players in the world in T20 cricket. Samson has a lot of experience in T20 cricket. Samson has been playing in the IPL for the last 12 years. At the same time, since 2018, he has been with the Rajasthan Royals team and since 2021 he has also been captaining the team. Samson has also played 42 matches in T20 for India. He has also scored three centuries during this period. Which he benefited in the Auction of Kerala Premier League.

In the auction of this league, Samson’s base price was Rs 3 lakh. At the same time, Kochi’s team spent 26.80 lakhs to buy Samson. Please tell that a team had a purse of only 50 lakh rupees in the auction. Kochi looted more than 50 percent of his purse on Samson. The league will start from August 21, which will run till 6 September.

Will Samson play for Chennai Super Kings left Rajasthan?

Cricbuj recently reported that if Samson is available for signing. Chennai will definitely think of signing Super Kings Samson. Let us know that this can be done first or after IPL 2026 mini auction through trade.

A CSK official had told that, “We are definitely looking towards Samson, he is an Indian batsman who is a wicketkeeper and opener. So if he is available, we will definitely see the option to include them in the team. We will trade with whom we will trade, no decision has been taken on it because the matter has not gone so far. But we are interested in it.”

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